Reply #42: He passes the test any Dem candidate for president should have to meet

[dolstein]

When we got elected governor of Virginia, he did so by convincing voters who hadn't typically voted Democratic to vote for him.

That is, in my view, the essential test that any candidate for the Democratic nomination should have to pass. If we're going to win the next presidential election, we not only need to energize our base, but we also have to convince people who have voted Republican in the past to vote for a Democrat.