*This is not an Endorsement*

But since the field is narrowing, the endorsements are coming out, and the primaries are creeping up...

I have been predicting for a while that the ticket would be Warren/Booker.

Of course, as the race narrows, some things are surprising me.

Klobuchar is lasting way longer than I thought and that she got half a NYT endorsement is interesting to me. I like her, but I believe we need bigger change in order to address the issues we face.

Biden has Hillary energy, which is both powerful and dangerous.  I don't think he has the resistance Hillary had (we won't get into why), but he also doesn't have the enthusiasm of Trump supporters.  He also has that Bush quality of goofing his words or mixing them up.

Buttigieg has a following I suppose should be expected, but he has a Biden-like energy.  I also don't think his policies are that progressive. 

I was sort of surprised Bernie is running again, and now that we're this far into the campaign, I just hope that he and his followers can more gracefully rally behind a "lesser of two evils," because I believe in that.

Andrew Yang is surprising me in a variety of ways.  His performance is increasingly impressive, he's lasted longer, and people are taking him more seriously than I expected, and he has a good energy behind his campaign and his performance in interviews.  He's acts like a real person.  IMHO, the "freedom dividend" is the least attractive aspect of his campaign (we can get into why).  That said, his presidency could actually bring about more change-- some of the changes he's talking about (like pardons) are within the power of the presidency, whereas other candidates' proposals require support from the House and Senate and seem practically impossible unless Democrats can take both houses, which seems practically impossible unless Trump loses his base.  Other ideas he has may not be popular with Republicans, but would be politically popular in working class areas, which could garner enough bipartisan support.  He's sort of the Bernie of 2020 without being an angry, old white man (which, yes, is part of the charm for some folks).  I don't want to reduce Bernie to that (for instance, I think it's important that he's Jewish in a country and world that's historically anti-Semitic in many ways, that he's first generation, and he grew up without money), but I think there is a reality that Dems are bored of old white men (for good reason, let's be real).

I guess I'm starting to see an interesting path to the presidency for Yang and a rising enthusiasm for him.

My primary choice doesn't always (or usually) get the nomination and last time around, my alliances shifted shortly before the primary.

Anyway, if you know me, you know I love election season.

The rest of them should drop out, IMHO.  Especially John Delaney.  Then again, I didn't think Trump would make it through the primaries until they were in process and it came down to a fairly clear choice between him and Cruz.

Also, I really hope Schiff isn't who ends up with Feinstein's seat.  And I know neither of them are running for president.

Anyway, it's late and I need to stop watching news videos.

I think I might like to see Yang/Gabbard.  Didn't expect that, did you?