The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 3

[The Mikado]

On that point, at least, he's probably right. Only the obscure/minor people have to get in soon-ish. Sanders could wait until April or May and get a splash of attention when he does jump in.

[The Mikado]

Such great presidents like FDR left no real legacy in minds of most Americans, because they simply forgot about him when he died and Harry Truman became his successor, and they forgot about Truman when Eisenhower take office and so on.

Um...you lost me here. The people who lived through the Depression and WWII very, very, very much remembered FDR throughout their entire lives, whether they loved him or (in smaller numbers) hated him. The memory of FDR only has somewhat faded as those people are basically all dead now.

[The Mikado]

Hopefully no Democratic nominee would be stupid enough to cost us a Senate seat by elevating Brown to VP.

Hopefully.

(This is nothing against Sherrod Brown, whom I like and respect and hope stays in the Senate until he dies).

[The Mikado]

Saying GA-Sen is "nearly impossible" for Dems is absurd. David Perdue is a first term Senator and is effectively "generic Republican" and has done little of note in his time in office, and Georgia will be an intensely close state.

TX-Sen is closer to "nearly impossible" just because Cornyn will likely significantly outperform Trump there, but Cornyn is undoubtedly going to have the closest race of his career no matter what.

[The Mikado]

I thought Inslee was already running.