The Clown Car Is Looking Pretty Full, Fellas
By Jim Geraghty
March 28, 2019 12:39 PM
Dear former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, Colorado senator Michael Bennett, Montana governor Steve Bullock, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, and congressmen Seth Moulton, Tim Ryan, Eric Swallwell . . .
No one else will say this to you, so I will say it. There’s no need for you to “throw your hat into the ring†or “dip your toe into the water†or form an exploratory committee. Despite the polite nods of your staff and the vaguely positive mumbled responses from your family at the dinner table, there really isn’t a mass of Democrats clamoring for you to enter the race. There are no Democratic primary voters looking at the 17 announced candidates and lamenting, “I just feel like I don’t have enough options.â€
It’s understandable that you would look at the current president and some of the already-announced Democratic field and say, “Why not me?†With Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, and Julian Castro, the Democratic field is two young guys short of looking like a late-90s boy band. Yes, I know how infuriating it must be to get elected statewide, actually get some legislation passed, sign some bills into law, and watch the rest of your party go “Ooh! Ahh!†over the mayor of South Bend, some garage-band guitarist who had $80 million and couldn’t beat Ted Cruz, and some tech-company guy who’s talking about circumcision. Yes, you’re younger than Bernie Sanders. Everybody’s younger than Bernie Sanders.
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