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« on: December 03, 2017, 09:15:36 PM »

Him running for President is a non-starter.

With that said, him running for Governor of Florida would be absolutely killer.
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2017, 04:33:57 PM »
Quote from: America's Sweetheart ❤ on December 04, 2017, 04:07:02 PM
Quote from: foxh8er on December 03, 2017, 09:15:36 PM

Him running for President is a non-starter.

With that said, him running for Governor of Florida would be absolutely killer.
I don't know, I think if he actually ran, he could do quite well. he's very, very likable and quite charismatic, as well as likely having moderate positions on most issues.

He IS very charismatic and very likable. No doubt about that. Ditto on the issues. But one of Trump's biggest problems is both his lack of experience and his total lack of competence - I think it would be better to nominate someone that exudes competence instead.

Of course, I thought that about Hillary too, so...
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2018, 05:18:11 PM »

We are truly in the dumbest timeline
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2018, 03:48:23 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Morden on May 30, 2018, 10:33:42 AM
I mentioned in another thread that Warren was on The View yesterday.  At the very end of the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoQDu4p2X0

she's asked "Are you running for president?" (present tense) and she says "No."


I'll be honest from this clip I don't see how Warren is unelectable
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2018, 04:48:43 PM »
« Edited: June 04, 2018, 04:51:48 PM by foxh8er »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/06/04/howard-schultz-is-stepping-down-as-starbucks-chairman/?utm_term=.632c68c54fd0

Schultz is definitely making the moves necessary to run. I expect him to be living in Iowa and New Hampshire by the end of the year.

I'd much rather see another billionaire run, but I'm still skeptical the Democrats have the ability to nominate a businessman today.
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2018, 05:22:02 PM »

I met Mike a few months ago and I *adore* the man but he's never going to get anywhere in the primaries. He's a surprisingly smart campaigner so I highly doubt he's going to try. He's got far better sway as the respected head of a growing media company - basically Trump's dream job.
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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2018, 05:23:46 PM »
Quote from: henster on June 22, 2018, 11:55:12 PM
Quote from: Clinton1996 on June 22, 2018, 11:53:23 PM
Quote from: Mr. Morden on June 21, 2018, 11:30:54 PM
This story is more definitively stating that Kander will run for mayor:

http://www.kmbc.com/article/kander-to-run-for-kcmo-mayor/21752706

Though I guess there'll inevitably remain some doubt until he formally announces it himself.


Dammit there goes my top choice for 2020

Realistically a former state SOS and failed Senate candidate was never really going to be a viable Presidential candidate.

Realistically, I see this as him running for veep. A moderate, heartland somewhat-big-city Mayor is a solid pick, IMO, especially for a Harris, Patrick, or Warren.
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2018, 04:16:45 PM »
Steve Bullock sues Trump's IRS, warning of "foreign money" in elections

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/us/politics/steve-bullock-montana-irs.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytpolitics
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« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2018, 12:10:24 PM »
Quote from: cookiedamage on July 25, 2018, 01:11:40 AM
Quote from: Devils30 on July 24, 2018, 05:18:53 PM
Smart move to try to get name out there. Focusing on money in politics and jobs might pay off when the rest of the candidates start overdoing it on race and gender identity.

They do focus on jobs, it's just that people like you can't stand to hear that we live amongst racism and bigotry and any candidate who mentions it is accused of "overdoing it" and peddling identity politics.

The sad truth is minority identity politics are always going to "look" and poll worse than WWC identity politics, just because white folks don't see the latter as identity politics.

Sad to say I think the Democrats will need to engage in some white identity politics (also perhaps youth identity politics - as disgusting as that is) in order to win big in 2020
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2018, 05:51:39 PM »
Quote from: UnbakedCake on July 31, 2018, 05:21:36 PM
The Daily Beast story includes this Line

"A source close to the Bullock—the only Democratic governor is a state that Trump win in 2016—told The Daily Beast that he is “clearly thinking about” a presidential run focused around  his pursuit of campaign finance reform."

Is that trying to say that Bullock is the only governor to represent a state that Trump won? Because that isn't even slightly true, NC, LA, and PA all have Democratic governors. If it is just governors who won in 2016 in states that Trump won that would be Bullock and Roy Cooper of NC. The only distinction that Bullock can get is that he is the only Democrat to win reelection on the same day that Trump won their state.  Or is it saying that he is the only potential 2020 Democrat who is from a state that Trump won. If I'm just missing something please let me know.

To make this relevant to 2020, I think that Bullock would be pretty much unstoppable in the general with someone like Harris as his VP.

I really hate it when people forget my boy Roy Sad

Bullock's biggest problem is being too conservative for the primaries and being a white male. He'd be a fantastic VP for Kamala Harris or Oprah or Catherine Cortez Masto. Otherwise, he'd wipe the floor during the general election.
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« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2018, 01:33:53 AM »

His denials are much more credible than the rest though.

He'd make an amazing VP for anybody however. I've been boosting McRaven (for exactly this reason - see my earlier posts from about a year ago) since December 2016 and him running would make me switch my early support away from Warren.
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« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2018, 08:05:08 PM »
Quote from: libertpaulian on August 22, 2018, 07:14:21 PM
Elizabeth Warren appeared on the news today and stated in regards to the Mollie Tibbets murder that Americans need to be more focused on "real issues."

She's right though. Do you really think people are going to remember that in 2020? They'll probably try and convict the guy next year before anybody votes.
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2018, 02:43:20 PM »
"It seems like Iowa in 2007"

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/could-beto-orourke-be-the-next-obama

If Beto loses, could he give it a shot?
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