Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar declared her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday in the snowy bitter cold of the upper Midwest. What impressed me most about her speech was the following statement: "E pluribus unum. Out of many one. It is more than a motto. It is the North Star of our democracy. It is the North Star of this effort." After watching the Democratic Party gorge itself on the disunity of identity politics, Klobuchar offers us breath of fresh air rising above the pettiness of our politics today.
I don't know how far her candidacy will go, but from her Senate career we know that she is a work horse, not a show horse and we know she knows how to get things done. She was the only senator to come out of the Kavanaugh hearing with an enhanced reputation. I would hope that the Democratic primary electorate takes her very seriously, because in my opinion she and her unifying vision has the best shot at defeating Trump.
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