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The Patriot Post Digest 12-20-2016
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Okay, we expect them to field candidates — just not competent or satisfactory ones.
Assuming the DNC is able to establish lucidity — a big assumption — who are the potential candidates? Eight years of Obama has decimated the Democrat bench of up-and-comers. Which means only a few fossils remain.
Odds are that if Clinton is still alive and well, she will put herself out there again, despite her weak performance in 2008 and her substantial defeat this year. There are alternatives, of course, but some are even older than Hillary.
The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto cites22 a poll by Public Policy Polling showing that “Joe Biden leads the way for Democrats with 31 percent to 24 percent for Bernie Sanders, and 16 percent for Elizabeth Warren.” As if to underscore the depths of confusion among Democrats, however, Taranto goes on to say that they also expressed preference for younger candidates: “57 percent of Democrats say they want their candidate to be under the age of 60, and 77 percent say they want their candidate to be under the age of 70. Only 8 percent actually want a candidate who’s in their [sic] 70s.”
He points out that by the time of the 2020 election the favored potential candidates will be north of 70: Biden will be 77, Sanders will be 79, and Warren, the baby of the group, will be 71. Based upon the ages of the favored Democrats, Taranto jokingly termed the DNC the “Great-Grand Old Party.”
James Hohmann, national political correspondent for The Washington Post, suggests23 that, since VP candidate Sen. Tim Kaine has seemingly declined to seek the presidency in 2020, the door is open for other recognizable faces to enter the fray. Those faces include New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, who took over Clinton’s Senate seat when she became secretary of state.
In addition to the aforementioned possibilities, opinion writer Chris Cillizza names24 some other lesser-known potential candidates. California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in November, is the first African-American woman elected to the Senate since Carol Moseley-Braun in 1992. Cillizza points out that she also represents the largest and most-Democrat state in the country, and that her “law-and-order-background” as AG will help her.
With first a business background, then serving as a mayor and now Colorado’s governor, John Hickenlooper would have broad appeal, Cillizza believes. One negative is Hickenlooper’s somewhat moderate political position, which may not appeal to the current hard-left state of the Democrat Party.
Having demonstrated an ability to work across the aisle to achieve things for veterans and child adoption, Cillizza believes Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has a positive profile for national office. Her state isn’t exactly a fundraising hotbed for national politics, but her ambitious demeanor may be attractive to Democrats.
Cillizza also argues that while current First Lady Michelle Obama has never run for office or expressed interest in doing so, she has excellent name recognition and “star power,” and she would go into a race for the nomination as a beloved figure.
So, after Biden, Sanders, Warren, Booker and Obama, the other possibilities have the name recognition hurdle to clear. Watching who says and does what during Trump’s first couple of years will help clarify the DNC’s dilemma.
Of course, if none of the above finds favor with Democrats, Kanye West has already thrown his hat into the ring, and Martin Sheen of the recent effort to persuade electors to not vote for Trump is available. He’s never been a president, but he did play one on TV.
In any case, as 2016 comes to a close, Democrats are in dire straits. Such situations rarely remain permanent in politics, but those of us who fight for Liberty can make the most of our moment.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
Trump Picks Fiscal Hawk to Lead Budget Office25 — America’s debt is an issue Trump has not forgotten about and intends to tackle head on.
China’s Power Play26 — The rise in tensions isn’t caused by Trump, but Obama.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Rich Lowry: Only Hillary Is to Blame for Her Loss27
Dennis Prager: Where Have All the Christmas Decorations Gone? A Meditation on Joyless Secularism28
Cal Thomas: Hope and Humility29
For more, visit Right Opinion30.
OPINION IN BRIEF
Rich Lowry: “The hack of the Democratic National Committee disrupted the early going of the Democratic convention, but the convention was still a wild political success that gave Hillary a big bounce. The subsequent WikiLeaks release of John Podesta’s emails constituted a steady drip-drip of discomfiting information, yet most of it didn’t break through in the media. Certainly none of it had the effect of the James Comey letter 11 days before the voting, which dominated the coverage for days and led to an immediate slide in Hillary’s poll numbers. This is why Democrats tend to lump in James Comey with the Russians when arguing that the election was hacked, even though he’s the director of the FBI, not the FSB. Comey is a public servant who had to grapple with the unprecedented circumstance of a major political party knowingly nominating a presidential candidate under FBI investigation. Who thought this was a good idea?”
SHORT CUTS
Insight: “The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; it is the recognition that man — every man — is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others, not a sacrificial animal serving anyone’s need.” —Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Belly laugh of the week: “My suggestion to the president-elect is, you know, going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it’s harder to undo.” —Barack “Executive Order” Obama
Braying Jackass: “[Donald Trump] doesn’t know much. One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.” —Bill Clinton
Sore loser: “James Comey cost her the election.” —Bill Clinton
Hindsight is 20/20: “I wish I had seen around that corner and not had that discussion with the former president [Bill Clinton], as innocuous as it was, because it did give people concern.” —AG Loretta Lynch
Ya think? “This past election was challenging for me as a citizen to watch and experience. It was painful.” —Michelle Obama
Dezinformatsia: “By overwhelming majorities, Americans would prefer to elect the president by direct popular vote, not filtered through the antiquated mechanism of the Electoral College. … The Electoral College, which is written into the Constitution, is more than just a vestige of the founding era; it is a living symbol of America’s original sin.” —New York Times editorial board
For the record: “Just a reminder as we keep hearing about the popular vote: No one was trying to win it. A race for popular vote would be totally different.” —David French
And last… “The electoral college worked great in 2008 and in 2012. The only difference this time is the outcome is one the NYT doesn’t like.” —Stephen Miller
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis!
Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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