Pros and cons: Chris Murphy 2020

[Progressive]

I love him

[MarkD]

Spelling.

I won't know whether to be pro or con until he takes a position vis-à-vis the subject I have in my signature line: if Chris gets elected President, when he can appoint one or more Supreme Court Justices, what quality will he look for in the people who chooses to appoint?

[The Other Castro]

Pros:
-Smart
-Young
-Easy to look at
-Can use Twitter effectively

Cons:
-Not very well known
-Associated heavily for some with gun control
-History of sketchy loans
-From Connecticut

[user12345]

Listening to him speak is pretty boring... And his connection with gun control is probably too extreme for the average American. I can see the ads now.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Brian Shatz is better.

[The Arizonan]

Pros:
-Smart
-Young
-Easy to look at
-Can use Twitter effectively

Cons:
-Not very well known
-Associated heavily for some with gun control
-History of sketchy loans
-From Connecticut

Why is being from Connecticut an issue in a presidential election? As long as he's not too liberal and he's a strong candidate, he should be fine.

[FairBol]

Take it from a CT resident, Chris Murphy is a tool. 

[Progressive]

Pros:
-Smart
-Young
-Easy to look at
-Can use Twitter effectively

Cons:
-Not very well known
-Associated heavily for some with gun control
-History of sketchy loans
-From Connecticut

Why is being from Connecticut an issue in a presidential election? As long as he's not too liberal and he's a strong candidate, he should be fine.

I agree. I hate this narrative that has been pushed by the right (and some on the left) that some states are "real America" and therefore that's where the candidates should stem from. It's absurd. There's white working class in New York City, too, for instance.

[The Other Castro]

Pros:
-Smart
-Young
-Easy to look at
-Can use Twitter effectively

Cons:
-Not very well known
-Associated heavily for some with gun control
-History of sketchy loans
-From Connecticut

Why is being from Connecticut an issue in a presidential election? As long as he's not too liberal and he's a strong candidate, he should be fine.

Oh I was just mostly joking about the Connecticut thing, though it is a boring state.

[SCNCmod]

Brian Schatz is better.

I think I'm one of the few who has also been impressive by Schatz lately (especially his senate speeches)... seems to be to have a Bill Clinton way of explaining complex issues.

Also- (for an alternative Connecticut possibility)   Jim Himes seems like he may come across more palatable to a wider range of ppl than Murphy (And Rhodes Scholar is always impressive to me)

[McGovernForPrez]

I think his biggest strength would be on foreign policy. If there's any place where most people can agree the Trump administration has failed it's foreign policy. Chris Murphy could provide a nice contrast with the Trump administration in that regard.