The most important chore the Democrats have is beating Trump in 2020. So far, the polls on Democrat Front runners to challenge Trump in 2020 are off the mark. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Beto O'Rourke are the wrong choices. Beto might be a good vice president candidate but not the right person for the top job.
Democrats can beat Trump if they can win the majority of Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin. They need a candidate who can when the disaffected workers in those states. It is true that Bernie Sanders in Elizabeth Warren have messages that should play well there but so did Hillary Clinton. She did a lousy job of delivering her message. Bernie Sanders is too extreme and he will be labeled a socialist. That is not what those Midwesterners want. Elizabeth Warren is simply not a likable and does not really speak the language of the Midwest. By far the most likely candidate, and one who is not getting much attention is Sen. Sherrod Brown from Ohio. His economic policies– Anti-free-trade, anti-NAFTA and pro social welfare programs is what those Midwesterners want. Trump talked a good game but didn't deliver. His tax cuts went to the wealthy and his job creation bullshit never happened.
The Democrats need to focus on winning the election and not on whom they like the best themselves. They lost in 2016 by screwing up in the Midwest. They can't afford to do it again.
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