House Democrats are sounding alarms that a prolonged fight for their party's presidential nomination will only serve to bolster President Trump's reelection prospects, as many in their party grow anxious in the aftermath of his impeachment trial
Democrats still believe their party will ultimately unite and get behind a candidate who will take back the White House. But a series of events this week, including the debacle in the Iowa caucuses, the strong jobs report and the near-total GOP loyalty to Trump during the impeachment fight have some saying their party needs to wake up to the reality that Trump stands a strong chance of winning again."I think Iowa made nobody happy -- everybody is ready to move on.
"I did sense just talking to some supporters of mine, some diehard Democrats back home, some folks here, that there might have been a little bit of what Alan Greenspan once called 'irrational exuberance' about 2020," Boyle said Friday in the Capitol."I would always say that this is going to tighten."Boyle said it could be ultimately beneficial that many in his party now realize how hard it will be to defeat Trump.
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