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« Reply #75 on: May 17, 2016, 08:40:02 AM »
« edited: May 17, 2016, 10:50:35 AM by UWS »

No it's not impossible at all. There are many examples in history :

-In 1952, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was never elected in office but easily won the presidency.

-In 1968, former vice-president Richard Nixon was out office but succesfully ran for President and won on November 1968.

-In 1980, former California governor Ronald Reagan was out of office but easily won the Republican nomination and beat President Jimmy Carter by a landslide.

-In 2012, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was out of political office but became a successful presidential candidateby winning the Republican nomination.

So Rubio can be a successful presidential candidate in 2020 even without being in office. If there's really a recession under Hillary Clinton's term, the Republicans will know that to win the White House in order to grow the economy and get America back on track, they need to win more Hispanic votes and Marco Rubio is the best positionned to do so. In addition, if he plans to run for president again in 2020 while being a private citizen in the next 4 years, I think Rubio could work for a think tank to bring up some alternatives to Clinton's bad policies, then campaign and fundraise for Republican mid-term candidates in 2018 (like Romney did in 2010 before running for President in 2012) which is likely to lead to a Republican supermajority. Then Rubio will surely be viable enough to run for President in 2020.
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« Reply #76 on: May 18, 2016, 05:27:26 AM »

Also neither Clinton nor Trump are currently in office, and one of them will be the next President, so....

But I think Rubio was being sarcastic.
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« Reply #77 on: May 19, 2016, 07:49:31 PM »

More Cruz 2020 talk:

http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Cruz-what-next-7729331.php

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« Reply #78 on: May 20, 2016, 10:17:43 AM »

No it's not impossible at all. There are many examples in history :

-In 1952, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was never elected in office but easily won the presidency.

-In 1968, former vice-president Richard Nixon was out office but succesfully ran for President and won on November 1968.

-In 1980, former California governor Ronald Reagan was out of office but easily won the Republican nomination and beat President Jimmy Carter by a landslide.

-In 2012, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was out of political office but became a successful presidential candidateby winning the Republican nomination.

So Rubio can be a successful presidential candidate in 2020 even without being in office. If there's really a recession under Hillary Clinton's term, the Republicans will know that to win the White House in order to grow the economy and get America back on track, they need to win more Hispanic votes and Marco Rubio is the best positionned to do so. In addition, if he plans to run for president again in 2020 while being a private citizen in the next 4 years, I think Rubio could work for a think tank to bring up some alternatives to Clinton's bad policies, then campaign and fundraise for Republican mid-term candidates in 2018 (like Romney did in 2010 before running for President in 2012) which is likely to lead to a Republican supermajority. Then Rubio will surely be viable enough to run for President in 2020.
But he will likely be our governor so He will probably be in office
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« Reply #79 on: May 20, 2016, 10:22:03 AM »

But his approval rating is underwater.
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« Reply #80 on: May 21, 2016, 08:41:48 AM »

Ed Kilgore has a new story on Cotton, and how he's positioning himself for either the Trump or post-Trump GOP:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/tom-cotton-has-both-a-trump-and-post-trump-plan.html
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« Reply #81 on: May 23, 2016, 01:22:04 AM »

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.
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« Reply #82 on: May 23, 2016, 07:31:43 AM »

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.

Uh, I'll have you know my Dem prediction in the past 3 years was right on. Wink
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« Reply #83 on: May 26, 2016, 07:24:11 PM »

In this story about Rubio saying that he’s up for speaking at this year’s RNC, he says it’s a “safe assumption” that he’ll run for office again:

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/marco-rubio-going-to-convention-donald-trump/index.html

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« Reply #84 on: May 26, 2016, 07:30:02 PM »

No it's not impossible at all. There are many examples in history :

-In 1952, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was never elected in office but easily won the presidency.

-In 1968, former vice-president Richard Nixon was out office but succesfully ran for President and won on November 1968.

-In 1980, former California governor Ronald Reagan was out of office but easily won the Republican nomination and beat President Jimmy Carter by a landslide.

-In 2012, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was out of political office but became a successful presidential candidateby winning the Republican nomination.

So Rubio can be a successful presidential candidate in 2020 even without being in office. If there's really a recession under Hillary Clinton's term, the Republicans will know that to win the White House in order to grow the economy and get America back on track, they need to win more Hispanic votes and Marco Rubio is the best positionned to do so. In addition, if he plans to run for president again in 2020 while being a private citizen in the next 4 years, I think Rubio could work for a think tank to bring up some alternatives to Clinton's bad policies, then campaign and fundraise for Republican mid-term candidates in 2018 (like Romney did in 2010 before running for President in 2012) which is likely to lead to a Republican supermajority. Then Rubio will surely be viable enough to run for President in 2020.
But he will likely be our governor so He will probably be in office
Do you follow Florida politics at all?

