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« Reply #1650 on: July 29, 2017, 04:29:12 PM »


Sounds like that hasn't been confirmed on the record yet, but that would be his second trip to Iowa within the span of a few months, plus he was in South Carolina last month, and will be in New Hampshire next month (plus an interview with NH TV station WMUR a few weeks ago).  He also campaigned for Clinton in NH ahead of the primary there last year.  He seems to be doing early state visits like no one else except O'Malley.
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« Reply #1651 on: July 30, 2017, 12:26:43 PM »

Booker has been especially active — his travel itinerary reads like an atlas of at-risk Democratic incumbents. He’s raised money for grateful colleagues in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Montana and Michigan, among others, according to Democrats familiar with the itinerary.

On his rainmaking tour, the New Jersey senator has also held events designed to fill his own coffers, including at the home of Hollywood agent Michael Kives, a prominent party fundraiser for candidates such as Clinton.

Booker is one of many currently working the circuit; Kives is also set to host his home-state senator Harris next month as she steps up her own fundraising. The first-year lawmaker spent last weekend meeting with top party fundraisers in the Hamptons, and she has already raised over $600,000 for Senate colleagues in 2017 while planning a fall tour for more, according to individuals familiar with Harris’ plans.

Warren, a fundraising juggernaut, has made several California fundraising stops, including one in San Francisco where the Massachusetts senator joined Esprit founder Susie Tompkins Buell, a high-level party donor and close Clinton friend. Another gave Warren face time with Oakland Athletics part-owner Guy Saperstein, who in 2016 offered Warren $1 million to run for president.

Like Booker and Harris, Warren is also lending a helping hand to her Senate colleagues. She headlined a crowded, low-dollar, private Detroit fundraiser for Sen. Debbie Stabenow in April, ahead of the Michigan senator’s potentially tough 2018 race. Warren, who is planning an ambitious fundraising schedule for colleagues in the coming months, also sent $10,000 checks to a handful of vulnerable Senate colleagues.

Others still — including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Chris Murphy of Connecticut — have spent the opening months of Trump’s presidency building intimidating campaign war chests that could both scare off potential opponents and turn into groundwork for potential presidential funds in two years. Murphy, for example, is sitting on over $5 million, with no prominent challenger.


A wide range of senators, including potential national hopefuls Murphy, Warren, Tim Kaine, Sherrod Brown, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar and Jeff Merkley also recently attended the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s fundraising weekend in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/30/democrats-2020-elections-2018-midterms-240958
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« Reply #1652 on: July 30, 2017, 04:11:40 PM »

WaPo on Biden's complicated family life.
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« Reply #1653 on: July 31, 2017, 01:44:38 PM »


Sounds like that hasn't been confirmed on the record yet, but that would be his second trip to Iowa within the span of a few months, plus he was in South Carolina last month, and will be in New Hampshire next month (plus an interview with NH TV station WMUR a few weeks ago).  He also campaigned for Clinton in NH ahead of the primary there last year.  He seems to be doing early state visits like no one else except O'Malley.

My take on this is he's prepping for a new Speaker/Leadership run. He's not in line for it, and he'll need the support of the 2018 class to win. It's not like NH, IA, and SC are the only states he's visiting.
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« Reply #1654 on: July 31, 2017, 10:03:06 PM »

Biden heading to SC, will be keynote speaker for Charleston NAACP's 100th anniversary fundraiser.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/joe-biden-will-be-keynote-speaker-for-the-charleston-naacp/article_25f8e6ea-75f2-11e7-b414-9fec3881361f.html
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« Reply #1655 on: August 01, 2017, 08:37:00 AM »

ObamaWorld is pushing Deval Patrick to run.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/01/obamas-inner-circle-is-urging-deval-patrick-to-run-215443
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« Reply #1656 on: August 01, 2017, 09:19:57 AM »


He'd actually be a good candidate - I could see myself voting for him in the primary. Democrats don't necessarily need currently serving senators or governors to run. Just look at Mitt Romney.
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« Reply #1657 on: August 01, 2017, 09:49:10 AM »


He'd actually be a good candidate - I could see myself voting for him in the primary. Democrats don't necessarily need currently serving senators or governors to run. Just look at Mitt Romney.


