Maybe it’s just me but the field of candidates who’ve announced they’re running for the presidency as Democrats in 2020 appear to me to present problems. Each would require the balance of the party to abandon some closely-held value or major constituency. White males are seen as a rejection of women and non-whites. Old white males are even worse.
There is a plethora of candidates for whom any claim to authenticity is something between fantastical and surreal.
It seems to me that this is the logical endpoint of the heavy emphasis on identity politics that has emerged. Can the party compromise? And what or who will be thrown over the side in the process?
“It seems to me that this is the logical endpoint of the heavy emphasis on identity politics that has emerged.â€
Been saying that for years.
It will definitely be interesting to see how the field unfolds and progresses.
Identity politics was always meant to divide, create discontent among these groupings, making it easier to chisel away at any sense of being “united.†This is how change, especially toxic change, is facilitated.
As for the current dem bench of presidential contenders – they are all shoving themselves to the extreme left in order to capture what seens to be today’s basis of the democrat party ideology. It’s a numbing realization to see how little the dem hierarchy has to offer now, let alone the neat future.
What party? Looks like a growing list of hopeful grifters to me. The DNC could need a lot of crowd control.