Winning in 2020 and beyond depends on candidates who recognize that they are not running against Donald Trump or the darker impulses he represents; they are running for America. And there is a difference. If a campaign is waged solely against the current occupant of the White House, then his behavior becomes the fulcrum against which decisions are made—pettiness to match pettiness; incivility for incivility. On the other hand, a candidate intent on winning over Americans leads with the kinds of conversations we need to have about contentious domestic policy issues and complex foreign policy.
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