Democrats are wailing, gnashing teeth and rending garments as Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks chief executive, contemplates a presidential run. Schultz is a liberal guy — too fiscally restrained for the progressives, perhaps, but definitely more left than right. But only — and this is important — if the third-party candidate pursues genuinely common ground rather than catering to a different but still fairly narrow base. Schultz would need to pick up other folks to forge a winning coalition. Could Schultz be the candidate who actually finds the country some common ground?

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 20:03 UTC