Heck, I’d be happy with several of the past runners.

• Amy Klobuchar. She’s progressive, but no so much as to alienate the “undecideds”. She’s from the Midwest, which gives her some street cred with people Democratic front-runners have trouble with: the center of the country. She presents well and is smart.
• Pete Buttigieg. He polled well, has a good stance on most policies.
• Andrew Yang. My personal favorite, progressive, but not so far out - again, Trumpers are going to Trump, but you have to capture moderates to win.

Bernie is too old (why do we keep running old white men?), and I believe his biggest problem is that moderate vote. He’s polarizing. I’d like him as president, but he dresses like Colombo, and I just can’t see him winning.

All of the above are still relatively young, experienced, progressive, and not too polarizing. Amy’s a woman, and Pete’s gay; these are handicaps because some moderates are still bigots. I don’t know anymore whether they’re the handicaps they were a decade ago, but still. They’re handles for Trump to grab onto and beat the media with, who will mindlessly parrot and amplify his message.

I like Yang’s politics the most, but - like Bernie - he alienates corporate America and thanks to Citizens Fucking United, corporations are people and money buys votes.

I think of my picks, Klobuchar would have the best chance against Trump. She can be brutal, and takes no shit, and I think she might even cause some Trumpers to waver. She doesn’t have AOC-level beat-downs, but she’s not bad. Despite the handicap of the bigots - which, with the Wicked Witches of Congress, might be more muted now - I think she’s a contender.

So: Klobuchar. I think she could pick up moderates and pull Midwestern votes, is a moderate liberal, and most importantly, beat Trump.