A large crowd of Democrats are running for president in 2020.  The field is packed.  One must wonder: one political party and one objective, but a multitude of contenders, each one with his own agenda, where personal greed supersedes party interests.  If a Democratic consensus is not feasible, isn’t it a recipe for disaster?

The number of Democrats who are vying for the next U.S. presidency is disturbing.  Having a field packed with almost 30 candidates and each one fending for himself, the fear is that it could be déjà vu all over again.  The 2016 U.S. presidential defeat was too painful to be complacent about a critical future.

Back then, the Democratic Party boycotted Bernie Sanders, a clean candidate, in favor of Hilary Clinton, a woman with a closet full of dirty linens.  In the end, Donald Trump won and Clinton lost while Sanders, the better candidate, could have defeated Trump.

But by allowing all those presidential candidates to jostle in a political arena, it would turn into a battle royal, a dogfight where the strongest contender would remain standing.  This kind of political melee would leave too many scars to call the process truly democratic. 

Ultimately, the winner would be too exhausted from a long and brutal fight to face Trump.  This is something Democrats need to think about because the American People already got enough of Uncle Sam, let alone four more years. 

Democrats need to go back to John F. Kennedy’s principles to bring order back to the party.  For not every American who meets the criteria to run for president is presidential.

Before entering the primary elections, an elimination process should be put in place where the likely losers would be taken out.  In a country with so much democracy, this process would be viewed as tyrannical. 

The year 2020 will be the year to restore the honor to the White House and to the United States.  It’s a decisive moment in U.S. history, the choice of continuous bickering and divisiveness or the election of someone who has class, integrity and leadership.

To reach this goal, the country needs someone like Franklin D. Roosevelt who rose above the ravages of the Great Depression to transform America into a benchmark of Success.

On the other hand, if that responsibility rests on a republican president in 2020, let it be, for God’s sake, another Abraham Lincoln or Ronald Reagan.

But to change the political status quo in America, Democrats must focus on education, a strong economy, peace or peace treaties with Russia, China and other emerging powers.  If 2020 U.S. presidential election is a must-win, these items must be on the agenda. 

Accordingly, the benefits would be huge.  Peace with powers and superpowers would drastically slash military spending, which would mean fewer military bases around the world and no more squandering of money on arms race. 

Then, the saved military spending funds could be used for a rigorous education system with free college and university tuitions and student loan forgiveness.  In that respect, Bernie Sander’s and Elizabeth Warren’s education campaign promises could come to fruition without raising taxes.

The remembrance of the painful lesson Democrats learned from their 2016 presidential election defeat should unite them all this time toward a common goal that transcends party affiliation.

Above all, this unity must be a strategy about coming to a political consensus that would eventually lead to a victory not only for the Democratic Party but for America as a whole.  Otherwise, it is, once again, a matter of history repeating itself.