Dems see huge field emerging to take on Trump
BY AMIE PARNES - 07/20/17 06:54 AM EDT
Democrats are expecting one of their party’s biggest fields in history will battle to take on President Trump in the 2020 election.
They say Trump’s low approval ratings, his lack of legislative accomplishments and the lingering controversy surrounding multiple investigations into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 race have a number of Democrats positioning themselves for a White House run.
“So long as Trump is hanging around [with approval ratings] in the 40s, potential challengers will be attracted like moths to a flame,” said David Wade, a Democratic strategist who served as a top aide to former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in his 2004 presidential run.
Another factor? The lack of a whale candidate who might scare off other rivals.
For the first time since Kerry was the party’s nominee, no one named Clinton or Obama is expected to run for the Democratic nomination.
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He was really tooting his own horn about his achievements as governor of VA. At the end he said, (paraphrasing) "Think about it... Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and now Terry McAuliffe." 
