While former VP Joe Biden has a lead in national polls, rickklein says he is “as weak a frontrunner as you can imagine.” 'He comes in without the ability to have cleared the field.'
The 2020 field swells to 20 today. But the wider race could wind up narrowing the choices facing Democratic primary voters.
Biden faces numerous obstacles, up to and including his own history in politics. But the race from here looks different -- whether or not Biden winds up being the answer to Democrats' questions.Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on Congress not to vote on impeachment -- at least not yet. The former Democratic presidential nominee, first lady and secretary of state suggested her party continue to investigate and publicly flush out the findings in the Mueller report.
Voters might agree. Many may think digging deeper into accusations of obstruction of justice and the president's finances is gratuitous. They also may want guarantees that the country's elections are free and safe from foreign influence this go-around. Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke -- whose 2018 Senate campaign against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz grounded itself in its intense grassroots support -- will hold the first big-money fundraiser of his presidential bid next month in New York City. It's a decision that could open him up to criticism from others in the race like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who's sworn off those types of events, but O'Rourke is defending the decision.
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