It is widely reported the 2020 Democrat primary for president is a race to the socialist left, with most candidates wanting to make sure nobody takes positions to their left. Meanwhile nobody is reporting that the electorate has suddenly become hugely more ‘progressive’ or liberal.
At the same time, the avowedly socialist government of Venezuela is providentially undergoing a dramatic and gut-wrenching meltdown. Starving millions are fleeing once-rich Venezuela, overwhelming its neighbors. An endorsement of socialism it definitely is not.
Doesn’t this sound like what a Republican fabulist - imagining a scenario in which the Democrats cede the political center to a not-terribly-popular president whose actions, as opposed to his tweets, have been centerist - would come up with? That’s my reading.
I conclude modest optimism is warranted.
