In an interesting column in the Cook Political Report, Amy Walter notes: (emphasis by Wrongo)
ā…one way to look at the 2020 Democratic primary contest was to think of it as a battle between those candidates who wanted a ārevolutionā versus those who want to see more of a ārestoration.ā The leaders of the ārevolutionā wing, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, arenāt running to simply replace President Trump, butĀ to bring serious, structural change to the country. This week, the leader of the ārestorationā wing ā Vice President Joe Bidenā announced his candidacy. To Biden, itās not the system thatās broken as much as it is the person in charge of the system who is broken.ā
She goes on to quote Bidenās first campaign video:
“I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time,”
Biden says heās only running because of Trump. The revolutionaries would be running even if another Republican was in the White House. Walter points out that makes Biden like many of the Democratic candidates who ran for Congress in the 2018 mid-terms. They werenāt politically seasoned like Biden, but they were similarly moved to run by Trumpās presidency. More from Walter: (emphasis by Wrongo)
āAnd, like Biden, most of those Democratic congressional candidates emphasized not a radical change but a check; a check on Trumpās presidency and his policies. But, most of those candidates were also running in suburban, swing districts where a message of moderation was a winning strategy. Biden is running to win in a much more diverse and ideologically fragmented primary contest.ā
She says that most of the 20 candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination are closer to the ārestorationā wing than the ārevolutionaryā wing of the Party. And she closes with:
āTo me, the big question for these next few months is if Biden will take the fight directly toĀ the revolutionaries in a way the other candidates have not…..Now, he has a chance to pivot to the offense. And, to reset the rules and terrain of the game that have, until this point, been set by Bernie Sanders. Letās see if ā and how ā he does it.
Interesting viewpoint as we sail on toward the first Democratic primary debates on June 26-27. BTW, 16 candidates have qualified for inclusion, showing that the bar was set far too low. On to cartoons.
Bidenās also running against himself:
Mueller called Trump āIndividual 1ā. Hereās to 10-20 in 2020:
Warrenās policies cause concern among the 1%:
Dems face a quandary. Trump will be happy with whichever they choose:
Trump will stonewall responding to subpoenas all the way to 2020:
Trump also has a yuuge grey wall: