From Bernie to Beto, a progressive era begins
By Brent Budowsky, opinion contributor — 12/04/18 01:30 PM EST
The odds are high that the progressive movement will lead a wave that will determine the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 and the next Democratic president who will be inaugurated in January 2021.
After the great Democratic victory in the 2018 midterm elections, creating a Democratic House of Representatives that must approve any legislative measure that will become law during the final two years of President Trump’s current and probably only term in office, the 2020 presidential campaign has now begun.
Recently, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) convened a meeting of his long-term friends, supporters and admirers to discuss the 2020 campaign.
There are now mini-boomlets for Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who electrified national politics by almost defeating Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in their Senate race, and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who continued his decades-long success in Ohio by being re-elected to the Senate, to run in 2020.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and other prominent Democrats may well join one of the strongest fields of potential Democratic candidates in memory.
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