The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 2

[Mr. Morden]

More Steyer:

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060063669

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[Mr. Morden]

A couple of the usual suspects... Kander, Delaney... but people rarely mention Vilsack and Sebelius as potential candidates, why not? Vilsack *has* run before.

Vilsack is from Iowa though.  So I wouldn't read anything into him doing an event in Iowa.  And I did mention Sebelius's participation in this event back in this post:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=273224.msg5852951#msg5852951

[Mr. Morden]

Clinton says she won't run for president again:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/hillary-clinton-says-she-will-not-run-again-for-president-but-will-continue-to-call-out-trump.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Larry Sabato was appearing alongside Terry McAuliffe on MSNBC, and this occurred:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/virginia-gov-terry-mcauliffe-doesnt-deny-possible-presidential-run/article/2637786

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[Mr. Morden]

Mark Cuban keeps talking....

https://www.mediaite.com/online/mark-cuban-continues-to-fan-the-flames-on-a-2020-run-i-think-i-qualify/

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[Mr. Morden]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/355983-oprah-denies-interest-in-2020-bid

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[Mr. Morden]

Kasich is "taking a subtle but significant step toward a possible 2020 presidential campaign":

https://www.buzzfeed.com/henrygomez/john-kasich-is-meeting-with-foreign-policy-experts-and

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[Mr. Morden]

This week's #2020Vision column:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/2020-vision-new-hampshire-poll/index.html

[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch: Sherrod Brown will be on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday:

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

[Mr. Morden]

The author of this piece was covering Tulsi Gabbard's trip to Iowa this week, and claims she told him that she's not running for president:

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/blogs/at-liberty-by-adam-sullivan/tulsi-gabbards-substance-welcome-20171020

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But without an exact quote to offer any context, I'm not going to put much stock in it.

[Mr. Morden]

Harris's campaign committee ramped up its spending on the online media firm Revolution Messaging (whose previous clients include the 2016 Sanders presidential campaign) in the third quarter even though she doesn't face reelection until 2022:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/kamala-harris-doubles-campaign-cash-to-media-firm-that-boosted-bernies-profile/

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Again, she does not face reelection until 2022, yet her campaign spent half a million dollars in the third quarter of 2017 alone.  Lol.

[Mr. Morden]

Garcetti's in Las Vegas for the DNC meeting, and is (of course) asked about running for president:

https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/21/76904/la-mayor-garcetti-takes-his-gig-national/

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He was also asked about health reform, and said that he's for single payer.  I don't remember if he's said that before.  There are too many candidates to keep track of. 

[Mr. Morden]

Sherrod Brown is asked about running as veep rather than president:

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1710/22/sotu.01.html

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In other news, Cory Booker wades into the Maryland gubernatorial race:

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/10/booker_takes_aim_at_christies_bff_the_auditor.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Mark Cuban was on Harvey Levin's Fox show tonight and said he would rather run as a Republican if he was forced to choose between the two parties.

Yeah, here is more info:

https://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/mark-cuban-on-possibly-entering-2020-presidential-race-ill-probably-run-as-a-republican/

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[Mr. Morden]

More on Iger:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bob-iger-president-disneys-political-cat-mouse-game-1049423

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[Mr. Morden]

Flake not ruling out a run:

Hunter Schwarz‏
@hunterschwarz
Flake, when asked if he'd run for president: "I won't go there. That's a long ways away."

https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/922923523055566849

More here:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/25/jeff-flake-2020-presidential-run-challenge-trump-244146

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[Mr. Morden]

Gary Johnson asked if he's planning to run for president again in 2020:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/357168-gary-johnson-ruling-out-2020-bid-it-does-boil-down-to-two-political-parties

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[Mr. Morden]

I mentioned this Biden story in another thread, but here’s the 2020 part:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/why-joe-biden-didnt-run-for-president-and-why-hes-not-ruling-out-2020

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[Mr. Morden]

McMullin talks up the possibility of *someone* primarying Trump in 2020, which leads me to suspect that McMullin himself might do so if no one else steps up to the plate:

link

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[Mr. Morden]

This week’s #2020Vision column:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/2020-vision-joe-biden-open-door-kamala-harris-elizabeth-warren/index.html

They link to this Instyle interview of Biden:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/2020-vision-joe-biden-open-door-kamala-harris-elizabeth-warren/index.html

which has this:

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Also, there’s this on Warren:

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[Mr. Morden]

Julian Castro:

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/248090-julian-castro-absolutely-not-closing-door-2020-plans

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[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch: Kasich will be on Fox News Sunday this weekend, while Corker will be on Face the Nation:

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

[Mr. Morden]

Corker doesn't rule out running for prez:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/357611-corker-wont-rule-out-2020-presidential-bid

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[Mr. Morden]

Politico notes that many of the likely 2020 Dem. candidates have been visiting swing states rather than Iowa and New Hampshire:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/28/2020-candidates-early-states-244212

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In addition to Warren, the story also mentions recent swing state trips by Booker, Castro, Harris, Inslee, and McAuliffe.

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich on 2020:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/john-kasich-im-not-plotting-a-run-to-challenge-trump-in-2020/article/2638917

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Meanwhile, Mark Cuban talks to Maureen Dowd, and rates the chances that he'll run:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/mark-cubans-not-done-trolling-donald-trump.html

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He also says he would "probably" run as an Independent, but Republican is also possible:

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