The Memo: Democratic field boils down to four-horse race

[brooklynite]

The Hill

The quest for the Democratic presidential nomination is becoming a four-horse race.

Marginal candidates at the bottom of the large field have begun to drop out — Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) became the latest to do so on Friday — and a deadline is looming this week to qualify for the third round of debates in Houston in September.

Meanwhile, at the head of the pack, only a major surprise would deliver the nomination to anyone outside the top quartet: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

Those four lead the polls and suck up media attention. They also offer Democratic voters a potential standard-bearer from the left (Warren or Sanders), the center (Biden) or somewhere in between (Harris). And, of course, either Warren or Harris could become the first female president.

Put it all together and it is difficult to see an opening for other contenders to make a serious run at the nomination.

[Dopers_Greed]

1. It certainly is looking that way

Once voting starts, I'll likely switch to Warren or Harris.

[George II]

2. To be honest, I really think it's down to three, and will eventually be two - Biden and Warren.

[StevieM]

3. It's more like a three candidate race. And I would love for Al Franken to join it.

Kamala Harris may be ahead of Corey Booker, Beto O'Rourke and the rest of them. But she is well behind the big three, Biden, Warren and Sanders.

Biden's fall indicates that there is room for another candidate. I hope that Al Franken will be that candidate.