"At a time when the vast majority of Americans want to get big money out of politics, the Democratic strategy for 2020 couldn’t be any simpler: get big money out of politics. However, that strategy does not align with running Booker, Harris, Gillibrand or Biden, all of whom have records of and reputations for taking special interest money. This doesn’t mean that Biden couldn’t beat Trump. I think he could. Nor does it mean that if elected, Booker or Gillibrand would be beholden to their mega donors. But each candidate will be perceived as inauthentic when it comes to this core issue. Running yet another Democrat who cannot walk the walk when it comes to campaign finance reform is akin to replaying 2016 and expecting different results." [medium.com]