BIZ COLUMN: OPINION- From stocks to politics, what to expect in 2019- by Harold Evans

Harold Evans

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We have a year and seven fretful months before the Democratic Party’s national convention decides its nominee for president in July 2020.

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In the last race, the Republicans fielded 17 major candidates.

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The smart money was on former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

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He dropped out in February 2016, too choked up to mention Mr Donald Trump, who emerged as the clear nominee that May.

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Tricky business, this forecasting, but here’s a pick of some air-worthy kites.

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The first question, as important as whether candidates have eaten pork belly in Iowa, is how they match up on a debate stage with Mr Trump.

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The Democrats need someone who can command him to back off, or freeze him with a smile when he repeats the Jaws trick of circling his opponent, as he did with the much shorter Mrs Hillary Clinton while she took her turn.

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