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

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Sheryl Sandberg? Now this is getting embarrassing. I can already hear the chorus of "four more years."

It definitely feels like some DNC types are pushing for "We need our OWN businessman/woman to run against Trump". Cuban, Zuckerberg, Sandberg. Hard to look at the 2016 primary and thiink "You know what these Bernie supporters would go for? A billionaire with shady business dealings."

Well the DNC has this bizarre belief that we elected Trump because he's a businessman who would create jobs. We voted for him because we were pissed. Nominating a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO who will jet around the country talking about "smart power," "21st century economy," etc along with the same naked embrace of identity politics could make her an even worse nominee than Hillary.

People like Trump because he builds things. Real, tangible things (or big beautiful tremendous hotels in his words) unlike Sandberg, who basically administers an increasingly outdated social media platform. She'll give speech after speech about how it's time to "Make America Hopeful Again" or whatever cute slogan she comes up, but her vision is the same path of globalization that the world is reacting against. We don't want smart cars or Amazon drones, we want steel mills and factories.

Sandberg running against Trump would be a dream come true.

[SCNCmod]

Julian Castro says he won’t run for anything in 2018:

http://www.kens5.com/news/politics/julian-castro-returns-to-san-antonio-says-hes-not-running-in-2018/392251043

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More here:

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/24/castro-brothers-confront-trump-era/

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Running for Governor would be a mistake since Abbott is literally the most popular politician in Texas. Senate would still be a great challenge for Castro but out of the two, Senate is more likely to be won by him.

What about becoming mayor of SA again?

According to this story from November he's thinking about running for county judge in 2018 (and then working his way up to statewide office some time in the 2020s) or else just run for president in 2020.  Though now he says he's not going to run for anything in 2018...

Castro is going to wait & Run for President in 2020... Which has little downside...

Possible Outcomes:
1) Depending on the political Climate in 4 years, he could get the nomination

2) He gains a lot of traction, wins states like CA-FL-TX-NV-AZ-UT-NM-CO-Puerto Rico, and finishes 2nd in the Primary & is the natural choice for VP.

3) He loses the Primary, but Dems win the President... and Castro gets a higher profile Cabinet Position.

****The only real downside.... Would be if Trump gets re-elected

[The Other Castro]

Mark Zuckerberg hits Trump on executive actions in new Facebook post.

https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103460278231481

[SCNCmod]

A Smart move for Castro... and would help in accomplishing one of the 3 outcomes mentioned above...
 
(1. Depending on the political Climate in 4 years, he could get the nomination ...  2. He gains a lot of traction, wins states like CA-FL-TX-AZ-NM-NV-CO-UT-Puerto Rico, and finishes 2nd in the Primary & is the natural choice for VP....  3. He loses the Primary, but Dems win the President... and Castro gets a higher profile Cabinet Position)

....would be to tag team with the Womens March movement to put together a Huge Latino Voter Registration in Florida, Arizona, and Texas.  Latino's have the biggest pool of unregistered eligible voters... especially younger Latinos in TX & AZ ... and Puerto Rican Latinos in Florida.  This could have a big effect on the outcome of AZ and FL in the 2020 election.

[Progressive]

A Smart move for Castro... and would help in accomplishing one of the 3 outcomes mentioned above...
 
(1. Depending on the political Climate in 4 years, he could get the nomination ...  2. He gains a lot of traction, wins states like CA-FL-TX-AZ-NM-NV-CO-UT-Puerto Rico, and finishes 2nd in the Primary & is the natural choice for VP....  3. He loses the Primary, but Dems win the President... and Castro gets a higher profile Cabinet Position)

....would be to tag team with the Womens March movement to put together a Huge Latino Voter Registration in Florida, Arizona, and Texas.  Latino's have the biggest pool of unregistered eligible voters... especially younger Latinos in TX & AZ ... and Puerto Rican Latinos in Florida.  This could have a big effect on the outcome of AZ and FL in the 2020 election.

I agree, it's why I've posted a lot about Castro on the forum. I feel like his decision to run for president actually makes more sense than him running in Texas first.

[Mr. Morden]

Gillibrand’s spokesman is asked about 2020, and he gives a non-denial denial: ”The only race she is interested in is her reelection to the Senate in 2018.”

[Mr. Morden]

Speaking of Gillibrand, both she and Warren responded to Trump's refugee restrictions with tweetstorms today:

https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand
https://twitter.com/SenWarren

Booker, meanwhile, posted a video of his response, which involved a lot of hand gestures:

https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/825149036160229376

[The Other Castro]

Speaking of Gillibrand, both she and Warren responded to Trump's refugee restrictions with tweetstorms today:

https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand
https://twitter.com/SenWarren

Booker, meanwhile, posted a video of his response, which involved a lot of hand gestures:

https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/825149036160229376

I wonder if there have been any studies of whether politicians start speaking with their hands more when they are preparing for presidential runs.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Uncle Joe, make up your f**king mind or shut up. Thnx.

[Mr. Morden]

Speaking of Gillibrand, both she and Warren responded to Trump's refugee restrictions with tweetstorms today:

https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand
https://twitter.com/SenWarren

Booker, meanwhile, posted a video of his response, which involved a lot of hand gestures:

https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/825149036160229376

Ftr, Klobuchar also reacted to Trump's move with this FB post:

link

[Vosem]

Sheryl Sandberg? Now this is getting embarrassing. I can already hear the chorus of "four more years."

It definitely feels like some DNC types are pushing for "We need our OWN businessman/woman to run against Trump". Cuban, Zuckerberg, Sandberg. Hard to look at the 2016 primary and thiink "You know what these Bernie supporters would go for? A billionaire with shady business dealings."

