With dozens of potential candidates, the Democratic presidential primary race promises to be a hot mess. Given the last Republican presidential primary cycle with its endless parade of candidates, it will be refreshing to see the hot mess happening on the other side for once.
Democrats have lived in the anti-Trump #Resistance bubble for so long that they believe they’ve got golden electoral odds in 2020. This has led a crowd of them, at various national, state and even local levels, to think they can successfully take on the president.
They also believe that if President Trump falls to impeachment or electoral defeat, the pendulum will swing far in the opposite direction, toward a fierce leftist progressivism. Each one of them wants desperately to ride that expected backlash and lead the new statist revolt.
Their gamble could pay off. The economy could falter, the special counsel and congressional investigations could result in Mr. Trump’s removal from office, an external event could throw everything into turmoil. And even if none of these events materializes, they still think the deplorable Mr. Trump will be easy pickings. Hence the stampede.
The one thing they’re overlooking, however, is Mr. Trump. With the exception of Hillary Clinton, none of them knows what it is to run against him. Love him or loathe him, he is the best instinctual politician in modern U.S. history.
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04.25.2024