It’s never going to be that easy. I’m sure each of us can find a candidate we like better but a successful run is more than that:
fund raising - to some extent whoever raises the most money wins, and I’m pretty sure President Biden has
name recognition - is everyone familiar with your favorite candidate? You really can’t beat the familiarity of someone who is already President
middle of the road enough to attract many different voters, especially those independents sitting in the middle
has beaten Trump before
While I think the President is doing a great job, I’d prefer someone more progressive. However that might alienate more voters than it would attract. I will not risk another trumptastrophe by insisting on more Progressiveness over electable, “progressive enough” and not insane
The age thing does bother me, but I can only dream of doing that well at that age.
We should focus on VP. We want someone in the wings and we want them to build name recognition, and that hasn’t worked for the current VP