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« Reply #650 on: January 15, 2017, 04:22:17 PM »

Yep, pretty sure O'Malley is going to run, he is eager and patiently waiting. Do you think he would do better in 2020 if he does run?
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« Reply #651 on: January 15, 2017, 04:27:08 PM »

in dems news rocky-de-la-fuente declare he running in 2020
in third party news Austin petersen is looking into running for senate in 2018 as a republican so he outs for the libertarian party.
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« Reply #652 on: January 16, 2017, 10:27:57 AM »

Cuomo tries to downplay 2020 talk:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-2020-presidential-run-rumors-flattering-untrue-article-1.2946931

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Though again, that’s not a Shermanesque denial.  He’s once again saying that his only *current* plan is to run for reelection for governor.  But that hardly precludes the possibility of him also choosing to run for president at some point in the future, even in the middle of his next term as governor.

Meanwhile, Booker spoke this morning at a breakfast hosted by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network:

http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/01/15/booker-join-trump-protest-groups-mlk-breakfast/96621678/

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Finally, the AP has a recap of Elizabeth Warren’s multi-pronged opposition to Trump:

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/01/15/warren-prepares-for-the-spotlight-as-trumps-top-democratic-foil.html

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« Reply #653 on: January 16, 2017, 10:41:28 AM »

And I see that Wikipedia has now stupidly moved Biden and Cuomo to the "declined candidates" category on the 2020 presidential election Wikipedia page, based on their recent "denials of interest", just like they did for Brown and Gillibrand.  All four are cases where they're really non-denials.

The pattern seems to be this:

-A potential candidate gives a non-denial, saying something like "I have no plans to run", which isn't a real denial, since almost all of them say something like that, and not "having plans" at this early stage doesn't mean anything.

-About four or five different news stories are written about the non-denial, with one of those stories usually being written by a journalist who doesn't understand how non-denials work, and so they write the story as if it's a real denial.

-Wikipedia latches onto that one story that portrays it as a real denial, and uses that as a "source" to move the candidate in question to the "declined" category.
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« Reply #654 on: January 16, 2017, 01:40:27 PM »


Looks like Gillibrand also marched with an Al Sharpton-led protest on Saturday:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/thousands-of-protesters-already-descending-on-dc-for-inauguration/article/2611829

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« Reply #655 on: January 16, 2017, 01:43:52 PM »

Julian Castro talks about his future:

http://tpr.org/post/im-going-leave-politics-alone-now-juli-n-castro-says-hud-exit#stream/0

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« Reply #656 on: January 17, 2017, 11:08:08 PM »

Cuomo will meet with Trump at Trump Tower on Wednesday:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/gov-cuomo-talk-donald-trump-obamacare-infrastructure-article-1.2948893
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« Reply #657 on: January 18, 2017, 09:35:29 AM »

Tulsi Gabbard took secret trip to Syria

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/18/democratic-rep-gabbard-makes-secret-trip-to-syria/
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« Reply #658 on: January 18, 2017, 09:47:01 AM »


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Ummm....she's already on her way back to the US.  Not sure how commenting on this would impact security.
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« Reply #659 on: January 18, 2017, 10:03:42 AM »

Trump has already picked out two possible 2020 campaign slogans:

"Keep America Great" or "Keep America Great!"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-came-up-with-make-america-great-again/2017/01/17/fb6acf5e-dbf7-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?postshare=831484737469175&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.4e38abc925f8
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« Reply #660 on: January 18, 2017, 02:52:20 PM »

OMG I called it XD
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« Reply #661 on: January 18, 2017, 03:00:16 PM »


Apparently, she surprised Congressional leaders by not telling them she was going:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/tulsi-gabbard-secret-syria-trip-233762

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« Reply #662 on: January 18, 2017, 07:30:00 PM »


Didn't Kucinich do the same thing in 2011?
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« Reply #663 on: January 20, 2017, 05:35:12 PM »

At some point, I may go through all the leadership PACs for each of the potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.  E.g., Booker, Gillibrand, Klobuchar, and Warren all have leadership PACs…

Booker: “CoryPAC”, contributed $171,000 to Democratic candidates this cycle
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00497131&cycle=2016

