Analysis: Democrats look past 2020
Stacey Abrams speaks at the Center for American Progress conference on Wednesday.
The unprecedented size of the Democrats' presidential field has been a running joke for weeks. Joe Biden riffs on the “400” other Democrats running; Montana Gov. Steve Bullock tells crowds that they've got “37” choices. The actual number is even up for argument, as some news outlets cap the field at 23 candidates, while some considerBut Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail know that they’re not getting their agenda enacted until, at the earliest, 2021.
“When we have candidates who look like our communities, we have communities that see themselves and engage,” Abrams said. “It is a virtuous cycle. The more we engage, the more the people engage, and the more people engage, the more progress is made. We are not an authoritarian regime just yet. We have time between 2019 and 2020.”
Garcetti, who made several trips to early primary states before deciding not to run, described how cities were moving ahead on infrastructure and climate policy while the administration flailed. Landrieu saw similar potential in racial diversity, telling the crowd that the president had put Democrats in a stronger position to argue for racial justice. Instead of bristling when the president talked about immigration or kneeling NFL players, Democrats could exploit the president’s low popularity.
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