You can say a lot of things about the 2020 Democratic primary field, but you can’t say it’s not diverse. A total of seven senators, seven former and current congresspeople, three governors, five people of color, six women, four current or former mayors, one former vice president and two multi-millionaires are running or were running but have since dropped out. There are candidates who want a political ‘revolution’ and those who promote a political restoration to a time of unity and political comity. There are candidates who boast of electoral success in red states (Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana) and purple ones (Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Michael Bennet of Colorado). We’ve got young. We’ve got old. We’ve got GenXers.
But, until now, we didn’t have a billionaire former New York City mayor or a former Massachusetts Governor and managing director at the private equity firm Bain Capital in the mix. Apparently, they believe they can do what this very big, diverse and credentialed group of Democrats can’t do: win the Democratic nomination AND beat Donald Trump.
Color me skeptical — extremely, extremely skeptical — that they can do so. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report