The trouble is he's the best they've got. They're all so flawed. Either corrupt, senile, or radical leftist.

The most reasonable candidate they have is Tulsi, and even she is very far left. She probably gives the Democrats a better shot to win, but she has a principled antiwar stance, and the Democratic leadership can't stand that. If you aren't willing to have random foreigners killed to solve domestic political troubles, today's Democratic Party has no place for you.