So far this election cycle five issues have arisen that could blow up a Democratic candidate for president, a Democratic candidate for dog-catcher and everyone in between. The only exceptions are those Democratic candidates who live in Vermont or who live in the 17 congressional districts (approximately 4 percent of the House of Representatives,) that are so solidly Democratic that George Washington reincarnated as a Republican couldn’t win an election.
For everyone else, there are minefields which have already caused some candidates to back off their original positions. Here are the ones that have come up so far. CONT.
Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution