This post gives my end of the year thoughts on the Democratic field. I am writing it so we can all look back in a few months and see how wrong it was, and, indeed, many factors provide uncertainty about what the next few months will bring.
Certainly many of my early perceptions were misplaced: Joe Biden has had more staying power than I (and others) predicted. In the Trump Era electability has remained voters’ top criterion, much as it did in 2004. Further, while I believed Elizabeth Warren could get past Medicare for All, she has not yet done so and other candidates seem stalled in front of their own hurdles as well.
Smarter – or more cautious – people than I would have the good sense to stop making predictions. Throwing such good sense to the wind, here are some things that seem true or likely to me as we enter the election year: CONT.
Diane Feldman, View from the Pearl