I see a lot of people pre-crowning Bernie or Warren everywhere and it strikes me as trying to re-fight 2016 in advance. Do you really think this is going to happen? Think about the next four years: we will have to watch Trump flinging himself against the system constantly. We will see him (probably) replacing insiders with inexperienced firebrands and family members. We will see him create whatever mess he can imagine in foreign and trade policy.
Is it really guaranteed that after all that the electorate will want someone angry who will shake up the system? I think its just as possible that after four years of THAT the winning pitch will be something like "I am a NORMAL person who will actually achieve things by using the system, unlike this guy." I'm not sure who our Hollande would be, but I think Democrats are making a mistake in automatically assuming the same kind of anger in the future electorate. What are the justifications for making that assumption?
Trump isn't going to replace insiders with inexperienced firebrands, whatever that means. Trump is an insider himself, who was able to fool a lot of people.
Bernie's success had nothing to do with anger. He actually had a plan, an agenda, and that's why people liked him. The Clintons on the other hand were only in it for themselves and that's why the people rejected them. What the Democrats need is a plan, not ambitious politicians like Hillary, Cuomo, Newsom etc.
