Duckworth 2020?

[tallguy23]

I just listened to David Axelrod's latest podcast interview with Tammy Duckworth. What an interesting and extraordinary woman!

- Raised overseas
- Fluent in Thai and Indonesian
- a PhD and Masters in international affairs
- an Iraq war vet who lost both legs and most of her right arm in battle
- a Purple Heart
- served in the Veteran's Affairs Dept and in the House before her election to the Senate

Does anyone else think she'd make a strong candidate in 2020?

Podcast link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/axe-files-david-axelrod/id1043593599?mt=2

[Fuzzy Bear]

I just listened to David Axelrod's latest podcast interview with Tammy Duckworth. What an interesting and extraordinary woman!

- Raised overseas
- Fluent in Thai and Indonesian
- a PhD and Masters in international affairs
- an Iraq war vet who lost both legs and most of her right arm in battle
- a Purple Heart
- served in the Veteran's Affairs Dept and in the House before her election to the Senate

Does anyone else think she'd make a strong candidate in 2020?

Podcast link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/axe-files-david-axelrod/id1043593599?mt=2

That's an impressive resume.  I would be hesitant to run her in 2020, but 2024 is not unreasonable.  And she'd be a good VP pick in 2020. 

A much better pick than Kamala Harris.

[Ye We Can]

Life story aside, she's a meh candidate that doesn't generate much excitement on her own.  The Dems have better options in 2020.

[Figueira]

Definitely for vice president, maybe with someone like Heinrich or Bullock at the top of the ticket. She's not exciting enough for President though.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

She is an extraordinary character, but I'm a bit worried about her tendency to underperform as a candidate. She failed in her first congressional race in 2006, a Democratic wave, and only sits in the House since 2013. She also underperformed Hillary and owes her election, to some degree, to a luck (facing Kirk of all people).

Let her make a mark in the Senate before going with such speculations.

[Figueira]

She is an extraordinary character, but I'm a bit worried about her tendency to underperform as a candidate. She failed in her first congressional race in 2006, a Democratic wave, and only sits in the House since 2013. She also underperformed Hillary and owes her election, to some degree, to a luck (facing Kirk of all people).

Let her make a mark in the Senate before going with such speculations.

To be fair, barely underperforming Clinton against a moderate incumbent is impressive. To be unfair, Kirk kind of ruined his own campaign towards the end.

[RaphaelDLG]

I am really not very hot on Duckworth personally.  But the contrast of Trump running against a warrior-scholar woman who lost two legs in battle is just delicious.

[VPH]

Duckworth ran MILES ahead of Clinton downstate, winning even Gallatin County. Her message on trade resonates with demographics Democrats need to reach out to and her resume is beyond impressive.

[DrScholl]

Would running a woman who is part Asian be a problem for the great Midwest? Not running a white man would be a slap in the face and trying to force a minority down their throats. /sarc

[Figueira]

Would running a woman who is part Asian be a problem for the great Midwest? Not running a white man would be a slap in the face and trying to force a minority down their throats. /sarc

Clearly the fact that Obama won and Clinton lost shows that we should only run white people from now on.