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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, is gaining more buzz as a 2020 candidate for president.

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On Tuesday, conservatives continued to assess the Democrats electoral prospects in 2018 and beyond. Several outlets ran posts on the skepticism rising from the partys left wing,highlighted in a Mic article Monday, about Sen. Kamala Harris of California as a 2020 presidential candidate. Breitbarts Joel Pollak:

The Daily Caller cited criticism of the Mic article from MSNBC host Joy Reid among others. These early scuffles are likely going to be emblematic of how Democrats choose a candidate for 2020, the Caller's Justin Caruso wrote. Many see a split in left-leaning voters between those who think lefty identity politics is key, and that liberal economics dont need to tack too much further to the left, and those who think that economic policy must be taken much further to the left, while identity politics is seen as somewhat less important.

The Daily Wire ran a post on reports that Obama advisers are encouraging former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to run. Patrick has been piling up money working as a managing director at Bain Capital, the same company Democrats vilified when they attacked Mitt Romney, the Wires Hank Berrien noted. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1982, he failed the State Bar of California twice before he passed on his third try.

The Daily Wire also puslihed an item on polling from the Democrats House Majority PAC that suggests the party may continue having trouble with white, working-class voters. The Wires John Nolte:

This echoed criticism Monday night from Fox News Jesse Watters of statements made by CNNs Fareed Zakaria partially attributing Trumps win to racism and xenophobia:

Some outlets ran posts assessing new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in the wake of the firing of Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. The Washington Free Beacons Cameron Cawthorne cited the widespread and respect for Kelly. John Kelly has received bipartisan praise from both Republicans and Democrats since President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would replace Reince Priebus as the new White House chief of staff, he wrote. Kelly, a no-nonsense, whip-cracking retired Marine general, developed a reputation during his tenure as secretary of homeland security in the Trump administration as someone not afraid to stand up to Trump when he needed to offer some tough talk, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. In National Review, Elliot Kaufman expressed concern about the penetration of military men like Kelly into Trumps inner circle:

Already, Trump has shown incredible deference to his generals, delegating control over troop levels in Afghanistan to Mattis and the Pentagon. Some may mistakenly find this abandonment of civilian political control reassuring, but they forget that War is too important to be left to the generals, as Georges Clemenceau once put it.

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Today in Conservative Media: The Democrats Are Still a Mess - Slate Magazine (blog)