The reality check Democrats need to win in 2020

Democrats may not get everything they want in a 2020 nominee but they will get the candidate they need to beat President Trump — if they get a grip on reality.

If a Democratic candidate wins the presidential race next year, die hard 2016 supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will have to get down off their high horses and accept the fact that the 2020 campaign is not about them. It's about the damage that Trump has inflicted on the nation since he became president. Attempts to re-litigate the 2016 Democratic presidential campaign are obstacles to a Democratic victory in 2020.
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Eight of the possible Democratic candidates are members of the U.S. Senate and they all are liberals. The only one who is close to being a moderate is Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. This analysis is based on an ideological rating created by YouGov.com of all 100 senators based on the bills they sponsored or co-sponsored in 2017.

The most liberal of the eight potential candidates according to the YouGov rating was Sanders who was second behind Al Franken of Minnesota on the progressive hit parade. Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Kristin Gillibrand of New York and Kamala Harris of California weren't far behind. So if ardent Sanders supporters think their guy is the only progressive in the mix, they're wrong. The same goes for Clinton zealots who think Sanders is too liberal. If they think Sanders is too liberal, then so are the other seven other Democrats in the same boat.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/424073-the-reality-check-democrats-need-to-win-in-2020