Democrats can beat Trump with a progressive-centrist unity ticket - I think this a great idea

No fatalism allowed: Democrats can beat Trump with a progressive-centrist unity ticket

[link:https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/13/2020-ticket-sanders-buttigieg-klobuchar-warren-bloomberg-column/4722813002/|

Sanders and Warren likely can’t win together, nor can Bloomberg and Buttigieg. The ticket must reflect the spectrum, from populist to pragmatist.
No, Democrats aren’t “losing our damn minds,” James Carville. But growing fatalism about selecting the wrong nominee is unhelpful and unnecessary. As Pete Buttigieg echoed his supporters in New Hampshire, the mantra instead ought to be: "Vote blue no matter who."

The commentariat insists that party faithful are stuck in the middle and have to pick one side. Don’t believe it. Despite their factionalism, Democratic voters, and the throngs of independents who oppose President Donald Trump and his reelection, have a way out: reconciliation.

A populist and a pragmatist

The only way Democrats can beat Trump is with a ticket that credibly represents the interests of voters across the spectrum of their party. That means one candidate who resonates with the idealistic populist cohort, tempered by one with practical tendencies. Sanders and Warren likely can’t win together; nor can Bloomberg and Buttigieg.

But there are abundant mix-and-match possibilities among the crop, such as Sanders-Klobuchar or Biden-Warren. There are also matchups that go beyond the field: Buttigieg or Bloomberg picks Stacey Abrams of Georgia. Klobuchar picks populist Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Warren picks North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper or Sen. Jon Tester of Montana.