update....  ironically, while looking at news feeds, i see a democratic woman,  kamala harris, attorney general of california and 1 term senator  - this is from memory of reading it last night, so may be a little wonky, but she is probably page one national news by now...
  ... she is a top fundraiser, helping build up the dem coffers for 2020.  so far, she is the chosen one....   i just hope her background is clean  - we've been wallowing in enough muck already