People who think he cannot possibly win are wrong
by digby
NBC:
Democrats who want to defeat Trump have hurdles of their own. The president's job rating remains stable with nearly 90 percent of Republicans approving of his job. And a majority of Americans remain confident in the economy, believing that there won’t be a recession in the next year.
Add it up, and 2020 is shaping up to be yet another close presidential race, say the Democratic and Republican pollsters who conducted the NBC/WSJ survey.
Remember, they cheat.
There is this too:
Personally, I think that most people want to beat Trump more than anything. But at this stage, they're thinking of the things that affect their lives and want to be sure that Democrats nominate someone who reflects those values and commitments. Primaries are the mechanism by which we sort all that out in a big, diverse coalition.
But it's also possible that more than a few people think there's no way Trump can possibly be re-elected and that's just not true. I really hope that people who know better make that clear. Trump's base is mesmerized by him. And there's a reason for that:
That base is amazingly solid and all it's going to take is for him to siphon off a few percentage points and sneak in again.
I'm very cautiously optimistic. But I don't think it's a shoo-in. There are many ways this could go sideways.
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