On the one hand, we have candidates with actual, substantive positions that make clear they are not Republicans and not neoliberal Democrats--most clearly, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren--and then we have candidates who are selling their personality and life story and "feel good" blather, and not substantive agendas: Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Kristin Gillibrand, and now Amy Klubochar. I sure hope the substance wins, and the personalities go back to their mirrors.
UPDATE: This is apt, from political theorist Corey Robin (Brooklyn College). (Thanks to Dean Rowan for the pointer.)
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