Clint Eastwood and the Democrats’ dilemma

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal over the weekend, Clint Eastwood endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg. Support for Bloomberg from one of Hollywood's few Republican directors and actors says a lot about the situation the Democrats find themselves in at the moment as well as the choices dawning upon them.

Eastwood, who endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, told the WSJ he approved of some of the incumbent president's policies. However, he also criticized Trump, saying that he would personally like to see him act "in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names." Eastwood said he would prefer it if Trump did "not bring himself to that level," adding that "the best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there."

Eastwood's comments echoed the concerns among many moderate Republican supporters regarding Trump's antics. At...

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