Hey Democrats, Klobuchar could be The One
opponents respond to questions with stale, robotic and rehearsed answers intended to pander to special interests.
Here's what Democrats are supposed to learn from the rise of Klobuchar. To borrow a phrase: It's character, stupid.
Democrats in New Hampshire were confused and angst-ridden as they cast ballots this week because they were trying to strategically pick the candidate who can beat President Trump.
Not a good plan. Gaming the system almost never works. Too many variables. Candidates lie. Voters are fickle. The media gets it wrong. Elections are
unpredictable.
The question for Democrats is not electability, or who comes from your corner of the ideological spectrum, or who wears the label you most identify with,
or even -- in an argument that Klobuchar makes often -- who can win over disaffected Democrats because she has previously found support in a swing state.
None of that matters. The only thing that matters is character. We can't always define it, but we know it when we see it. And when a candidate shows
flashes of honesty, empathy and authenticity, that's character.
Klobuchar seems to check all those boxes. When it comes to personal qualities, she runs the board. Everyone else in the top tier comes across as a
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