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

[The Other Castro]

Pence and Santorum, among others, spoke at the Values Voters Summit this weekend:

http://www.valuesvotersummit.org

I know for a fact that Santorum wants to be president badly and that he was hoping to get nominated at a contested convention this year.

Well yeah, that's probably why he ran twice.

[The Other Castro]

If Democrats choose to clear the field for Cuomo, they deserve 4 more years of Trump.

[The Other Castro]

Boston Globe: 20 candidates who could run in 2020 — Democrats and Republicans

Democrats
John Bel Edwards
Bill de Blasio
Cory Booker
Sherrod Brown
Julian Castro
Andrew Cuomo
Russ Feingold
Tulsi Gabbard
Kamala Harris
Tim Kaine
Amy Klobuchar
Joe Manchin
Thomas Perez
Bernie Sanders
Tom Steyer
Jon Tester
Elizabeth Warren
Tom Wolf

Republicans
John Kasich
Ted Cruz

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/11/16/candidates-who-could-run-democrats-and-republicans/hxdFmFwXHg64rEEaIgKa9I/story.html?event=event25

[The Other Castro]

That's a classic nondenial denial line. She's definitely going to consider it, but seems like someone that may defer to other candidates should certain ones get in.

[The Other Castro]

Hmm, I don't see her running for President in 2020 if she's just starting a first term as Governor.

[The Other Castro]

Greg Giroux ‏@greggiroux  45m45 minutes ago
Senator-elect @KamalaHarris (D-CA) has set up a leadership PAC: Fearless for the People PAC
http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_201611210300119592+0  #casen #capolitics



Doesn't necessarily mean much though.

[The Other Castro]

Fournier says Clinton is keeping her options open.

Lol sure. Also, it's not fair at all to say Clinton is the one raising doubts about the election's legitimacy.

[The Other Castro]

Gabriel Debenedetti ‏@gdebenedetti  3m3 minutes ago
Hard not to read into it a LITTLE when ambitious pols go to Iowa. Jason Kander→Des Moines for the Progress Iowa holiday party next month.

[The Other Castro]

If anyone thinks that that Franken statement is definitive, just remember:

"I can unequivocally say I will not be running for national office in four years"
-Barack Obama, 2004

[The Other Castro]

Audio of Biden:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/biden-wont-rule-out-2020-presidential-run/2016/12/06/92564a74-bbcd-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9_video.html

It sounds half joking, half serious to me.

[The Other Castro]

^Malloy was also speaking to a bunch of state delegations at the DNC this year. I was at North Carolina's delegate breakfast one morning, and when he walked in he sat right next to me. We got to talk for a bit.

#Malloy2020

I'm surprised because he seems like a major dick. Lindsey Graham was a real dick when I met him.

He's really nice in person. I've met him a few times.

[The Other Castro]

O'Malley returning to Iowa:

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http://iowastartingline.com/2016/12/08/martin-omalley-to-return-to-iowa-for-lykam-special-election-help/

[The Other Castro]

Kanye's latest tweets now imply that he will run in 2024, not 2020.

[The Other Castro]

Though Franken says he won't run, he has a book coming out on May 30:



http://www.startribune.com/sen-al-franken-s-giant-of-the-u-s-senate-book-hits-stands-may-30/406308006/

[The Other Castro]

"Murphy Pours Cold Water on 'Draft Murphy' Movement"

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http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-murphy-pours-cold-water-on-draft-murphy-movement-20161220-story.html

[The Other Castro]

"Murphy Pours Cold Water on 'Draft Murphy' Movement"

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http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-murphy-pours-cold-water-on-draft-murphy-movement-20161220-story.html

I like Murphy a lot but I don't think he'd make a good candidate.

I think he'd make for a very good attack dog VP.

[The Other Castro]

Tim Egan from NYT casts Montana's Steve Bullock as a good dark horse candidate against Trump.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/23/opinion/red-state-hope-for-democratic-blues.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&src=trending&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Trending&pgtype=article&_r=0

[The Other Castro]

Could be relevant.

Sarah D. Wire ‏@sarahdwire  12m12 minutes ago
.@KamalaHarris picks former Clinton campaign spox Lily Adams (@adamslily) as her communications director.

[The Other Castro]

Just wait until after the Democratic primary for NH Gov in 2018. Suddenly it will seem like the most important governorship in the country.

[The Other Castro]

Just wait until after the Democratic primary for NH Gov in 2018. Suddenly it will seem like the most important governorship in the country.

Stefany Shaheen or Ann Kuster for president?

Nah as in all the potential Dem candidates will be stopping by. Though, Shaheen does have certain...qualities...that would make her more likely to win nationwide than someone like Kuster.

[The Other Castro]

And now Mark Zuckerberg....

http://www.newsweek.com/mark-zuckerberg-president-2020-facebook-white-house-538386?rx=us

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With $49.3 Billion and direct control of one of the largest social media platforms, he'd certainly have some advantages. Maybe he would run as an Independent, since he's apparently donated money to Booker, Schumer, and Pelosi, but also Boehner, Ryan, Rubio, and Hatch. He certainly has the money necessary to self-fund an Indy run.

[The Other Castro]

Booker does a 1 on 1 with WMUR's Political Director.

Josh McElveen (WMUR) ‏@JoshWMUR  35m35 minutes ago
1on1 with @CoryBooker on GOP majority, "They're the dog that caught the car, they don't know what to do" #nhpolitics

[The Other Castro]

Malloy isn't going to run for anything anytime soon. If he runs for Governor again, which I really doubt he will, he would probably face a primary challenge. If he survived that, he'd probably hand the state to a Republican.

[The Other Castro]

At this point, it's pretty obvious Cory Booker is going to run for President in 2020.

[The Other Castro]

At this point, it's pretty obvious Cory Booker is going to run for President in 2020.

How so? Every Senator's trying to get on the Sunday morning circuit; by that standard, Chris Murphy will also be running

Booker has made other moves indicating it as well, and has been openly coy about a run in a very candidate-like manner, while Murphy's people have been dismissive on an occasion.