New Democratic Candidates, Same Old Problems

Good News: Two major Democratic candidates have entered the presidential race. Bad News: They have the same drawbacks as Dems already in the field.

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. August 10, 2019. (photo: Gage Skidmore)

Isn’t there anyone else? Is it too late for new entries to pick-up enough steam to win the Democratic primary?

Of all the questions floating around Democratic donor events and political functions lately, the above two have probably been the most prevalent. There has also been a definite uptick in the frequency and volume of these questions since former Vice President and Democratic primary front-runner Joe Biden crashed and burned so unspectacularly- by failing to deal with the Hunter Biden situation before it dealt a mortal blow to donor confidence in the Biden campaign.

Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the 2019 Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. August 9, 2019. (photo: Gage Skidmore)

The weakness of the Biden campaign, coupled with a rise in the polls for Democratic socialist Sen. Elizabeth Warren, combined to create a perfectly irresistible environment for two new candidates to enter the already overcrowded race.

With Biden floundering, and major Democratic donors signaling an unwillingness to support Warren as the Democratic nominee, former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and former…