Go along to get along

Cedric Richmond is not exactly what you would call a risk taker.

With a field of at least 23 presidential candidates to choose from, many of the Democratic Party faithful are waiting for a round or two of Darwinism to kick in before declaring their undying love and unequivocal support.

Not Congressman Cedric Richmond. He’s for Joe Biden.

The New Orleans Democrat began promoting a Biden run as far back as 2016, in the ashes of Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump. And when the former vice president finally got off the fence in late April, Richmond was among the first to endorse him.

It's the safe play for an organization man like Cedric. Biden is the brand the company is running under first. If the brand succeeds, it opens a lot of opportunities for Cedric. If it falters, no big deal.  The finance and pharma core of the Democratic Party establishment will just pick another standard bearer from among the twenty something clones in the field who aren't Bernie or Warren. Cedric will move along with them. No one will criticize him for having picked a dud candidate as long as it was the right dud candidate at the appropriate time. The important thing is to stay with the herd. That's how you make it in the world.