In this position, imagine being a democratic president ial candidate right now. It is pretty hard to stand out in the field. There seems to be dozens of democratic candidates, may be thousands of them. It is a huge group, but they dont disagree on the edge. They are not allowed like the Democratic Party does not tolerate dissent. Everybody believes the same thing. The amish have more intellectual diversity than the democratic field. As a democrat the only way to the nomination winning gold in the victimhood olympics. You have to convince voters who have suffered more than anyone else. That is not always easy for some of the candidates. Cory booker, for example has not suffered much at all. He grew up in a white neighbor of two ibm stanford, oxford, Yale Law School and yet with a straight face, cory booker telling you all about his triumph over racism. Christian jehle brand came from privilege, she went to dartmouta u. S. Senate seat, she took it and doesnt mention any of that now but s