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

[justfollowingtheelections]

Hickenlooper isn’t ruling out a run:

http://www.coloradoindependent.com/163902/hickenlooper-2020-president

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Well, the Democratic voters support single-payer and Hickenlooper fought hard against the single-payer ballot initiative.  He's not going anywhere.  Maybe he should run as a Republican.

If Hickenlooper does poorly, this won't be the reason. The state ballot initiative was massively flawed, both major parties came together to oppose it, and the people of the state voted against it 21/79. Even famously liberal Boulder County rejected it 38/62.

Well yeah, if both the Democratic governor and the Democratic Senator oppose it, it obviously won't pass.  Perhaps they should have tried to introduce something that would work, but obviously they didn't care.

Does Jimmy Dore/TYT have a video ripping Hickenlooper you can link us to?

Not that I know of, but I take it you don't want people to have access to healthcare?  Maybe you should change your avatar.

[Mr. Morden]

Here's the video of Franken being asked about 2020, with the Stuart Smalley reference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wom8Q4GI_u8&t=9m0s

[Mr. Morden]

OK, here’s the full audio of the radio interview in which Gillibrand supposedly ruled out a presidential run (if you buy The Hill’s framing):

http://catsroundtable.com/kirsten-gillibrand-cats-roundtable-radio-show/

The question comes at the ~10:20 mark or so:

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So yeah, hardly a categorical denial, as the headline from The Hill would have you believe.  She just deflects the question, and says she’s running for reelection for Senate.

[The Other Castro]

I don't know why The Hill, editors at Wikipedia, and other sources are so intent on ruling out people as potential candidates.

[Mr. Morden]

I don't know why The Hill, editors at Wikipedia, and other sources are so intent on ruling out people as potential candidates.

Other news outlets seem to have picked up The Hill's framing, suggesting that Gillibrand has said she won't run for president, even though that's not really what she said:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kirsten-gillibrand-says-shes-not-going-to-run-for-president-in-2020/
http://nypost.com/2017/02/12/gillibrand-says-she-wont-be-running-against-trump-in-2020/

[Mr. Morden]

Malloy spoke at the DNC regional forum in Baltimore on Saturday:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dan-malloy-governors-front-line_us_589f3445e4b03df370d6bbb0

In other news, last week Jason Kander launched a new 527 group called “Let America Vote”, which focuses on voting rights:

http://krcu.org/post/missouris-kander-hopes-use-national-stage-bigger-mic-advance-voting-rights-democrats#stream/0

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[Doimper]

It is such a crying shame that Kander lost his Senate race.

[Mr. Morden]

So apparently about a week and a half ago, Kamala Harris was asked about 2020.  Not asked whether she was thinking about running, but asked why people think she might run:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-ol-patt-morrison-kamala-harris-trump-2020-president-20170201-story.html

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^It really annoys me when people use the "11/8" thing. The implication is extremely disrespectful.

[Mr. Morden]

Mark Cuban, who previously said there was “no possible way” he would run for president, has now opened the door to running with his latest comments following his Twitter feud with Trump:

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-for-president-maybe-2017-2

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[The Other Castro]

Chris Murphy reacts to the NY Post story that Bannon is doing oppo research on him:

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http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-chris-murphy-donald-trump-2020-20170213-story.html

[Mr. Morden]

While Murphy seemed to shoot down talk of him running for president back in December, he apparently reacted to the question with humor when asked this month at an event at Wesleyan:

http://wesleying.org/2017/02/11/senator-chris-murphy-visits-wesleyan-for-town-hall-on-environmental-policy/

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[henster]

A platform on gun control is last thing Ds need in winning back the Midwest. Truth is gun control was a never at the forefront in either of Obama's campaigns, and he was quiet on the issue after Aurora which happened in the middle of the '12 campaign. And Murphy's big issue is guns...

[publicunofficial]

National Journal article on Tulsi Gabbard, and how she may face a serious primary challenge this cycle or choose to run in a primary against Mazie Hirono instead:

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/648013/fresh-look-at-tulsi-gabbards-political-future

A loss in either primary is probably the death of Gabbard's career.

[Figueira]

National Journal article on Tulsi Gabbard, and how she may face a serious primary challenge this cycle or choose to run in a primary against Mazie Hirono instead:

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/648013/fresh-look-at-tulsi-gabbards-political-future

A loss in either primary is probably the death of Gabbard's career.

[publicunofficial]

National Journal article on Tulsi Gabbard, and how she may face a serious primary challenge this cycle or choose to run in a primary against Mazie Hirono instead:

https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/648013/fresh-look-at-tulsi-gabbards-political-future

A loss in either primary is probably the death of Gabbard's career.

Losing a primary (possibly to a Buddhist?) and then becoming the Green Party nominee would fulfill the Cynthia McKinney Prophecy as fortold by myself.

[Mr. Morden]

Another new job for Joe Biden:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/02/joe-biden-gets-another-job-in-philadelphia

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[Hindsight was 2020]

A platform on gun control is last thing Ds need in winning back the Midwest. Truth is gun control was a never at the forefront in either of Obama's campaigns, and he was quiet on the issue after Aurora which happened in the middle of the '12 campaign. And Murphy's big issue is guns...

Right now we have no idea if Murphy did run what his platform would be 

[Figueira]

^It really annoys me when people use the "11/8" thing. The implication is extremely disrespectful.

I hadn't heard that until now. I have to agree.

[RogueBeaver]

Booker speaking at a MT Dem dinner next month.

[Tricks33]

I think the race for the whit hous in 2020 will be Bernie and Trump. Hopefuly anyways

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich leaving today for a trip to Europe.  He’s visiting Germany and the UK:

http://www.sent-trib.com/news/kasich-to-visit-germany-england-during-european-trip/article_9dd4e910-f3ee-11e6-804d-53a5f7aab88d.html

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Klobuchar and Murphy are also attending that Munich conference, along with a bunch of Senators who are probably not planning to run for president, like McCain, Corker, and Whitehouse:

http://www.upmatters.com/news/local-news/peters-to-travel-to-munich-security-conference-with-bipartisan-congressional-delegation/658769289

[Mr. Morden]

Actually, looks like every Senator going to that Munich conference except for Klobuchar is on at least one of these Senate committees:

Armed Services
Foreign Relations
Select Commmittee on Intelligence
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Klobuchar’s not on any of those.  She’s not really on any kind of foreign policy or security related committees, but she’s doing another national security-oriented foreign trip (she just did that Eastern Europe trip in December).  Maybe that’s to burnish her national security credentials for national office, I don’t know.

[Mr. Morden]

Kerry doesn’t rule out running for president again in 2020:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/john-kerry-hasnt-ruled-anything-in-or-anything-out-for-2020-run/article/2615099

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For now though, Kerry has a new job:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/john-kerry-finds-a-job-as-a-yale-fellow.html

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[Mr. Morden]

A week after Mark Cuban seemingly re-opened the door to a future presidential run, he does a bit of trolling by wearing a No. 46 jersey at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game:

http://www.kabc.com/news/cuban-wore-president-number-46-during-the-nba-all-star-celebrity-game/

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