All Democrat Presidential Candidates are Preferable to a Contiuation of Trumpism in 2020...



AMES, Iowa — Democratic voters fear their party is on the brink of repeating the mistakes that sent President Trump to the White House as they consider their choices weeks before the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.
The four front-running contenders are all battling to prove they are the most likely to defeat Trump, a reflection both of the president’s looming presence over the race and the anxiety felt by Democratic voters, who fear fatal flaws with each candidate could doom their hopes of winning back the White House.
In conversations with nearly two dozen Iowa Democrats before and after Tuesday’s debate, many analyzed the unsettled Democratic primary through the lens of a television pundit.
They weighed the relative strengths and weaknesses of former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) and more often than not expressed concerns about what they are certain will be a tough general election fight in November.
“Our country can’t afford to have a candidate or a president like we currently have. We’ve got to pick someone who can get elected,” said Sarah Binder, a retiree in Ames who is waffling between supporting Buttigieg and entrepreneur Andrew Yang. “I’m very anxious that ... all the fake news and the ugliness that the current president will employ to try to win will sway this American public that voted him in to begin with.”
All of the above rings true. Democrats must select a candidate who has a vibrant dynamic vision, is intelligent (including emotional intelligence), articulate, centered, can express empathy easily and sincerely, a candidate with character (ethical & moral), a candidate who is honest, one who can rebuild damaged alliances, engage diplomatically  to resolve issues in the mid-east, get our spiraling national debt and and deficits under manageable control, and so MUCH more. Not an easy order to fill to be sure.
One thing democrats really shouldn't worry about excessively is trying to win the 30 to 40 percent of the electorate who voted for Trump in 2016 over to voting democratic. This group, the ones we refer to as trumpian cultists (they believe Trump can do no wrong), will not be swayed. Not even a small minority of them. The 10 to 15 percent of conservatives/republicans that remain rational and reasonable, those who recognize Trump has serious character flaws with ethical/moral shortcomings, that is the segment that will be critical to win over to insure a victory for democrats and a return to sanity in the federal government.
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  1. BB-IdahoThu Jan 16, 05:43:00 PM EST

    Statisticians predict the possibility that Trump could lose by 6 million votes, yet win the
    Electoral College. The EC is one of those slavery driven relics in the constitution designed
    to lure the slave states into the union by negating the relative voting power of the northern
    states. It took the Civil War to rectify the concept that slavery was a states rights issue.
    It may take voting demographics (eg more college educated, more women more minorities, more
    young people who are very much against Trump and his loyal ilk) to prove the concept that
    "Make America Great Again" is OrwellSpeak for reelect the emperor and persecute the majority.

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    1. Les CarpenterThu Jan 16, 06:57:00 PM EST

      Yes BB Idaho. What we hope for is a massive voter turnout of ALL the demographics you point to mlm if that h as opens we have a good shot at restoring sanity and rational governance in the good ole USA.

      Trump wins mlm.. kiss our republic as designed goodbye.

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  2. Dave MillerFri Jan 17, 01:04:00 PM EST

    The real battle in my opinion is not for the White House, as important as that is. I tend to agree with BB that Pres Trump will again lose the popular election, win the EC and thus the presidency again in November.

    What Dems need to do is focus on keeping the House and winning the Senate. Then block every single judicial nominee Trump puts up and demand real investigations into his Admin. That should get his attention. With the power of the purse, the Dems can effectively shut down 1600 PA Ave.

    And they should.

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    1. Les CarpenterFri Jan 17, 04:21:00 PM EST

      Of course winning the senate and keeping the house is the ideal situation at this point in time. Generally I am not a fan of a fully unified one party government. IMNHO divided government, during periods where common sense and the use of reason is prevalent and is the norm, is preferable for what I consider obvious reasons. However, the GOP and Trump defy common sense and reason. For this reason one party governance would be a blessing as long as it is not a con/republican government.

      My point regarding Trump is really that his corrosive divisiveness is a cancer that will destroy the fabric of our republic unless he is removed. Regardless whether or not the democrats take the Senate and keep the House. Trump is a cancer that is metastasizing and destroying our nation's character.

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