JOE FOR PRESIDENT? – AT 10:58 A.M. ET:  The fastest rising stock in the Democratic Party right now is named Joe Biden.  It seems incredible that this is the best the party can do.  From Rasmussen: 

As Joe Biden travels the country to promote his new book, voters—especially Democrats—have renewed enthusiasm about the possibility of a 2020 presidential run for the former vice president, even though he has not yet committed to entering the race.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 41% of Likely Democratic Voters think Biden would make the best candidate against President Trump if he runs for reelection in 2020, up from only 15% who felt that way in February. Biden, if elected in 2020, would be inaugurated at the age of 78, the same age that Ronald Reagan was when he left office.

COMMENT:  The fact that he knew Abe Lincoln is something of a plus.  This poll, of course, is a snapshot in time.  Maybe Democrats now believe that a "safe" candidate would be best for 2020, and one relatively free of controversy.

However, I'd imagine this will change.  Biden, while a sentimental favorite, gets only lukewarm support from the party's feverish left-wing base.  The base would prefer a firebrand, an ideologist.  Elizabeth Warren is an obvious name.  Another is the very ancient but politically correct Bernie Sanders.  There may be a newcomer representing some trendy group.  This is not the Democratic Party of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy.  This is a more adolescent version.

The 2020 election is three years away.  The nomination races begin in about two years.  Plenty of time.

November 21, 2017