In this story about Rubio saying that he’s up for speaking at this year’s RNC, he says it’s a “safe assumption” that he’ll run for office again:

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/marco-rubio-going-to-convention-donald-trump/index.html

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Of course he'll run again-for President only. Anything else is a demotion in his eyes, even Governor, and he can't do to Putnam what he did to Jeb and expect the RPOF or anyone of any remote importance what so ever in Tallahassee to go along.

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.

Uh, I'll have you know my Dem prediction in the past 3 years was right on. Wink
Yeah, you and everyone else's prediction Tongue
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« Reply #85 on: May 27, 2016, 01:19:08 PM »

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.

Uh, I'll have you know my Dem prediction in the past 3 years was right on. Wink
Yeah, you and everyone else's prediction Tongue

Oh how quickly we forget the hype...

- She won't even run
- Warren will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' summer surge is the end of her
- Biden will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' January surge is the end of her
- Sanders' NH win is the end of her
- Sanders' Michigan win is the end of her
- Sanders March-early April winning streak is the end of her
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« Reply #86 on: May 27, 2016, 02:18:02 PM »

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.

Uh, I'll have you know my Dem prediction in the past 3 years was right on. Wink
Yeah, you and everyone else's prediction Tongue

Oh how quickly we forget the hype...

- She won't even run
- Warren will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' summer surge is the end of her
- Biden will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' January surge is the end of her
- Sanders' NH win is the end of her
- Sanders' Michigan win is the end of her
- Sanders March-early April winning streak is the end of her

Kinda remember the same thing after Iowa, SC, Super Tuesday, etc. for Bernie. It's all how you see the world, I guess.
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« Reply #87 on: May 28, 2016, 06:46:44 PM »

Considering how wrong people's 2016 predictions were even a year before, let alone 4 years before, I'll just throw out a curve ball and saw Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris and Republican Nominee Tim Scott.

Uh, I'll have you know my Dem prediction in the past 3 years was right on. Wink
Yeah, you and everyone else's prediction Tongue

Oh how quickly we forget the hype...

- She won't even run
- Warren will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' summer surge is the end of her
- Biden will jump in and beat her
- Sanders' January surge is the end of her
- Sanders' NH win is the end of her
- Sanders' Michigan win is the end of her
- Sanders March-early April winning streak is the end of her
Again, you assume everyone is a Berniebro. Not remotely true.
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« Reply #88 on: May 29, 2016, 09:35:44 PM »

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/marco-rubio-campaign-223696

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« Reply #89 on: May 29, 2016, 10:46:10 PM »

Tom Cotton running for President? Uh, no thanks.
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« Reply #90 on: May 30, 2016, 10:09:14 PM »

Cotton is asked about 2020, and invokes Dumb & Dumber:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/tom-cotton-run-future-223673

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« Reply #91 on: May 31, 2016, 01:04:05 PM »

I met Tom Cotton once or twice. He's "meaner than a snake and smarter than you are".
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« Reply #92 on: May 31, 2016, 03:24:05 PM »

I met Tom Cotton once or twice. He's "meaner than a snake and smarter than you are".

So Ted Cruz but whiter?
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« Reply #93 on: May 31, 2016, 04:21:25 PM »

I met Tom Cotton once or twice. He's "meaner than a snake and smarter than you are".

So Ted Cruz but whiter?

Cotton is a neoconservative who supports/supported raising the minimum wage. A strange mixture of Huckabee, Cruz, and McCain.
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« Reply #94 on: June 01, 2016, 01:47:16 PM »

Cruz will be attending the Faith & Freedom conference.
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« Reply #95 on: June 01, 2016, 04:57:25 PM »

I know Arkansas cleared the way for Cotton to run for POTUS and re-election to the Senate, but can Sasse do the same in Nebraska?

I think supreme FF Ernie Chambers will do his best to prevent that.
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« Reply #96 on: June 01, 2016, 06:48:41 PM »


Numerous 2016 presidential candidates who could conceivably run again will be there (including the current nominee, Donald Trump):

http://www.roadtomajority.com

Carson
Cruz
Fiorina
Rubio

Huckabee, Kasich, and Paul are invited, but looks like not confirmed to attend at this point.

Meanwhile Blackburn and Ernst are confirmed to attend, potentially to audition for vice president.
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« Reply #97 on: June 05, 2016, 10:14:35 AM »

Cruz keeping in touch with donors, Sasse has national staff onboard already, Walker fundraising for RGA that he's expected to chair in 2018. Cotton travelling to CA, staffing up and will attend Roast and Ride in August, Rubio keeping in touch with donors.
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« Reply #98 on: June 06, 2016, 06:29:06 AM »


From that story, it sounds like Cotton is being the most open about his 2020 ambitions:

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« Reply #99 on: June 07, 2016, 06:04:09 AM »

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/senate-sasse-ben-223886

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