Why Isn’t the Dem Primary a Contest Between Klobuchar and Warren?

Both are well-qualified candidates in a political party that prides itself on equal rights for women. Why aren’t they front-runners?

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar speaking with attendees at the Clark County Democratic Party’s 2020 Kick Off to Caucus Gala at the Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 15, 2020. (photo: Gage Skidmore)

What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

Answer: You get a question to which everyone already knows the answer- so no one even bothers to give it.

You get a riddle to which the answer is so obvious, the riddle itself is reduced to a rhetorical question with no need for an answer.

If Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Elizabeth Warren were instead Sen. Andy Klobuchar and Sen. Ernest Warren, there would be no need for moderate Democrats in swing districts to be in a complete uproar over Bernie Sanders.

There would be no need for Democrats to fear losing to Donald Trump- again- in November.

There would be no need for billionaires like Mike Bloomberg and Tom Steyer to have further over-crowded the already over-crowded Democratic field of primary contenders. Both could be meaningfully contributing to the campaign of a well-qualified Democratic woman even now.

Sen. Kamala Harris would have been an excellent choice and her campaign could have used the help of a ruthless pragmatist like Mike…