Watching the Amy K town hall on CNN. Smart, impressive, and..

[NRaleighLiberal]

Another superb Democratic presidential candidate.

Don Lemon facilitating.

This is a great watch.

Trump seems teenier and teenier with each one of these. The gulf between all of our candidates and he, on countless facets, is stunning. Not just trump, but all repub idiot politicians.

ALL of our candidates would be amazing, worthy of the office, and effective. Trump is not worthy of picking up dog turds from my back yard.

[IluvPitties]

1. I like her a lot. Still a bit concerned with the rumors about berating her staff.

My favorite of the bunch so far- if Biden doesn't jump in, that is!

[a kennedy]

4. and if that follows her around i'll be very pissed about it. Why don't they EVER say that

about men??? Give me a break.......ENOUGH ALREADY.

[IluvPitties]

6. It is bad anyway.

I hate people like that.

[marylandblue]

14. I used to work with someone who was very smart but difficult to work with.

I was one of the few people who could work with him. I learned a lot and we were an effective team. I'm not sure I could work for Klobuchar, but as long as there are good people who can, that's fine with me.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I just saw Claire McCaskill on Lawrence...

It's clear why she lost.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

3. Claire called Fox "state media"

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/415682-mccaskill-calls-fox-news-state-owned-news-channel

She’s my hero.
(Wish she did this two years ago)

[Horizens]

17. I, too, watched her and

thought she was most impressive.

[DesertRat]

5. Amy K is very impressive

[MontanaFarmer]

7. She's got my support

Someone will have to move me off of supporting her at this point. Harris is a very close, super close second at this point, and i'm excited for Sherrod to get in, but I really like senator klobuchar.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Ditto...it is essentially a Harris Amy K tie for me at the moment

[marlakay]

23. I like them both too

There are a few guys I like too but I feel strongly since there are so many good candidates that I want a woman to win. I guess that can sound sexist instead of best candidate but there are lots of good ones.

[zeusdogmom]

31. Isn't it great to feel good about so many candidates

Incredibly strong field. Right now I'm with you - Amy.

[IluvPitties]

9. I like her toughness, her grit. Just wondering if she might be a bit stubborn, though.

[lostnfound]

24. A bit stubborn can be a good thing, synonym sometimes is "persistent" Nt

[nolabear]

10. Oh hell, I forgot. I'll watch it later. I pretty much like her.

I really like Kamala though. Unless Joe gets in I expect she’d get my vote and she might anyway.

It’s a pretty exciting field, with a couple of potential exceptions.

[a kennedy]

11. No free college........

I kinda agree....may-be two year trade, and I hate to say trade, but shoot, what’s wrong with plumbers, heating and air contractors, electrical contractors, etc..... we as a country need them. Love the college kids, but shoot, the trades are dying. Free trade school would be great. JMHO.

[AZ8theist]

22. Why does it have to be either?

I say give the kids a choice:

2 free years of CC, or;
2 years community service in depressed areas in exchange for college, or
2 years military service in exchange for college;
2 years of trade school (I whole heartledly agree we need plumbers/electricians/etc

There are many possibilities. Let's explore them all. BECAUSE..

COAL JOBS ARE NOT COMING BACK. PERIOD.

[radius777]

12. Her focus is too 'small town'

rural populism, farms, etc - ugh, don't care for such shit... the problem w/America is our system gives too much weight to rural areas/states (which tend to be homogenous) over diverse, populous metro areas which are the base of the modern Dem party.

I've always liked Klobuchar, but someone like Kamala or Booker (or even Beto) is much more in tune with my worldview.

[MontanaFarmer]

15. I understand your take

But I don't agree. The democratic party is very effective in representing urban and suburban areas, as we understand the issues of importance to those folks. But here's a secret: we understand the issues in rural America too, we just do a poor job selling our vision out here. The electoral system, as you said, places too much premium on rural America. Rather than ignore it, we need to engage in rural areas as well as the rest of the country (50 state strategy). Rural dems need to do a better job too, of talking to our neighbors, but in my opinion it's the wrong approach to ignore rural America. Trump is going to provide us an opening, and senator klobuchar can help us take advantage.

[radius777]

20. Good response, I mostly agree.

What I guess I don't like, is the constant mythologizing of heartland and the white working class - as if folks who live in/around metro (urban/suburban) areas are un-American or alien to the American experience... or somehow not working class. Such a mindset is living in the past (when the Dem party was a rural populist party) and feeds into Trump's ethno-nationalist narratives (about only white workers being the 'true Americans') ... when the reality is that most Dem votes (look at any electoral map, see the dots of blue where cities are) come from metro areas... and most of the economic production and dynamism (as Hillary stated in her India speech) in the country is created by such areas. There really are not red and blue states, but red and blue areas where most metro areas (even in red states like TX) vote blue and most rural/exurban areas vote red (even in blue states like NY).

Surely, we should reach out to rural areas, but we can't do this in a way that feeds nationalist narratives, or otherizes urban America.

[MontanaFarmer]

30. Great points

And I appreciate the distinction. I won't pretend to believe that areas of the country like the one in which I live are going to see a resurgence in population, in dynamism. But i do still believe there is value in rural economic growth and stability. It provides some diversity in the economy, and a domestic food supply should we ever need one. I think we need to evolve our food production, and stay smart about how we're spending out here. And to your point, our party and our country is best served by doing the most good for the most people. So I agree, let's not "chase"the mythical farmer agrarian voter (I don't view a klobuchar candidacy that way), but let's neither forget them or demonize them either. Thank you for the thoughtful discussion!

[lostnfound]

25. I get that but depressurizing America's political civil war is also worthwhile

We need a more united America that can move forward in a progressive, sensible direction.

Disempowering the vitriolic rightwing media, cleaning up elections, and breaking through the brainwashing that turned the GOP base into such haters.

Kamala, Booker, Briwn, Warren, Klobuchar... we have a royal flush. I’m sure there’s going to be a dozen I’d be wildly enthusiastic about.

[MFGsunny]

13. Smart. Impressive. Compassionate. Pragmatic. Quite a valuable mix !!

She and Harris so far have my preference.

But, yea I know, it's still early - even as each presentation of the candidates continues.

[apcalc]

28. I'm with you...Harris, Klobuchar are my faves.

[world wide wally]

16. I beg to differ!

That's ALL Trump is worthy of is picking up,dog turds in your back yard

[zeusdogmom]

32. I wouldn't want him anywhere in my back yard even though it does need a good cleanup

Zeus Dog would wear his himself out trying to cover up the stink Trump would leave. But if Trump stink would keep the skunks away .....

[cilla4progress]

18. So, so

Great!!!!!!!!

[Politicub]

19. She is fantastic

I'm impressed by what I see, and I could easily vote for her. I think carving out practical solutions -- like first adding a public option to the ACA and then looking at medicare for all later -- would improve lives for millions.

[TJKay]

21. So far, based on what I know about most of the candidates,

I put her in the top 5. A plus is I can see her having broad appeal in the general. If she's not the nominee, she ought to get serious VP consideration

[marble falls]

29. Every single one of them deserves serious consideration: its a good field of candidates ...

But later, in the primary season.

There's a whole lot more going on than the POTUS race.

[stonecutter357]

26. K&R

[KewlKat]

27. She did a great job!

[NewJeffCT]

33. What stuck out to me in her background

was that she was a member of an Improv Troupe while at Yale - if what she learned there has stuck with her over the years, it means she's good at thinking on her feet and will likely be good in a debate.