Amy Klobuchar isn’t the perfect Democratic candidate, based on the criteria I laid out in a previous post, but she’s reasonably close. She has a record of success in a state that is starting to turn purple. She’s a moderate. She’s a relatively fresh face, without Biden’s baggage. And if she’s not exactly charismatic, she can communicate with average people in a sort of common sense way that isn’t wonkish or condescending.
For me, it’s a winning package. I would be perfectly happy if she were the nominee, and I would expect her to beat Trump fairly easily. The problem is that she can’t get the nomination, because: (a) she doesn’t stand out in a field that contains several other women and moderates; and (b) she has no minority support. Even if she somehow wins Iowa, then what? How can she win in South Carolina, or on Super Tuesday?
She needs a Biden collapse, but she has no way to make it happen. And it won’t.