Democrats need to get aggressive about a single issue — not 10

Democrats need to take a stand on policy. They just don't need to take every stand.

Democratic candidates.
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Are the Democrats actually going to blow it in 2020?

There's a palpable anxiety about the question, which is being raised constantly in print, in private homes, and, I assume, in the corridors of power. Will we actually have to suffer through four more years of President Trump, when he seems so beatable and such a large fraction of the country seems eager for an alternative? Can't the Democrats just nominate someone who can win, run on a platform that can win, and then, you know — win?

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Noah Millman

Noah Millman is a screenwriter and filmmaker, a political columnist and a critic. From 2012 through 2017 he was a senior editor and featured blogger at The American Conservative. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Politico, USA Today, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Policy, Modern Age, First Things, and the Jewish Review of Books, among other publications. Noah lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.