Way Too Early: Saturday Political Soap Box 203

Yep.  That's a poll.  Taken in December 2018.  For a caucus that, right now, is one year and one day away.

I'm not complaining too much.  It's good to be engaged.  It's good to start thinking about the positions and candidates you're most interested in.  It's a crucial election, and we're going to want to get this right.

But PLEASE!  I beg you!  Stop going negative!  Search for what you like without badmouthing everyone else!

We have to take off our 2016 filters.  Bernie and Hillary supporters have to stop trashing each other and villianizing candidates as...too much in Bernie's camp, or too much in Hillary's camp.

We need a new campground!

I see Bernie as a Moses who led us to the promised land but won't necessarily get there himself (as President, I should clarify).  Hillary was highly qualified, and she should have won, but she didn't, and she has paved the way for a slew of excellent female candidates. Joe Biden was an integral part of one of the best leadership teams that America has ever experienced, but now it is time for new leadership.

Please note.  If anyone of these three gets the nomination, I will be front and center carrying the banner of support.  And I have no intention of demonizing any of them.  I just feel it is time to turn the page on American politics. 

One of the major mistakes in political strategy is fighting the last war instead of the new one.

I am already discouraged by the surge and tone of news about the 2020 Democratic candidates, and even more upset about the nasty twittering and Facebooking I see. 

SPOILER ALERT!  None of these people are perfect, and if we keep it up, we're going to tear them all apart.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Even the one of these you like the least is ten million times better than Trump and Pence, or anyone else the Republicans offer (ok, maybe just one million times better than Kasich).

With so many candidates (which I think is a good thing - I love democracy and choices!), the media is going to be confused and go out of its way to find malarkey and goofups to distinguish them.  Yeah, Warren did the DNA thing poorly.  Yeah, Harris was kinda mean as a prosecutor.  Yeah, O'Rouke voted too much with Trump.  Yeah, Booker has received too much help from Wall Street. Some of the candidates are old.  Yeah, some of them are young. Some are more experienced than others.  Some more progressive, some more corporate.

But have faith!  It's all gonna shake out.  And we just have to stay as positive as we can and ride the rollercoaster and stick with the main goal...THE AGE OF TRUMP MUST END!  And that's not just Trump, but all the sycophants that have firmly planted their lips on his large orange posterior.  The Republicans have ruined themselves, and need a season or two out of the limelight to recover.

I am a political animal.  I'm excited by the process.

But it is way too early to start devouring our own.

CHILL!