My one and only (til 2019) 2020 thread: Relax, don't hurry...

I don't care that there isn't a Dem "front runner" for the 2020 presidential run. In fact, I consider it a good thing.

Consider, one of the reasons Obama won in 2008 was that he was new, the Repub/RW echo chamber didn't know how to attack him because he hadn't been on the scene for long.

Consider, one of the reasons Clinton lost in 2016 was that she was "old" in the sense that she had been around for years. Most of the animus and hatred levied against her was the same old shit we've been hearing since the early 90's. The anti-Hillary camps had plenty of fodder to use in their attack grist mill.

Right now, Repubs don't have a target to fucus on. They will be defending dozens of seats this mid-term, many in districts that Hillary won. Between Indivisible and Emily's List among other organizations, many candidates are challenging incumbents to boost the number of progressive members in Congress. Good candidates, many of them women and people of color, all of them remembering the old adage "all politics is local" and running local campaigns on local issues. They need our support this year.

I'm not afraid of 2020, yet. I think it is better for the Dem leader to emerge out of the political efforts and turmoil of 2018. I've seen many great suggestions and names, but I'm not supporting any single candidate until next year, after the mid-terms. Why give the Repubs and Faux Noise a target this early? Let them sweat about who that will end up being.