Presidential Race Is About to Heat Up

Mike Allen: “After two months of behind-the-scenes jockeying since the midterms, the Democrats’ race for president is about to burst into the open with a series of candidacy announcements and staff hires, 2020 operatives tell me.”

“Look for announcements this month by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and likely others.”

“I’m told that ‘the Bs’ — Biden, Bernie, Beto and the billionaires, including Mike Bloomberg — can wait longer because they’ll be able to quickly raise money.”