{"id":1826,"date":"2019-06-05T06:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2019-06-05T06:34:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:34:58","slug":"choice-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/05\/choice-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Choice of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Choice of the Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are twenty-three candidates running for the Democratic Party\u2019s Presidential nomination:&nbsp;twenty-three.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s a full football team with an extra punter\/kicker!!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opportunity or Dilemma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are faced with an opportunity, and a dilemma.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opportunity is that there is a wide variety of choices:&nbsp;&nbsp;young (37) to old (77 \u2013 Sanders even older than Biden); black, white, Asian, Pacific Islander; men and women; gay and straight; Governors, Congressmen, Senators, Entrepreneurs, and a self-help book author.&nbsp;&nbsp;Republicans may see all of them as \u201clefty&#8217;s,\u201d somewhere from moderate  to the \u201cS-word\u201d (socialists), but Democratic voters hear a great deal of differences among the proposals offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dilemma:&nbsp;&nbsp;could Democrats get into the same trap that Republicans fell for in 2016.&nbsp;&nbsp;With so many candidates, will one gather a large minority vote that ends up dominating the scene.&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald Trump won 44 primaries or caucuses, but he failed to win a majority of any election count in February or March.&nbsp;&nbsp;In those first thirty-two elections, Trump only broke over 40% ten times. &nbsp;It wasn\u2019t until April, when most other candidates dropped out, that Trump actually start \u201cwinning\u201d a majority of the votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had a solid minority (somewhere around 38%, similar to his approval ratings today) and the rest of the Republican voters split among the other eleven candidates.&nbsp;&nbsp;Could Democrats be faced with a similar dilemma, and nominate a candidate with a strong but small base (doesn\u2019t that sound like Bernie Sanders)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or will Democrats follow a more traditional path, coalescing around four or five candidates who then will battle it out for the nomination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are candidates who are uplifting, intelligent, and exciting.&nbsp;&nbsp;But there is the ongoing question that every Democrat needs to contemplate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Whatever candidate Democrats choose, that candidate needs to defeat Donald Trump.&nbsp;And that puts the Party in a difficult choice, the choice between the head and the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Progressives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pete Buttigieg did a town hall meeting hosted by MSNBC\u2019s Chris Matthews Monday night.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, a town hall audience is a friendly one, but in this fragmented Democratic environment, tough questions are asked by the spectators, and even by the host.&nbsp;&nbsp;Buttigieg handled each question, and questioner, with grace and intelligence.&nbsp;He didn\u2019t avoid any, and didn\u2019t \u201cspin\u201d the answers to another subject either.&nbsp;&nbsp;He put forth his plans, clearly and eloquently. He is a strong, passionate, progressive Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMayor Pete\u201d is the leader of South Bend, Indiana, a middle sized town best known as the home of the University of Notre Dame.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is young, only thirty-seven, and he is veteran, having served in Afghanistan.&nbsp;His academic background:&nbsp;&nbsp;Harvard and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, is impeccable.&nbsp;He is also gay, married to his husband Chasten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have also heard town halls with Kamela Harris, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Kristen Gillibrand.&nbsp;&nbsp;All of them have tremendous minds, terrific ideas, and articulate their views clearly.&nbsp;They are all from the more Progressive (that\u2019s MY END) part of the Party. All of them and Pete, seem to be prepared to be President; all of them seems ready to lead.&nbsp;&nbsp;And any of them would be better than Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Moderates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve also heard Senator Michael Bennett interviewed multiple times, and Governor\u2019s Inslee of Washington and Hickenlooper of Colorado.\u00a0\u00a0Bennett and Hickenlooper are from the more moderate part of the Party, both emphasizing the need to work to reunite the nation.\u00a0\u00a0Inslee has staked his candidacy on environmental concerns, but hasn\u2019t moved from that niche to a more general candidacy.\u00a0\u00a0If the Democratic goal is to reach towards the more moderate Republican voters repelled by Trump, these guys would serve that role well.\u00a0And any of them would be better than Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The &#8220;B&#8217;s&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven\u2019t mentioned the three \u201cB\u2019s;\u201d Bernie, Beto and Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bernie Sanders is not my candidate.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have two main complaints with the Independent Senator from Vermont.&nbsp;&nbsp;First; while his goals are appealing, I constantly feel that Bernie promises \u201cthe moon,\u201d without dealing with the practicalities of how to get it done.&nbsp;&nbsp;I know that politicians do that, but Bernie seems worse than most.&nbsp;&nbsp;His answer for achieving his plans:&nbsp;&nbsp;we need a \u201crevolution\u201d to replace the Congress.&nbsp;It\u2019s quite an idea, but seems \u201cpie in the sky\u201d to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My second contention with Bernie is his determination to remain outside the Party, except to use the Party machinery to gain a Presidential nomination.&nbsp;&nbsp;It wouldn\u2019t alter my view, but I would be a lot more comfortable if Senator Sanders was the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Democrat <\/span> from Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beto O\u2019Rourke is young and dynamic.&nbsp;&nbsp;My problem with Beto is that he speaks oratorically, and often doesn\u2019t answer the questions that are asked.&nbsp;&nbsp;Beto always gets back to his campaign \u201cline,\u201d and it seems that he doesn\u2019t have clearly articulated plans.&nbsp;&nbsp;From what I\u2019ve seen so far, Beto O\u2019Rourke is not my candidate either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But either one of them, would be better than Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there is the former Vice President, Joe Biden.\u00a0\u00a0Biden is a traditional Democratic moderate, and brings a world of experience in government to his campaign.\u00a0\u00a0He has the advantage of eight years with President Obama, in what was clearly a strong administrative role (not a &#8220;Dan Quayle&#8221; Vice Presidency.)\u00a0\u00a0Biden appeals to the middle, and, at least today, looks to be the best bet to defeat Donald Trump.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And of course, he would be better than Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Choice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there is the dilemma. Should Democrats go \u201cwith their heads;\u201d and chose a more moderate candidate who can appeal to the middle Republican voter, the suburban \u201csoccer mom\u201d repelled by Trump\u2019s personality and the Republican vendetta against women\u2019s rights.&nbsp;&nbsp;Biden is the prime example, though Bennett, Hickenlooper, and maybe O\u2019Rourke fit this \u201csafe\u201d model to win the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or do Democrats go \u201cwith their hearts;\u201d and choose a nominee that represents the heart of the Party, the progressive (liberal) values that the younger, more active center of the Party believes.&nbsp;&nbsp;Warren, Harris, and Buttigieg seem to be leading in that category.&nbsp;&nbsp;That election model will require the Party to reach out to the young progressives to show up on election day, and won\u2019t depend as much on the disenchanted Republican vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart:&nbsp;&nbsp;a young progressive from Indiana who could lift the country, bringing it back to the dignity of the Obama years, and heal the wounds left by Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My head:&nbsp;&nbsp;if you\u2019re going to the middle, than the middle is Biden.&nbsp;Please Joe, it\u2019s a \u201cbig f**kin deal,\u201d don\u2019t screw it up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choice of the Heart There are twenty-three candidates running for the Democratic Party\u2019s Presidential nomination:&nbsp;twenty-three.&nbsp;&nbsp;That\u2019s a full football team with an extra punter\/kicker!!&nbsp; Opportunity or Dilemma Democrats are faced with an opportunity, and a dilemma.&nbsp;&nbsp; The opportunity is that there is a wide variety of choices:&nbsp;&nbsp;young (37) to old (77 \u2013 Sanders even older than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/06\/05\/choice-of-the-heart\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Choice of the Heart&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Choice of the Heart : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who will the Democrats choose for President? 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