Sen. Klobuchar has officially entered the Democratic primary race.
I think I've said here, certainly on Twitter, that Il like her, mainly because I think she will appeal to independent voters along with Democrats and thus will be in a good position to beat an incumbent president and, I hope, have coattails to help candidates for the Senate and House.
That's the sort of reasoning I've used before, voting for Sen. Edwards in the 2004 primary over Keerry and Sen. Obama in 2008 over Clinton, and Clinton in 2016 over Sanders. I've more enthusiasm fro Klobuchar than I had for Edwards or Clinton, but less than for Obama. Klobuchar has a better record than Obama had but his candidacy was more historic than hers is, which made the difference in my enthusiasm.
As I see it, Klobuchar's main weakness is foreign affairs. In the past that would have meant she'd pick as vice presidential candidate someone with better credentials in that area. But, big as the Democratic field of candidates and potential candidates is, Dems don't seem to have a lot of such figures. Looking at the rosters of the Senate Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees I don't see people with a combination of the right age, the right background, and a national reputation. The closest we can come, I think, are the two senators from VA: Kaine and Warner..
Interesting times.
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