The Democratic Presidential race is thinning as Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan and former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke have withdrawn from the competition in the past week.
Both were considered moderates, and some thought O’Rourke had a real chance to move ahead, but both candidacies floundered without much public support in polls and in fund raising.
Both Ryan and O’Rourke were the rare white men running for the nomination, with the only serious such candidates left being Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg.
There is also Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock, and Tom Steyer, but the most competitive white men are Biden, Sanders, and Buttigieg.
The odds of a woman or a minority person being the nominee seems more possible, which is fine, but if that happens, it will mean the Democratic Party has not nominated a white man for President since 2004.
Kamala Harris is cutting back on campaign staff. Sounds like she may be dropping out as well.
It’s time to narrow it down to 4 or 5.
Information about Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare For All plan. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/11/01/what-you-need-to-know-about-warrens-medicare-for-all-plan/
2020 Democrats shine on criminal justice reform, Medicare for All, and more
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/2/1896349/-2020-Democrats-shine-on-criminal-justice-reform-Medicare-for-All-and-more
I second that, Rational Lefty.