Bernie should take that heart attack as a warning sign and drop out of the election immediately. He can throw his support behind Liz Warren, who promotes the same issues, or simply wait until the primaries start to back a candidate. This vanity project is over. He had no business running for president in the first place, as there were more than enough candidates to push progressive issues, which was his biggest complaint last time around. Bernie being Bernie, he is right back on the campaign trail, sort of anyway, issuing policy statements from his bed that echo those of Liz Warren.
Joe Biden has even less reason to be running, as he represents nothing. He is like one of those "wish sandwiches:" two slices of white bread that you wish you had something between. From the start he has presented himself as Mr. Congeniality, the guy who can unite all the disparate forces in the Democratic Party and beat Trump. Unfortunately for him, polls show just about anyone can beat Trump at this point, even Marianne Williamson according to David Brooks. A generic Democratic candidate beats Trump by 20 points. It's only when you put a name to that candidate that polls creep a little closer but still have a rather large gap. So, why do we need Joe?
Liz is no spring chicken herself, but she looks far younger than Bernie and Joe. Even funnier, some right-wing bloggers tried to imply that she had an affair with a 25-year old bodybuilder. Nice job, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, you just made Liz the grandmother everybody wants to fuck! All because they took a campaign placard far too literally. Liz was eating it up.
Call me an ageist, but I want someone younger, more dynamic, as the Democratic nominee. Unfortunately, Kamala hasn't been as dynamic as I would like her to be. She's great with the quips but so far hasn't proposed much that is new or refreshing on the campaign trail. Winning that prize is Andrew Yang, but he seems a bit too unconventional and we really don't know much about him. So, while my heart is still with Kamala, I find myself leaning toward "Elizabeth Warren Cougar," who to this point has offered far more than any other candidate and covered much more territory. She should make her slogan, "This is Cougar Country!"
The younger candidates just haven't been able to generate much interest beyond Mayor Pete, but even his star grows dimmer by the day. Beto, the other boy wonder, never really got going. He tried to jump start his campaign with his response to the awful shootings in El Paso, but failed to garner any support. Best thing he could do now is mount another Senate bid against Crusty John Cornyn, but his stand on assault weapons would probably doom him in Texas. Better that Julian Castro run for that seat Cornyn is wasting in Congress.
Democrats really need to start thinking about who to target in the Senate races. Republicans have to defend 23 seats, making them very vulnerable, especially in states like Colorado, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Maine that are no longer so favorable to Republicans. Even Texas has come into play after Beto gave Ted Cruz a close call in 2018.
We don't need all these presidential candidates, and we sure as hell don't need old windbags like Bernie and Joe. This is the time to move forward with a nominee we can be sure has plenty left in the tank. It's preposterous to even be thinking of an 80-year old President in the White House, but that's how old Bernie would be his first year in office. Pugilist Joe Biden is only a year younger. Heart attacks aside, do we really want grandpa to be president?
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