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

[Hindsight was 2020]

Anyone else noticed that Corey Booker has totally dissapeared?

I like Cory but please stay that way the Bernie wing hates him so much he is an almost guarrented Trump reelection

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Anyone else noticed that Corey Booker has totally dissapeared?

I like Cory but please stay that way the Bernie wing hates him so much he is an almost guarrented Trump reelection

Well, hopefully that pawn of Wall Street and big pharma who loves school privatization doesn't run, but he might be just trying to get the target off his back. If the Democrats wanted progressives to vote for them again, they could try standing for something like single payer rather than spending all their time trying to start a new cold war.

[Mr. Morden]

At the end of this video clip, McAuliffe makes a toast to Trump, in the hopes that they can work together:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/trump-mcauliffe-toast-each-other-at-governors-dinner/2017/02/27/7f86345e-fc91-11e6-9b78-824ccab94435_video.html

If McAuliffe does make a run for president, I'm guessing that we'll be seeing that video again.

[Mr. Morden]

So Cuomo did end up going to the NGA after all, but he didn’t stick around long enough to meet with Trump.  He was only there on Friday and then left:

http://nypost.com/2017/02/27/cuomo-blows-off-trumps-meeting-with-governors/

In any case, Politico has a new story out about Cuomo’s 2020 ambitions:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/andrew-cuomo-new-york-2020-235403

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[Mr. Morden]

McAuliffe upping the ante on presidential speculation about himself by saying that he “might” want to be president:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/26/us/virginia-governor-trump-northam-perriello.html?_r=0

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That's about as close to "maybe" as we've gotten from anyone in the field recently except for O'Malley.  The rest of them don't even say maybe.  They just say something like "I'm focused on my current job, and it's too early to think about that."

[Free Bird]

The problem for Terry. What will he do for a year and a half to stay relevant?

[Mr. Morden]

The problem for Terry. What will he do for a year and a half to stay relevant?

I'm not sure why that's important.  People who are out of office for a few years are perfectly capable of being major presidential candidates.  Heck, the 2016 Democratic nominee was also unemployed, and the 2012 GOP primaries were dominated by people who'd been out of office for ages.  Gingrich had even been out of office for 14 years.

McAuliffe has a lot of problems, but that one's at the bottom of the list.

[Pandaguineapig]

Given the superdelegates system and the network of Clinton fundraising and political operations, McAuliffe could get much more traction than many would think. Not to mention he would have the beltway media pushing for him like there is no tomorrow

[NeederNodder]

Former Sanders Surrogate and NAACP President Ben Jealous is considering running for Governor of Maryland

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-jealous-governor-20170228-story.html

[Mr. Morden]

Conservative author Ed Klein says “his sources” tell him that Clinton is gearing up for another presidential run:

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ed-Klein-presidential-campaign-2020/2017/02/28/id/776119/

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[The Other Castro]

Ed Klein is a well known idiot and liar.

[Mr. Morden]

Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly thinking about running:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/will-disneys-bob-iger-run-president-2020-hollywood-friends-are-nudging-981626

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[henster]

Wouldn't surprise me if Howard Schultz ran.

[Mr. Morden]

Israel has become an honorary early primary state in terms of future US presidential candidates making visits there shortly before launching their candidacy.  E.g., from 2013 to 2015, 10 of the eventual 17 GOP candidates visited Israel, as did Martin O’Malley.  And Cory Booker visited there last summer.

Now it’s Cuomo’s turn:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/nyregion/andrew-cuomo-israel-trip.html?_r=0

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[Mr. Morden]

Update on John Kerry, who two weeks ago said that he wasn’t “ruling anything in or out":

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/03/01/john-kerry-lands-another-post-government-gig-visiting-distinguished-statesman-think-tank/JeAVT7OVhmb5QlfXQmrWBP/story.html

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[Dmitri Covasku]

Well, there are multiple options out there but, the party first needs to get itself in order before it can take on Trump.

[Liberalrocks]

Conservative author Ed Klein says “his sources” tell him that Clinton is gearing up for another presidential run:

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ed-Klein-presidential-campaign-2020/2017/02/28/id/776119/

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I hope it's true. It's Ed Klein, he  is almost as bad as Dick Morris or Sean Hannity...

[Mr. Morden]

Julian Castro says that a 2020 presidential run is on the table:

http://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/Castro-has-his-voice-back-10970274.php

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[Hindsight was 2020]

Julian Castro says that a 2020 presidential run is on the table:

http://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/Castro-has-his-voice-back-10970274.php

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Not surprising

[The Other Castro]

The whole Jeff Sessions situation going on is a direct result of a line of questioning from Al Franken. The White House statement also directly targets Al Franken.

[The Other Castro]

Gabriel Debenedetti‏ @gdebenedetti  1h1 hour ago
Who's heading back to Iowa for the third time since November 8 this weekend? Martin O'Malley.

[Mr. Morden]

Gabriel Debenedetti‏ @gdebenedetti  1h1 hour ago
Who's heading back to Iowa for the third time since November 8 this weekend? Martin O'Malley.

Yeah, he just posted this on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MartinOMalley/status/837388380124119048

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[publicunofficial]

For anyone who is interested, Street Fight (the documentary about Cory Booker's first race for Newark mayor) is on Netflix right now.

[Holmes]

Brown's giving a speech tomorrow in Columbus, attacking Trump and outlining some legislative proposals.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/senate-democrat-to-outline-populist-economic-agenda-to-count?utm_term=.kog55lJz9v&bftw=pol#.mv5llwdxQn

[Mr. Morden]

Brown's giving a speech tomorrow in Columbus, attacking Trump and outlining some legislative proposals.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/senate-democrat-to-outline-populist-economic-agenda-to-count?utm_term=.kog55lJz9v&bftw=pol#.mv5llwdxQn

Interesting.  According to Brown's Twitter feed, his speech will air on Facebook Live at around ~10:30am or so:

https://www.facebook.com/SenatorSherrodBrown/