Opinion: Can Jay Inslee make the 2020 election about climate change?
By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer March 1 at 12:48 PM Single-issue presidential campaigns are generally not successful, but what if the issue in question is the survival of most life on Earth?
Though Inslee has the kind of résumé one typically associates with presidential candidates — he started as a state representative, then had a lengthy term in Congress, then was elected and reelected as governor — he’s practically unknown nationally. But he can legitimately claim to have been advocating for action on climate since before some of the other candidates ever got elected to public office.
Inslee certainly has an uphill climb ahead, as someone without a national profile and, frankly, as a white guy looking to represent an increasingly diverse party. He also has to convince Democrats and a potential general electorate that climate change is indeed the most urgent problem we face. It will also be interesting to see whether Inslee can force a debate within the party about what the next president’s most important goal should be. Is it universal health care? Fixing income inequality? Or climate?
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