Joe Biden hasn't had a terrific last few weeks — at least, he hasn't if he's employing a wait-and-see-when-they-implode strategy, so he could step in and rescue the Democratic Party from a too-big field of newbies and stumblers. If so, he guessed kinda wrong.
Beto O'Rourke's triumphant rally last night in El Paso reminded us of this. After outdrawing Benedict Donald's hatefest that was held across the street, Beto is getting renewed calls to throw his hat in the ring for 2020. (For what it's worth, we cats hope he throws that hat into a Texas ring next year — for John Cornyn's Senate seat.)
But whatever — Beto's shown that he's still a hot property. Good on him. We wish him well.
Then there's Elizabeth Warren. She's not our first choice for President, but she had a good rollout, with a successful trip to Iowa and, lately, a pretty nifty quip about Trump getting hauled off to the hoosegow. Maybe she can hold her own against the lying sociopath after all.
In spite of all those "She's mean to her staff" stories, Amy Klobuchar had a winter-wonderland announcement in Minnesota, and we're wondering how she managed to keep her hair looking so cute in the snow.
Kamala Harris's campaign kickoff was cheered by more than 20,000 people in Oakland, and she raised a ton of money right out of the gate. Cory Booker released a great launch video. (And he's on Rachel Maddow's show tonight. Definitely watching.)
Yep, just about every Democrat except Kirsten Gillibrand (that ridiculous chicken-with-a-fork story) and Tulsi Gabbard — just 13 people showed up for an event in Des Moines — has jumped into the race with excitement. (Kirsten can recover. Gabbard doesn't deserve to.)
So we're feeling pretty good about how our crop of 2020 candidates is doing. Biden may have missed the boat again, but that's okay — we'll need him to mend fences with our allies as Secretary of State, the same way President Obama needed Hillary. We cats PURR.
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