Michael Bennet

There are compelling reasons to believe that each candidate will overperform and underperform.

“[I]n a tight race, a feather on the scale can make a difference,” said Dennis Goldford, a professor of political science at Drake University in Des Moines.

Some of the donors are known for filling bipartisan coffers. Others are lifelong Republicans who suddenly chose to put their money elsewhere.

Lower-tier Democrats are creating troll sites, sending gag gifts, and proposing new Cabinet departments in hopes of attracting just enough attention to make the cut.

However you feel about his proposals, his analysis of America’s fundamental challenge now is exactly correct, and he’s saying it better and more clearly than anyone else running.