Why Mueller's report won't matter much in 2020 by mattbai
Washington is bracing today for the latest, long-awaited chapter in the two-year saga of Russian influence and the Trump campaign. The Mueller report, when at last it comes, may be so heavily redacted that it ends up leading to more intrigue than it puts to rest, along with a raft of lawsuits and subpoenas.
And this may get to why the Democratic field, at least in these very early months, is taking shape a little differently than we might have guessed. To this point, though, the Democratic campaign doesn’t feel much like 2004 — or even like a reverse image of 2012, when Republican candidates, eager to appease the so-called tea party rebellion in their own ranks, went on and on spinning out dark visions of Barack Obama’s socialist plan.
In other words, an awful lot of liberal voters right now seem better than their Twitter feeds, and bigger than their party’s most fevered voices. They’re not looking to endlessly litigate and relitigate claims against Trump and his cabal of incompetents. They’re looking to turn the page on this entire sordid affair.
Warren, the Massachusetts senator and former law professor, has long been a celebrity of the populist left, and she’s running on a series of specific and sweeping proposals to punish corporate wealth. As I’ve written, she’s a better politician than most of her rivals and comes to the race with a strong personal brand.
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