The Democrats, for once, have built a political army for tomorrow. RossBarkan writes on how the party's bench of potentially successful presidential candidates is suddenly looking pretty deep
, the Florida governor who is looming large as a Republican alternative. The case for Harris is weak enough that Biden almostis new. What has changed, however, is the depth and quality of the Democratic bench — and its relative potency should give even Biden-happy Democrats pause.
Ironically, this dilemma was made possible, in part, by how well statewide Democrats performed in this year’s midterms. The two red waves under President Obama did more than usher Republicans into House and Senate majorities. They erased a generation of Democrats who could have been in contention to succeed Obama. This time, the future Democratic stars weren’t snuffed out.
Then there’s Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer. She just won re-election with a higher percentage of the vote
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