Democrats Tip Their 2020 Hand

And it isn’t looking too good.

President Donald J. Trump addresses remarks prior to presenting the Presidential Citizens Medal posthumously to Richard “Rick” C. Rescorla on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in the East Room of the White House. Rescorla helped save the lives of nearly 2,700 people at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)

The U.S. is one year out from Election Day 2020.

Anyone thinking the Democratic field was set were surprised today by the news that Former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg is preparing a run. Former Attorney General Eric Holder is also reportedly considering a run.

There have, of course, also been rumors of a Hillary Clinton return for an epic grudge-match against Donald Trump.

Prominent Democrats and wealthy Democratic donors have been calling for weeks, and in some cases months, for a different candidate to enter the race. Democrats from cocktail parties to PTA meetings have been asking each other the same question:

Isn’t there anyone else?

Democratic analysts, professional and amateur, fear that none the current crop of candidates can compete with Donald Trump or unite the ideologically fractured Democratic Party.

Considering the lackluster field of Democratic candidates for president, each with their own unique set of weak advantages and relative drawbacks, combined with teetering frontrunner Joe Biden, it is hard to blame them.

The recent lurches to the far left to appease a small but vocal minority of mostly white, progressive liberals, have deeply frightened the Democratic…