As Campaign Heats Up, Democratic Candidates Must Avoid Low Road and Inspire a Bedraggled and Hesitant Populace

There is not, nor will there ever be, a perfect person. So why would there ever be a perfect candidate or a perfect leader? There won’t be. The best we can hope for is a person who looks toward the future, with an eye on the past and a sense of what’s fractured us right now.

In 2016, after a long primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party entered the general election highly fractured, with some on the left…