538.com talk about Trump's chances in 2020

[ScratchCat]

1. Trump is not just "unpopular"

He is now a "known commodity". While many tried to argue that once President, Trump would "surround himself with the best people" and tone down all the nonsense, they wont be able to make that argument in 2020. We have 2.5 years of evidence that he did no such thing, and in reality, did the complete opposite.

Hillary Clinton had two-plus decades of not just "political baggage", but being characterized the the "epitome of evil" essentially by the entire range of RW media. I don't think some Democrats understand how many voters went to the polls to "stop Hillary" rather than to vote for Trump. What will they do this time?

All the DNC has to do is to NOT give Trump a "scary" opponent that will put voters - who don't like Trump - in the position of stopping someone who they have been convinced will "steal their country". Again, I don't think there is any legitimate candidate that the RW can attack in the same way they did Clinton. Some combination of Biden with Booker or Beto as VP, with the understanding he will likely be one term due to age, is probably the easiest way to defeat Trump. The worst "critique" they can do on Biden would be "it would be a return to the Obama years". But Obama was a popular President. Other than the economy in his first four years which wasn't his fault, most rational people saw Obama as a good, successful President. So the "But Obama.." smear wont be that effective against Biden.

My two