By Michael Scherer Michael Scherer National political reporter covering campaigns, Congress and the White House Email Bio Follow May 15 at 9:52 AM So many Democrats are running for president that the chair of the National Governors Association, the mayor of America’s largest city and the senior senator from Colorado may not even qualify for the first debate — even though it allows for 20 candidates.
An historically large field was expected, given President Trump’s perceived vulnerability and the churn within the Democratic Party. But few believed it would be quite this sprawling, and the candidates are being forced to retool their strategies in response. The current candidates are experimenting with different tactics. Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, who boasts of holding the most campaign events in the most places, is doing national television interviews after initially resisting them.
Yet the field retains a shapeless, unpredictable feel, its contours shifting and its dynamics fluid. One sought-after prize — a breakout moment, such as a poignant exchange with a voter, that can go viral and rake in donations and attention — has so far been elusive. “When you look at the polls and look at the coverage of candidates like Gillibrand and Castro, there is clear favoritism going on, because the level of coverage given to them is not indicative of their public support,” said one person working on the campaign of former Maryland congressman John Delaney, who has one of the most extensive early-state operations.
Bullock, for example, is not certain to make the debate stage despite his leadership of the National Governors Association. The same is true for de Blasio and Bennet, who temporarily left the campaign trail to recover from prostate cancer surgery, which he says was successful. Bullock said Tuesday it was worth completing the Montana legislative session before announcing his candidacy — “I signed my last bill yesterday” — even if he now has less than a month to meet the target for the first debate.
All socialists and anti border protection.
cmarinucci Democrats should require all their presidential candidates to stay in the race for every primary and whoever wins the popular total vote should be their nominee. If you advocate for popular vote then live by it.
Who cares about the Dems Every one of them would be road kill by the Trump Train.
How are we ever going remember which dumb illegal greedy act goes with which dummy?
What they need to do is rally around a few and the rest need go home and help support who they want for president aimed VP
There’s a reason...why not report the why
Looks like the outhouse is full...
Where will the nominees for Senate come from ? It's important to not let Mitch hold the gavel in future.
Man, if Trump beats all the Democratic Candidates running for President, that's going to look pretty bad.
Enough already, A half-dozen is about right if they represent different views.
Message... Yes, we know: OrangeManBad
the diversity squad is getting to be a whiter shade of pale.come on people.
I'm NOT TRUMP is the strongest message.
Don't tell some of them to run in Republican primaries ~
The Republicans had a big field last election. Then they picked the worst of them and won the election - won with help and deception, that is.
Sometimes, I really think our Party is dumbing down daily. All the “wanna-be” Prez folks and nothing cohesive at all. Perhaps, we just cannot get this together and our nation is lost and condemned.
Just a message is the struggle
Its been fairly easy to tick off who I’m not going to vote for. Most candidates have core democratic platform values. For me some tick too far left and some too far right. I’ll shift to the center if it’s the only way to protect my private insurance. I favor U.k. system
All they have to do is not be crazy. They just can't do it.
They lost already
Actually, there are at most 4 or 5 Democratic candidates, a giant pile of Martin O'Malleys, and that Gabbard person.
Come on. Candidates that aren't even on the radar screen...take one for the team and drop the F out.
Trump will win bigly
let the turning a certain win into a loss begin, you may as well bring back Clinton FFS.
The message is: Hate Trump. They will all run on this.
I’m going to need this arranged in Bingo card format, please.
It's fine at this stage EXCEPT that they can't all expect donors to support them all. They are forcing donors to dilute limited resources. Need 2 distillations: 1. platform, 2. ability to execute.
It’s simple. They all suck.
Democracy preservation isn't supposed to be easy, as the Founders recognized from the first confrontation in Concord. It never has been, and never will be. The defense and projection of liberty is a lifelong task. Enjoy the results, but don't eschew the essential basic struggle.
A party divided cannot stand.
There are twenty two candidates that gear up to take the giant down,but if David is not included it won't work.
This is ridiculous. The inexperienced and lesser qualified should drop out.Look at what it brought us with the Rs in 2016- the least qualified candidate-Trump.
Bernie Sanders has the best platform in the race that resonates with the majority of the American people while the media still pushes Biden as if he isn’t just Hillary Clinton 2.0. The people do not want the status quo, they want real change. That’s what the dems should run on
I'm done! Wake me up after the convention!!!
They have no message only trying to out socialist the other or to try to downplay the best economy in 70 years of attack white people values how do they expect to win calling every achievement racist it was white Republicans fighting southern Democrats to free the slaves
How sweet it is! LOL!
Oh please. Pretty sure everyone will vote their heart in the primaries, then with their heads in the election. And it will be all boots 👠👢🥾 on the ground in between! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I’m starting to wonder if this is by design because democrats seem to be powerless to stop the republicans march to fascism and all this is helping them because they are laser focused on their agenda and democrats seem to have no coherent plan to stop them
They need a coherent message.
Wow 22 and growing. It will be fun to watch them eat each other alive. 😄
Disagree. This shows the country what Dems are all about. And having different messengers providing basic the same message is fine. It’s very clear who is a Democrat and who is a Republican, though some D’s are more centrists than others. This is good.
Keep your eyes on andrewyang. He’s causing waves. In fact that’s what he wants to do. Bring a wave crashing down on DC to wake them up to the realities of the 21st century. Listen to a podcast on your commute. You might find yourself nodding along.
Lots of options. Lots of ideas. Better group of candidates to choose from. I'd say let's stop bemoaning the lack of a 'message' and let the best candidate rise to the top-these things have a way of sorting themselves out.
The message no longer matters. The GOP have removed policy from political discussions. They can’t discuss healthcare, foreign policy, fiscal management, ethics, the environment or women’s rights and civil rights. Since they can’t pretend to care about any of those things.
It’s all for nothing...
The messages are clear THEenvironment HealthCareForAll WomensRights ReasonableGunLaws EducationForAll PrisonReform realDonaldTrump is NOT on my list for a reason. He is NOT the future. SocialChangeIsComing Feel free to add
Must be a lot of tax benefits associated with running for president.
The Dems do have a message 'Orange Man Bad' They can't really say Vote Blue and we will put people out of work.
And sadly, name recognition and being a loud voice will override someone with sound policy ideas. The media is partly to blame for this.
Kamala Harris
Literally, it's a circus. There needs to be a cutoff somewhere ..
Don’t recall the GOP being critiqued for all those candidates back when they had their primaries Hypocrisy101
But it is very easy: just wait until 5 candidates will dominate the news with their agenda.
I think Pro choice is a message that will galvanize women. We are angry. Im rooting for Elizabeth Warren. With maybe Butteigig for VP.
Did you say this same thing when there were a gazillion republican nominees in 2015-2016?
At the very least, we should have Ranked Choice within the party. It's SOOOO much better. Ask ANYONE who's experienced it.
Hillary 2020!
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