Why Warren? [View all]

[LWolf]

It's a rhetorical question. That means you don't have to explain. I like Warren. I get why her name has been tossed into the ring.

But...the real question: why, oh why, has the possible list of primary candidates been narrowed to only two 3 years before the actual primaries? Aren't there others out there deserving of some attention? How does it benefit the nation, or the party, to limit the field so soon? Every day I see just 2 names repeated, over and over and over. Warren and the centrist.

The only benefit I see is to leave the conversation and the process in the hands of tptb, which will, in the end, get us another centrist as the nominee in the end.

Why not, while we've got the chance, play with a wider field? It's true that there aren't that many Democratic politicians with experience remaining that I'm all that interested in, since the party has continued to drift to the center/right. Still, there's more than just one.

Some great Democrats (and other) that come to mind immediately, in no particular order:

Bernie Sanders (yes, I know, but I'd vote for him for president in a heartbeat over whatever mainstream candidate the status quo produces,) Greyson, Merkley, DeFazio, Brown, and yes, Kucinich, still, Capuano, Donna Edwards...I'm sure there are more.