Thread by @deanbarker

Two non-controversial truths about #HowardSchultz' potential candidacy aren't getting much attention. Both are disqualifying and yet have nothing to do with policy.

The first is simple: we are living through a presidency of an oligarch who had no record of public service before his election.

Given the approval ratings of this president, why would any voter want to repeat that?

Examples abound in history of oligarchs leapfrogging into positions of power in republics and destabilizing them.

We are already in crisis; why deepen it?

Secondly, it is basic political science that an independent run by a self-funding centrist will increase Mr. Trump's chances of re-election, something every poll says the country does not want.

It's not even mildly sophisticated political science.

I don't know if Mr. Schultz is pretending that isn't true, or if, surrounded by money, he genuinely doesn't understand. Either way, disqualifying.