Jennifer penned 7 articles yesterday! I haven't read all of them.
I think she's right on target with this one.
I'd be happy with Bloomberg or Amy at this point.
I want a pragmatic leader, with the ability to work with others, that has a moral core, and decent motives.
Democratic voters aren’t where a lot of Democratic candidates are
By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
February 25 at 3:46 PM
All the energy is on the left. The party is trending left. The progressives will pick the next Democratic candidate. Wrong, wrong and probably wrong.
We’ve repeatedly pointed out that, contrary to the conventional wisdom and the rhetoric of many Democratic presidential contenders, the party itself favors moderation. We saw this vividly in 2018 when moderates won primaries and went on to knock out incumbent Republicans, while the forces of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) failed to flip a single House seat from red to blue. And yet the myth of a hyper-progressive party lives on, most likely because some of the more articulate media figures and candidates encourage the perception. And with the right-wing media machine delighted to focus on the most progressive Democrats so as to support the “Socialist!” scream, it is easy to come to the conclusion that moderates are in retreat. That doesn’t make it true.
The most recent piece of evidence for the primacy of moderates comes from the Pew Research Center:
Among Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters, somewhat more say they want the Democratic Party to move in a more moderate (53%) than more liberal (40%) direction. These views are about the same as they were following the 2014 midterm elections. In November 2016, after Trump’s presidential election victory, a somewhat greater share of Democrats (49%) wanted the party to head in a more liberal direction.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/25/democratic-voters-arent-where-lot-democratic-candidates-are/?utm_term=.56f17384922d
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