re: Why are Dems a one-trick-pony?

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Obama benefited from white guilt, but now that the first black President has been elected (twice), that white guilt has subsided.

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I don't know if it was as much "white guilt" as it was that Obama timed his run perfectly. The country was already set to swing back to the left after 8 years of Bush. Obama was young, articulate and portrayed a message of optimism and hope. That's why he blew past the presumed favorite, Hillary Clinton.

The country has changed since 2008 (as it always does) and the left had swung the pendulum to the far left (Transgender crusade? Really?) What you saw in 2016 was a swing back to the right in order to get closer to the center again.

Just running a black person because he's black isn't going to work. The novelty of that kind of candidate has worn off.