[ctdonath2]

I’m increasingly convinced nobody in that herd wanted to actually run for president. They all want to run for the nomination because running is profitable, but now they’re all trying to out-stupid the others so they won’t actually win. Nominee will have to run against Trump, and none of them want to get Mondaled.

[Gen.Blather]

” but now they’re all trying to out-stupid the others so they won’t actually win.”

If you view them from the standpoint of a reasonable, sane person, then that observation holds. But I think the simpler answer is these people are so cloistered with others of like mind that their “center” has been reset to just left of Karl Marx. In their crowd, they really represent the “average.”

Here is a slightly different view from a “left of center” liberal I watch named Tim Pool. (No, I am not Tim Pool.) I like him because he’s the kind of Democrat my dad was. You can argue, disagree and he will still respect you. (I didn’t know there were any left.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoKFIEjwyEY

[grania]

That's interesting. Maybe they thought they wanted it until they realized that they aren't up to the scrutiny? A few of them (Castro and Harris in particular) made complete fools of themselves, trying to fit in lines that someone else wrote for them.

I honestly wish that the better candidate hadn't been rigged out of the lineup. The Powers That Be in the Republican Party might be able to ignore the Deplorable agenda with the competition being that scary.