Top 15 Dem Candidates for 2020 According to the WaPo

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98. They were NOT his ideas. They've been liberal Democratic

ideology from the inception of those ideas, and there's nothing new about them.

That's how he's gotten reelected for decades -- calling himself independent, claiming to be above his colleagues and offering something seeming shinier and more determined, suggesting he's just slightly radical, enough to seem exciting but never dangerous, and then voting reliably Democrat along with the people he despises. A winning formula with his constituents. Including the never producing the "more" he only rants about but never delivers.

What I think we're going to see by 2019 is who's replacing him. Judging from the dwindling of mentions here, leftist DUers who also despise mainstream Democratic politicians are about ready for a new leader.

Judging from the breaking up of his post-2016 following into separate, competing groups, it'll also be interesting to see if they can put aside the typical quarrels already developing to come together behind one person. That last has always been a severe weak point.