Well the DNC has this bizarre belief that we elected Trump because he's a businessman who would create jobs. We voted for him because we were pissed. Nominating a wealthy Silicon Valley CEO who will jet around the country talking about "smart power," "21st century economy," etc along with the same naked embrace of identity politics could make her an even worse nominee than Hillary.

People like Trump because he builds things. Real, tangible things (or big beautiful tremendous hotels in his words) unlike Sandberg, who basically administers an increasingly outdated social media platform. She'll give speech after speech about how it's time to "Make America Hopeful Again" or whatever cute slogan she comes up, but her vision is the same path of globalization that the world is reacting against. We don't want smart cars or Amazon drones, we want steel mills and factories.

Sandberg running against Trump would be a dream come true.

This is a very amusing post, since regardless of who is President there won't be steel mills or factories, and there will be smart-cars and drones. Very soon people will be voting who don't remember a time when steel mills and factories were common, and smart-cars and drones weren't.

Also, what's up with your second paragraph? People don't like Trump. Especially those who live in the places where he builds things.

Whether Sandberg would be a good candidate or not depends on her skills as a politician, which are difficult to judge since she's never run for office. "Make America Hopeful Again" is indeed a very stupid slogan, so if anybody goes with that we'll know enough to answer the question.

[Mr. Morden]

O'Malley, in Iowa, standing outside a mosque, calls Trump's travel ban from Muslim countries "bigoted, adolescent stupidity":

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/in-cedar-rapids-martin-omalley-calls-trumps-actions-bigoted-20170128

[henster]

Castro will have done nothing for the past 4 years when 2020 comes around and he'd be running against Senators who have been actively opposing Trump in Congress so he would have little chance. His best hope is being in cabinet against under a Dem President.

[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch: Kaine to appear on Meet the Press tomorrow morning, while de Blasio will appear on CNN's State of the Union:

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

[Progressive]

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who was on HRC's cabinet short list, is giving jobs to 10,000 refugees worldwide and publicized his entire plan far and wide online today. I wouldn't be surprised to see speculation about him.

http://fortune.com/2017/01/29/donald-trump-muslim-ban-starbucks/

[MAINEiac4434]

Uncle Joe, make up your f**king mind or shut up. Thnx.

He's bitter. He thinks he would've won if he'd run.

[UWS]

Uncle Joe, make up your f**king mind or shut up. Thnx.

He's bitter. He thinks he would've won if he'd run.

I agree!

He would have played Barack Obama's popularity card, which means lower unemployement cut in half (from approximately 8 % in November 2008 to less than 5 % in November 2016) and a stronger economy, Osama Bin Laden killed, ISIS' territory reduced, etc.

[Mr. Morden]

Martin O'Malley found a job!  (albeit a temporary one)

He's a visiting professor at the Boston College law school this semester:

http://bcheights.com/2017/01/29/martin-omalleys-new-melody-former-presidential-candidate-lecturing-bc-law/

This may mean that he'll have to cut down on his visits to Iowa.  But at least he'll be close to New Hampshire, in case he wants to start laying the groundwork there.

[publicunofficial]

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who was on HRC's cabinet short list, is giving jobs to 10,000 refugees worldwide and publicized his entire plan far and wide online today. I wouldn't be surprised to see speculation about him.

http://fortune.com/2017/01/29/donald-trump-muslim-ban-starbucks/

Bleh

As far as billionaires go, I guess Schultz is one of the least odious. But I've heard horror stories about him, particularly from his disasterous ownership of the Seattle Sonics (RIP).

[Mr. Morden]

Upstate Dems react to the possibility of Gillibrand 2020:

http://poststar.com/news/local/government-and-politics/area-democrats-like-the-idea-of-a-gillibrand-presidential-run/article_c161f272-f5f2-5fba-a8cc-dfae698c38e1.html

[The Other Castro]

Jason Kander trolling Trump a bit:

Jason Kander ‏@JasonKander  3h3 hours ago
With just 1,373 days until Americans vote in the 2020 election, responsible thing to do is wait until then to consider any #SCOTUS nominee.

[The Other Castro]

"Kasich to publish ‘Two Paths,’ a book offering a contrast to Trump’s America"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/31/kasich-to-publish-two-paths-a-book-offering-a-contrast-to-trumps-america/?utm_term=.3dd112d73bbc

[Mr. Morden]

"Kasich to publish ‘Two Paths,’ a book offering a contrast to Trump’s America"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/31/kasich-to-publish-two-paths-a-book-offering-a-contrast-to-trumps-america/?utm_term=.3dd112d73bbc

The book comes out in April.  We should know then if Kasich is planning on a 2020 presidential campaign based on whether the book tour includes stops in Iowa or New Hampshire. 

[Mr. Morden]

CPAC won't be such a big deal re: the next presidential campaign this time around, seeing as how we now have an incumbent Republican president, and so it's unclear if any of the CPAC speakers will be running in 2020, as most of them would not consider challenging an incumbent president of their own party.

Still, it's possible that one of the speakers there will, and if not, at least it gives us a look at who's looking ahead to 2024.  Right now it looks like the first confirmed speakers for CPAC (which will be held just over 3 weeks from now) are Cruz and Walker:

http://conservative.org/ted-cruz-set-to-address-cpac-2017/
http://conservative.org/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-to-deliver-remarks-at-cpac-2017/

[Shadows]

Lol @ Kasich running.

Republican Leaders don''t have the balls to stand up to Trump!