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...Several Democratic candidates, including Biden, Sanders, Warren and Buttigieg, are beating Trump head to head in recent national polls, but the president had a small lead over every potential rival except Biden in Wisconsin, a key battleground state, according to a Marquette poll in December.
...The chief worry among congressional Democrats is that if the party doesn't settle on a nominee until the convention in mid-July, Trump will have a substantial organizing advantage.
...A second Democratic senator confirmed there is broad concern among colleagues over what they see as a difficult path to beating Trump and stressed that is why it will be extremely important for everyone to embrace the eventual nominee, even if that candidate is viewed by some as too liberal or too moderate.
...Democratic lawmakers were dismayed by signs that Trump's approval ratings got stronger over the course of the impeachment process, which fired up the GOP base and failed to register as a priority among independents and swing voters - even though a large majority of them agreed with Democrats that new witnesses and subpoenas should have been considered at Trump's trial.
...The president's approval rating has been trending up since the end of October, when Democrats had the most political momentum behind their impeachment inquiry after two associates of Trump's personal lawyer were arrested at Dulles International Airport and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine testified before the House.
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