Yes, more than three dozen candidates are considering running. And yes, as my colleague Alex Burns and I covered in the paper over the weekend, they’re interviewing staff, scouting headquarters and fleshing out financial plans. And with little visibly happening, political clichés like “likability” and “electability” are bound to appear out of the ether to fill the void. The Democratic pollster Margie Omero says terms like “likability” aren’t quite accurate in the Trump era. And you should forget about the old political chestnut that voters want “the guy they can have a beer with.”

Source: New York Times January 03, 2019 23:34 UTC