The electability trap

It’s only February 2019, and we already have five mainstream female candidates for president: Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Kamala Harris (Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii). Right off the bat, Warren — the first to announce an “exploratory committee” in the race for the Democratic nomination — inspired some textbook examples of how not to think about female politicians. CONT.

Linda Hirshman, Washington Post