2020 Dems Love Obama, Hate Obama's Policies
For both good and ill, the Democratic field has moved so far to the left that 2012 Obama would have a hard time fitting in.
How does a political party replicate the electoral success of its most revered member even while repudiating a whole host of his policies? That's the riddle facing Democrats in 2020.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released last week put numbers on what has long been a visceral cultural nostalgia for the 44th presidency. Ninety percent of Democrats hold a favorable view of Barack Obama today,...