How a heartland governor could be Democrats' route to victory in 2020

Trump won't lose to a Washington insider, so a purple state governor like Colorado's John Hickenlooper could be just the ticket

Jay Inslee and John Hickenlooper.
(Image credit: Illustrated | AP Photo/David Zalubowski, DickDuerrstein/iStock)

Democrats have 11 months to jump into the 2020 presidential sweepstakes before the first votes are cast in their primaries and caucuses — but that doesn't mean the window for viability will stay open much longer.

The field has already grown to gargantuan size, with more entrants expected and former Vice President Joe Biden still doing his best Hamlet impersonation after three years of indecision. By the time the line-up is finally set, Democrats may have even more trouble with debate stage management than the GOP did in its free-for-all 2016 cycle.

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Edward Morrissey

Edward Morrissey has been writing about politics since 2003 in his blog, Captain's Quarters, and now writes for HotAir.com. His columns have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Post, The New York Sun, the Washington Times, and other newspapers. Morrissey has a daily Internet talk show on politics and culture at Hot Air. Since 2004, Morrissey has had a weekend talk radio show in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and often fills in as a guest on Salem Radio Network's nationally-syndicated shows. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and his two granddaughters. Morrissey's new book, GOING RED, will be published by Crown Forum on April 5, 2016.