The Democratic presidential field hit a new watermark this week, reaching a record-setting 18 officially declared candidates. That's enough for two baseball teams or three hockey teams. And there's probably more candidates to come.
But why so many? Because, like Republican candidates in 2012, Democrats think that whoever wins their party's nomination has a lock on the presidency in 2020. That's what Mitt Romney's team thought up to the moment he lost, not unlike the Clinton campaign's overconfidence in the inevitability of her victory in 2016.
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