LIZ! Is Elizabeth Warren The Democrats’ 2020 Version of Jeb Bush?

Despite advice from liberal outlets like the Boston Globe to sit out 2020 and let the crop of Democratic newcomers have a shot at challenging Trump, the DNA fiasco has not deterred Warren. Warren foolishly passed on entering the 2016 race when she might have had a better chance to beat Hillary Clinton than did Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent movement benefitted from the fact that most serious Democratic politicians wanted no part of fighting the former first family’s formidable political machine. Warren knows this is her last chance at the big prize.

In early polls of Democratic voters, Warren has trailed former Vice President Joe Biden and Sanders, with all three placing ahead of the flock of newcomers filling a field that might number as many as 25 entrants. But Warren believes her two septuagenarian rivals (she’s only 69) can’t adjust to the changing political environment and is eager to establish herself as the closest thing to a frontrunner in a race that clearly lacks one.

That is why she thought announcing her intention to set up an exploratory committee — which will allow her to raise money and hire staff — on New Year’s Eve would help set her back on a path to success and discourage her opponents.

But while she can appeal to women and her party’s left-wing base with her tough rhetoric about Trump and Wall Street, the notion that Warren should be considered an early favorite for 2020 is not only far-fetched, it’s a snare she should avoid if at all possible. Far from being the sort of candidate who uniquely matches the spirit currently animating Democratic voters, Warren is instead a paradigm of entitlement and bad timing. In other words, she is the moral equivalent of Jeb Bush.

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