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

[PikaTROD]

Kanye4Prez2020! WhoooooOOooooooo!!!! XD

[Simfan34]

Dispatch from the annual RedState Gathering a few days ago:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438980/five-observations-redstate-gathering

Sasse "stole the show", Fiorina also received well, Cory Gardner "had an uneven performance".

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Sasse would be the first President since Wilson to have a doctorate.

[Kingpoleon]

Dispatch from the annual RedState Gathering a few days ago:

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/438980/five-observations-redstate-gathering

Sasse "stole the show", Fiorina also received well, Cory Gardner "had an uneven performance".

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Sasse would be the first President since Wilson to have a doctorate.

Well, I guess he has a low standard.

[RogueBeaver]

Cotton will headline the IAGOP dinner this weekend.

[Mr. Morden]

Cotton will headline the IAGOP dinner this weekend.

Looks like he's doing multiple events in the state over the weekend:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/04/2020-2024-watch-tom-cotton-headline-2-iowa-events/91543618/

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[RogueBeaver]

Cotton's IA tour is super-extensive, but Walker was there too & Haley/Kasich are marking NH.

[Pandaguineapig]

Cotton's IA tour is super-extensive, but Walker was there too & Haley/Kasich are marking NH.

Seems like ambitous republicans think/hope trump loses

[Mr. Morden]

Cotton's IA tour is super-extensive, but Walker was there too & Haley/Kasich are marking NH.

That story also says that not only was Walker in Iowa last week, but that he's going to New Hampshire next week(!):

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This comes after he met with the delegations of Iowa, New Hampshire, *and* South Carolina at the RNC in July.  Of course, that same month, he said that he wasn't going to run for president in 2020, because he wants to run for reelection in '18, and doesn't want to run for prez while being governor again.  But that's starting to sound less credible, given his activity.

On another note, while folks like Cotton and Kasich have been actively 2020 politicking for a while, Haley going to NH (or at least planning to, before she had to cancel because of the hurricane) is the first concrete sign that she's also interested in 2020.

[Young Conservative]

Im am THE most conservative person I know, but I am so upset of habit years of one party rule in the white that I am willing to support someone as moderate as Paul Ryan is it means we can have a landslide victory once again....of course I prefer Rand Paul

[LLR]

Im am THE most conservative person I know, but I am so upset of habit years of one party rule in the white that I am willing to support someone as moderate as Paul Ryan is it means we can have a landslide victory once again....of course I prefer Rand Paul

From a few minutes of browsing Wikipedia:

-In 2010, Ryan described himself as being "as pro-life as a person gets"

-During Ryan's 1998 campaign for Congress, he "expressed his willingness to let states criminally prosecute women who have abortions,"

-Ryan opposes same-sex marriage, opposed the repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy, voted against same-sex couples adopting children in Washington D.C., and voted against a bill that would expand federal hate crime laws to cover offenses based on a victim's sexual orientation .

-Ryan, who owns a rifle and a shotgun, is an NRA member, has received an "A" rating from the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action and has been endorsed by the organization every cycle he has been in Congress.

-He also voted to withdraw federal funding of NPR.

"moderate"

[UWS]

Did you know that Ryan voted NO on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy in the 2000s? I'm asking myself why?

http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm#Energy_+_Oil

[Kylar]

I really like the idea of a Cotton, Cruz, Thune, Lee or Sasse 2020 nominee.
Pence is fine, and I'm okay with Haley and Ernst
the rest I don't know for sure what I think

[Mr. Morden]

Politico has a story on Paul Ryan's (near term) future:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/paul-ryan-future-donald-trump-collapse-229756

Speculation is that (assuming the party doesn't lose its House majority) he'll run for Speaker again, but only if the GOP caucus really wants him.  If the Freedom Caucus tries to wrestle concessions out of him or whatever, then he'll just call it quits, possibly leaving Congress altogether:

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[Mr. Morden]

WaPo covers Cotton's Iowa visit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/16/a-senators-iowa-visit-offers-hints-at-a-post-trump-gop/

[Mr. Morden]

And here's a report on Walker's visit to New Hampshire over the weekend:

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-receives-warm-welcome-in-new-hampshire-on-first/article_be205aae-ab78-567b-bdb3-100d5ad781c0.html

[RogueBeaver]

And here's a report on Walker's visit to New Hampshire over the weekend:

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-receives-warm-welcome-in-new-hampshire-on-first/article_be205aae-ab78-567b-bdb3-100d5ad781c0.html

Er that's from last year.

[Mr. Morden]

And here's a report on Walker's visit to New Hampshire over the weekend:

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-receives-warm-welcome-in-new-hampshire-on-first/article_be205aae-ab78-567b-bdb3-100d5ad781c0.html

Er that's from last year.

Ha ha, so it is.  I saw in the WSJ story from last week that Walker was set to visit NH this weekend to campaign for Sununu, so I searched Google News today for "Walker Sununu New Hampshire", and this came up.  I didn't notice the date.  My bad.

[RogueBeaver]

And here's a report on Walker's visit to New Hampshire over the weekend:

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-receives-warm-welcome-in-new-hampshire-on-first/article_be205aae-ab78-567b-bdb3-100d5ad781c0.html

Er that's from last year.

Ha ha, so it is.  I saw in the WSJ story from last week that Walker was set to visit NH this weekend to campaign for Sununu, so I searched Google News today for "Walker Sununu New Hampshire", and this came up.  I didn't notice the date.  My bad.

Only thing I found is a single pic on Walker's personal FB feed. Not even on Sununu's. Sad!

[RogueBeaver]

In his Senate debate, Rubio (fingers presumably crossed) says he will serve a full Senate term, "God willing."

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

In his Senate debate, Rubio (fingers presumably crossed) says he will serve a full Senate term, "God willing."

He doesn't need to cross his fingers to lie to you, RB, he's going to run again and then say that he meant he wouldn't resign in order to run. Basically, he's just giving himself a sentence to use in 2020 when Walker, Cotton, Haley, or one of the others mentioned in this thread use the same Christie attacks against him. If he beats Murphy (hope he doesn't but who knows at this point) he's not going to suddenly learn to respect his seat and the people who put him in it.

[RogueBeaver]

Bevin and Cotton will be guests at Branstad's birthday bash next month.

[Enduro]

It might be a little early for any of these potential candidates to explore a run for president...

[Mr. Morden]

It might be a little early for any of these potential candidates to explore a run for president...

Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't.  But the fact remains that several of them do appear to be laying the groundwork, and so they're providing us useful clues on the question of who is interested in running.

[Vosem]

In his Senate debate, Rubio (fingers presumably crossed) says he will serve a full Senate term, "God willing."

He doesn't need to cross his fingers to lie to you, RB, he's going to run again and then say that he meant he wouldn't resign in order to run. Basically, he's just giving himself a sentence to use in 2020 when Walker, Cotton, Haley, or one of the others mentioned in this thread use the same Christie attacks against him. If he beats Murphy (hope he doesn't but who knows at this point) he's not going to suddenly learn to respect his seat and the people who put him in it.

The people are putting him in his seat so he can run against Hillary Clinton.

[Mr. Morden]

CNN has a story on the possibility that Trump allies will try to derail Ryan's reelection as Speaker:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/26/politics/paul-ryan-leadership-trump/

I'm still not sure Ryan is going to bother running for Speaker again if it looks like that'll give him headaches.