Democrats are fiercely — but quietly — debating which 2020 candidate benefits most from the drive to oust Trump: Biden or Warren
Sometimes the Democratic presidential primaries seem like that famous graphic scene from “Pulp Fiction“: One minute Butch and Marsellus are on the streets trying to kill each other and the next they suddenly find themselves tied up in a basement facing a common enemy . When Butch finally escapes, he has to make a fateful decision about whether he’ll rescue Marsellus or leave him to die.
Now that the Democratic Party has decided to organize itself around the idea that Trump represents such an existential threat that he should be removed immediately from office, Democrats are still not sure just who a move to impeach the president helps — and who it hurts.Interviews with people in several campaigns reveal a fraught debate over whether impeachment benefits Biden or Warren or has some other unintended consequences nobody foresees.
The near-term impact of impeachment blocking out any other campaign news may be to cement the race where it is: a Biden-Warren fight, with the rest of the candidates struggling more than ever to get noticed. “It makes it harder for the people below the top two to three candidates,” said a top adviser to a single-digit candidate. “Welcome to the lower tier, friends.”“I think this race goes in one of two ways,” said an adviser to Kamala Harris.
“We are all living in this world where the president is crazy and we have this circus-like environment and nobody knows how to respond,” said Steven Livitsky, the co-author, with Daniel Ziblatt, ofthe leading study of how modern democracies can be slowly eroded by Trump-like leaders. “We are all accustomed to taking American democracy for granted and assume our institutions work. The prudent thing to do is to go on with life as usual.
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