Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar addresses a snowy rally where she announced she is entering the race for president Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Senator Amy Klobuchar's announcement as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in a minor storm showed grit but did not seem well thought out. As Senator Klobuchar delivered her message of incrementalism, light and steady snow fell in the wind chill temperature of four degrees Fahrenheit. Although hand warmers and hot chocolate were available, the weather competed with her message.
Klobuchar highlighted her work of finding ways to drug prices. But she did not address what those people who cannot go to a doctor for a prescription should do. Klobuchar also championed automatic voter registration but said nothing about deliberate efforts to suppress voting by Democratic-leaning groups. And Klobuchar derided Trump's personal disparagement of the intelligence community and promised, if elected, to appreciate their efforts.
Above all Klobuchar promised to build bridges, work across the aisle, and “fight against insidious forces.” This part of her message very reminiscent of Obama’s “no red America and no blue America” and Hillary’s promise to fight without specifying who would feel her blows. Considering the outcomes associated with those messages, perhaps it was just as well that the weather distracted us from her message.
Klobuchar highlighted her work of finding ways to drug prices. But she did not address what those people who cannot go to a doctor for a prescription should do. Klobuchar also championed automatic voter registration but said nothing about deliberate efforts to suppress voting by Democratic-leaning groups. And Klobuchar derided Trump's personal disparagement of the intelligence community and promised, if elected, to appreciate their efforts.
Above all Klobuchar promised to build bridges, work across the aisle, and “fight against insidious forces.” This part of her message very reminiscent of Obama’s “no red America and no blue America” and Hillary’s promise to fight without specifying who would feel her blows. Considering the outcomes associated with those messages, perhaps it was just as well that the weather distracted us from her message.
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