The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread

[Mr. Morden]

Iger quits the White House Advisory Council over Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal:

https://twitter.com/RobertIger/status/870413002893254656

[MAINEiac4434]

Wiki is great for a lot of things, but it's god-awful at listing potential candidates. Especially because they don't read into comments and take them at face value (I don't blame them, but it's not useful in many cases).

Yeah, it's hard to put someone in as a "maybe" when they say point blank "I'm not running for president," even if the "right now" is heavily implied.

[MasterJedi]

Update on John Kerry, who two weeks ago said that he wasn’t “ruling anything in or out":

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/03/01/john-kerry-lands-another-post-government-gig-visiting-distinguished-statesman-think-tank/JeAVT7OVhmb5QlfXQmrWBP/story.html

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And, further follow up on this: This news is several weeks old now, but apparently at a private event last month.....

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/john-kerry-future/index.html

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I hope, I hope, I HOPE, that this means that he's open to another term as Sec State in the next Dem administration.

Though yet again. As a shameless hack for the Prog Populists, I hope all of these centrist has beens run, and I hope only one of ours runs. We'll have it wrapped up by Super Tuesday.

The Bernie wing seems to love Tulsi Gabbard for certain positions when she's one of the most conservative Dems in the House/Senate. Don't expect them to pick any better come 2020 unless it's Bernie who runs.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

The Bernie wing seems to love Tulsi Gabbard for certain positions when she's one of the most conservative Dems in the House/Senate. Don't expect them to pick any better come 2020 unless it's Bernie who runs.

As a card carrying member of the Bernie wing, I wouldn't bet on Gabbard holding our standard. Look for Warren or Perriello (if he wins his primary in 12 days!)

[Mr. Morden]

Hillary Clinton says she has "no idea" what she's going to do next, except that she'll be pro-"resistance":

http://ew.com/books/2017/06/01/hillary-clinton-cheryl-strayed-book-expo-trump/

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[Shadows]

Cenk Uygur in England & interviewed Larry Sanders, Bernie's brother & asked him if Bernie will run in 2020.

Larry said Bernie hasn't ruled it out & that Larry couldn't run around the country at 20 the way Bernie is doing now & that Bernie Sanders is in extra-ordinary good health. And that they spoke every 2 weeks earlier but now that Bernie is doing a crazy schedule, they speak less often !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpMDgCsWXM

[Shadows]

The 2020 Democratic field will be all packed up -

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Andrew Cuomo, Terry McAuliffe, Martin O'Malley, Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chris Murphy & perhaps any Bullock, Kerry or even Hillary !

Either would, it would be 1 heck of a primary with some fantastic debates !

[Mr. Morden]

Castro still not ruling anything out:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/politics/article/Julian-Castro-addresses-potential-presidential-11188181.php

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Warren says “no”, but sounds like she’s just deflecting with a “let’s focus on 2018 first”-type answer:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/warren-urges-resistance-sidesteps-2020-talk-at-calif-event-239048

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Meanwhile, Jill Biden says that Joe is not going anywhere:

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/335894-jill-biden-joe-is-not-going-away

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[Horsemask]

I hope Biden runs.

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/iger-resigns-trump-advisory-board/166252?google_editors_picks=true

Iger resigned from President Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum over his decision to leave the Paris Climate Accords.

I didn't know he was on there...

[Rookie Yinzer]

I hope Biden runs.

[TheSaint250]

Jerry brown seems to be making more noise these days.

[MAINEiac4434]

Jerry brown seems to be making more noise these days.

If he wouldn't be eighty-frigging-three on Inauguration Day I'd be al for him. Should've been the nominee in 1976.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Jerry brown seems to be making more noise these days.

If he wouldn't be eighty-frigging-three on Inauguration Day I'd be al for him. Should've been the nominee in 1976.

This, and Gov. Brown making noise makes a lot of sense- climate change is a major issue for his state. If he wouldn't be making noise, he'd be failing his constituents. I wish he could become Governor for another term, tbh.

[Shadows]

Jerry Brown is already 79, 5 years older than Biden, 4 years older than Bernie & he's kicking ass. He's done a really solid job as CA Gov. & deserves credit for what he did !

[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEWS_SHOWS?SITE=AP

Al Gore makes his return to the Sunday morning news circuit tomorrow, appearing on This Week, Meet the Press, State of the Union, and Fox News Sunday.  Meanwhile, John Kerry’s on Meet the Press and Mark Warner’s on Face the Nation and State of the Union.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Sunday morning talk show watch:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEWS_SHOWS?SITE=AP

Al Gore makes his return to the Sunday morning news circuit tomorrow, appearing on This Week, Meet the Press, State of the Union, and Fox News Sunday.  Meanwhile, John Kerry’s on Meet the Press and Mark Warner’s on Face the Nation and State of the Union.

Is it Dinosaur Week and no one told us?

[Mr. Morden]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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[Beet]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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Excellent news. I hope she is not phased by the backlash, as she expects it, but her supporters will appreciate what she has to say.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/12/hillary-clinton-says-she-wont-run-for-president-again/

[Beet]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/12/hillary-clinton-says-she-wont-run-for-president-again/

In 2009 she was 8 years younger, and had much higher favorabilities, plus she still had a lot of chits to call in among Democrats. Now she has none of those things, and four fewer years to start a campaign. So I really doubt she will run again.

[Mr. Morden]

Here’s the thing on the candidates’ public statements: They only mean a little.  What matters much more is what the candidates are saying to aides behind the scenes.  The problem is that we really find out what they’re saying, because those conversations are private.  Fortunately, some of them leak, and so these little dribbles of insider scoops from Mike Allen are extremely valuable:

https://www.axios.com/dems-2020-vision-2432460126.html

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etc.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Here’s the thing on the candidates’ public statements: They only mean a little.  What matters much more is what the candidates are saying to aides behind the scenes.  The problem is that we really find out what they’re saying, because those conversations are private.  Fortunately, some of them leak, and so these little dribbles of insider scoops from Mike Allen are extremely valuable:

https://www.axios.com/dems-2020-vision-2432460126.html

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etc.

I do wonder how Terry could do as a nom he has a lot of similar Clinton problems but a couple big differences

[MAINEiac4434]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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Hillary should just go away. Everytime she speaks, its red meat for the dopey GOP base. The GOP can't function without Clinton hate

Well, they still have Pelosi and Obama.

[Technocracy Timmy]

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/336172-dems-want-hillary-clinton-to-leave-spotlight

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Excellent news. I hope she is not phased by the backlash, as she expects it, but her supporters will appreciate what she has to say.

I voted for her in the primaries and GE. It's fine for her to speak her mind in certain respects (although nobody should say entirely what they're thinking without filter), but her recent statements have been pretty tone deaf and are a net negative on the Democratic Party's image.