His time at Bain would be an issue, and yet another candidate from Mass for Dems. This would be 4 now.
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« Reply #1658 on: August 01, 2017, 10:22:11 AM »

Biden's new Super PAC has raised "almost $280,000" so far:

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/08/01/21035/super-pacs-already-racing-toward-2018-and-2020

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« Reply #1659 on: August 01, 2017, 03:23:13 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?
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« Reply #1660 on: August 01, 2017, 03:28:14 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?
Literally was just thinking that.
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« Reply #1661 on: August 01, 2017, 03:30:13 PM »


I think the bigger takeaway from that story re: the odds of him running, is that Patrick may actually be open to it, as he’s not ruling it out:

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« Reply #1662 on: August 01, 2017, 06:06:51 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?
I think he's deluded and I'd just counting down the days to the Pence presidency, which will never happen.
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« Reply #1663 on: August 01, 2017, 06:28:25 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?

Interesting...but he should really be focusing on his re-election campaign next year.
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« Reply #1664 on: August 01, 2017, 06:49:04 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?

Interesting...but he should really be focusing on his re-election campaign next year.

Maybe he thinks Kirk-ing it will somehow work for him? No clue why, but he presumably has access to more polling than I do...
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« Reply #1665 on: August 01, 2017, 08:05:24 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?

Interesting...but he should really be focusing on his re-election campaign next year.

If he's honestly interested in running for president, then he should just drop his reelection bid.
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« Reply #1666 on: August 01, 2017, 08:35:58 PM »

Did not know Al Gore had a town hall tonight. Doubt he'll run, but this is a little interesting.
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« Reply #1667 on: August 01, 2017, 08:40:12 PM »

Did not know Al Gore had a town hall tonight. Doubt he'll run, but this is a little interesting.

Just for his Inconvenient Truth sequel
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« Reply #1668 on: August 01, 2017, 08:42:25 PM »

Did not know Al Gore had a town hall tonight. Doubt he'll run, but this is a little interesting.

Just for his Inconvenient Truth sequel
Ah ok. Thanks!
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« Reply #1669 on: August 01, 2017, 10:23:44 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?

Interesting...but he should really be focusing on his re-election campaign next year.

If he's honestly interested in running for president, then he should just drop his reelection bid.

He isn't. He's the most unpopular US Senator and is wildly unpopular with the base. He is a poor fundraiser, too. He will be lucky if he makes it through 2018.
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« Reply #1670 on: August 01, 2017, 10:29:09 PM »

Anyone else feel like Jeff Flake is posturing, what with his book and anti-Trump op-ed?

Interesting...but he should really be focusing on his re-election campaign next year.

If he's honestly interested in running for president, then he should just drop his reelection bid.

He isn't. He's the most unpopular US Senator and is wildly unpopular with the base. He is a poor fundraiser, too. He will be lucky if he makes it through 2018.

I don't think he's running for prez either, but this was in response to Horsemask's response to Hagrid's musing about Flake being interested in a run for prez.  I'm saying that it doesn't make sense to scold him for being distracted from his Senate race in order to test the waters on the presidential front, since if he had any interest in a presidential race, then he should just skip the Senate race anyway.
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« Reply #1671 on: August 01, 2017, 11:19:50 PM »

I'm watching Gore's townhall on climate change tonight (CNN). So far it's been focused on climate change even during the Q&A.
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« Reply #1672 on: August 02, 2017, 07:51:13 AM »

Bustos, Moulton & Tim Ryan headed to Iowa for a steak fry. Seems more congressional than presidential though.
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« Reply #1673 on: August 02, 2017, 10:59:35 AM »

Hickenlooper's asked about running on a ticket with John Kasich(!):

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/playbook-john-hickenlooper-interview-2020-241235

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« Reply #1674 on: August 02, 2017, 04:10:38 PM »

Why aren't former governors being considered at all? Napolitano, Baldacci, Schweitzer, Lynch, Locke even.
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