Gillibrand: “Off the Sidelines”, contributed $565,000 to Democratic candidates this cycle
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00525600&cycle=2016

Klobuchar: “Follow the North Star Fund”, contributed $167,500 to Democratic candidates this cycle
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00431874&cycle=2016

Warren: “PAC for a Level Playing Field”, contributed $190,000 to Democratic candidates this cycle
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00540195&cycle=2016

Gillibrand’s PAC is different in that 1) it only donates to women candidates, and 2) most of its money goes to House candidates.  The Booker, Klobuchar, and Warren PACs mostly donated to Senate candidates, with just a few token House candidates included as well.  The Booker, Gillibrand, and Klobuchar PACs all donated to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign as well, while Warren’s PAC didn’t.

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Apparently, Gillibrand's PAC actually has a podcast:

http://offthesidelines.org/the-hub/podcasts/

Looks like the podcast consists of Gillibrand talking to various people about assorted issues.  In August, she even spoke with possible 2020 rival Amy Klobuchar.
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« Reply #664 on: January 20, 2017, 10:48:37 PM »


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Ummm....she's already on her way back to the US.  Not sure how commenting on this would impact security.


Because she totally met with Assad.

Christ I hate her. If she somehow wins the nomination in 2020, Trump 2020.
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« Reply #665 on: January 21, 2017, 10:12:36 AM »

The WaPo has a story on the 2020 Dems in the Senate:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/standing-behind-trump-on-friday-the-future-of-the-democratic-party/2017/01/20/80a4e04e-de94-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html?utm_term=.739f151fafe6

One piece of info in there that I didn't know: Like Gillibrand, Harris will also be participating in the Women's March on Washington today.
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« Reply #666 on: January 21, 2017, 11:17:03 AM »


One piece of info in there that I didn't know: Like Gillibrand, Harris will also be participating in the Women's March on Washington today.


Doesn't look like Klobuchar is participating in the march herself, but she did stop to meet with some of the marchers:


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« Reply #667 on: January 21, 2017, 03:36:36 PM »

Booker was just at the Women's March on CNN.
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« Reply #668 on: January 21, 2017, 09:59:14 PM »
« Edited: January 21, 2017, 10:01:38 PM by Mr. Morden »

Booker: “I am not open to being president”:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/cory-booker-president-2020/

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And he continues to have a facial expression indicating that he's either worried or needs to use the bathroom quickly:


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« Reply #669 on: January 21, 2017, 10:57:47 PM »

Booker: “I am not open to being president”:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/cory-booker-president-2020/

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And he continues to have a facial expression indicating that he's either worried or needs to use the bathroom quickly:




I know it's unreasonable and doesn't make sense, but I don't trust bald people. Therefore, I don't trust Booker.

Also, Booker still likely to run I think; even if he says he's not open to it.

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« Reply #670 on: January 22, 2017, 10:14:59 AM »
« Edited: January 23, 2017, 01:52:34 AM by Mr. Morden »

Sunday morning talk show watch: Sanders is on Face the Nation this morning:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEWS_SHOWS?SITE=AP
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« Reply #671 on: January 23, 2017, 09:27:33 AM »

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/hillary-clinton-plans-future-234018

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« Reply #672 on: January 23, 2017, 01:42:44 PM »

I don't trust Politico, but great news if true.
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« Reply #673 on: January 23, 2017, 01:46:44 PM »

Did anyone really believe that Clinton would run again for anything?
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« Reply #674 on: January 23, 2017, 01:47:26 PM »

Booker: “I am not open to being president”:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/cory-booker-president-2020/

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And he continues to have a facial expression indicating that he's either worried or needs to use the bathroom quickly:




I know it's unreasonable and doesn't make sense, but I don't trust bald people. Therefore, I don't trust Booker.

Also, Booker still likely to run I think; even if he says he's not open to it.


I don't think Booker intended to make some kind of Shermanesque denial here.  This isn't like with Franken and Kaine, where they made a calculated decision to rule out a 2020 run (which may or may not be sincere, but it's what they were trying to say).  In Booker's case, I think he just kind of fumbled into a denial in the course of trying to say something like "the stakes right now are so high that we shouldn't be talking about 2020".
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