… Losing to Trump is not in the back of frontline Democrat's minds, it's front & center yet they can't seem to get off the tracks. They know their "vision" for America and the threat - if elected - of imposing it may well keep any of them from being elected:
The Democrats’ Visceral Fear of Losing to Donald Trump
These worries—about what Republicans would say, about what Donald Trump would say—were a common theme throughout the night. Over and over, Democrats laid bare their worries about losing. Former Representative John Delaney of Maryland invoked the massive losses of George McGovern, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota griped that “we are more worried about winning an argument than winning an election.”
The Democrats’ Visceral Fear of Losing to Donald Trump
These worries—about what Republicans would say, about what Donald Trump would say—were a common theme throughout the night. Over and over, Democrats laid bare their worries about losing. Former Representative John Delaney of Maryland invoked the massive losses of George McGovern, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota griped that “we are more worried about winning an argument than winning an election.”