ICHEOKU says the outcome-determined polling, which places Joe Biden on the front burner notwithstanding, the Democratic Party must bite the bullet and pick a candidate who stands some chance of mounting a serious contention for the presidency in 2020 or at least would acquit himself or herself well, trying.
The Democrats must allow the process to pick a winner and not mire it down as they did in 2016 with Hillary Clinton's selection over the more populist Bernie Sanders. A repeat of 2016 must not be tolerated in 2020, otherwise the same result will be had.
The pack of twenty candidates have just completed their second debate and only the Senator from the great State of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, has proved herself very capable of taking a serious shot at the presidency 2020. Democrats must therefore forget their old book of politicking and try something new, refreshing and exciting; by fielding a feminist female extraordinaire who is not shy nor afraid to get down on the mat and battle it out with the president.
Elizabeth Warren checked all the departments of the big umbrella Democratic Party, especially the new paradigm, going into the 2020 presidential election. She is a female, she is a feminist, she is a white woman, she is educated, she debates quite well, she is a progressive and she is a fighter. All that is left for the Democratic Party to do, is to persuade John Delaney to pair up with her as a vice presidential candidate.
Progressivism is the new thinking in the Democratic Party, as the core base of the party wants a forward looking candidate to lead the fight. The Democratic Party honchos must not let its base of support down by going backward with Joe Biden, because if they do, they will be punished with a rejection at the poll. Americans are a futuristic people and they do not like to go back and lick up their vomit. Joe Biden is in the past, he belongs in ancient history and should be left in the rearview mirror of American politics where he rightly now belongs. A retirement is quite in order for the good old Joe, the boy from Scranton and Amtrak riding Senator from the great State of Delaware.
However, the only issue ICHEOKU sees with such an Elizabeth Warren's headship of the ticket is that it will shut out the black minority, which is a strong support base and huge component part of the Democratic Party. This is partly why Hilary Clinton lost the presidency in 2016, because, against all advice, she refused to pick black Cory Booker as her vice presidential candidate and blacks stayed out the election because they felt they had no dog in the fight. To win, the Democratic Party must present a team that would energize black voters and make them turn out en-masse to vote. Also, if Elizabeth Warren settles for a black male vice presidential candidate, white men will feel slighted that they were completely left out and will vote against her or stay out the election to register their anger.
This is the only threatening issue to Elizabeth Warren's presidential candidacy as the Democratic Party has become so compartmentalized, that every constituent part of its membership is fiercely striving for a seat at the table. So, an all white ticket will not satisfy nor be acceptable to black people and Elizabeth being a minority female, cannot afford to run a two minorities team. The challenge of the Democratic Party is how to effectively balance the various competing interests on a ticket, without causing a major fractious crisis within the party.
Kamala Harris would have been a "perfect" candidate because she checked all the markers as well, including being black; but she cannot win the primaries and her chances at defeating the president is nearly none existent. Americans are afraid of her, she has anger issues and Americans are not ready for another minority president, at least not now. ICHEOKU says provided Joe Biden is not coronated as Hillary Clinton was in 2016 and imposed on the party, it will surely be an exciting election campaign 2020 to watch and closely follow.
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