Amy Klobuchar bets pragmatism, not anger, will prevail: 'I've always been underestimated'

HANOVER, N.H. — Over 12-plus years in Congress, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has been best known for her sense of humor and as a Democrat willing to work with Republicans.

But the Minnesota senator, 58, takes umbrage at the notion she’s seeking the Democratic presidential nomination as a bipartisan candidate. That could be a perilous political approach, considering the ascendancy of harder-edged partisans in her party and the rise of the intersectional Left, a grievance-based movement that shuns the type of across-the-aisle deal-cutting Klobuchar has long sought on issues like healthcare and ballot security.