Anyone who has paid close attention to past Democratic presidential nominating campaigns should strike what they know from their memory bank. Old rules and previous assumptions aren’t likely to be worth much. What’s ahead for the Democrats will be unlike any nomination battle in recent years. …
Most recent Democratic nominating contests have been binary choices featuring a mainstream liberal versus a progressive or insurgent. … There will be nothing binary about the battle that is about to unfold, at least not for many months. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post