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

[Mr. Morden]

Long-ish story here on Klobuchar and her penchant for bipartisanship, which is out of favor with the Dem. base at the moment:

https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2017/03/democrats-want-all-out-war-trump-bad-news-sen-bipartisanship

She again skirts the question of whether she’ll run for prez in 2020:

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[History505]

Long-ish story here on Klobuchar and her penchant for bipartisanship, which is out of favor with the Dem. base at the moment:

https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2017/03/democrats-want-all-out-war-trump-bad-news-sen-bipartisanship

She again skirts the question of whether she’ll run for prez in 2020:

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She is definitely not wrong there.

[The Other Castro]

Bill Maher brought up a possible presidential run with Sheldon Whitehouse, who shut it down pretty quickly.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Bill Maher brought up a possible presidential run with Sheldon Whitehouse, who shut it down pretty quickly.

He also keeps pushing Gavin whom I like but even against Trump woukd look bad as only being governor for like a year before running

[Mr. Morden]

On Thursday, Warren was asked about the reports that Harry Reid urged to run for prez, and she gave a non-denial “I’m not thinking about that” answer:

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Is there any less believable answer to this question than “not something that I’m thinking about”?  I’m pretty sure that a presidential run is something that crosses these candidates’ minds on a regular basis.

Also, Politico has a new story on Warren’s access to the press:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/elizabeth-warren-press-media-reelection-236212

[Sorenroy]

Hey Mr. Modern, I just wanted to give a public shout-out to how awesome it is that you spend your time finding and posting all these articles. I wouldn't be nearly as up to date on what is going on in the political world if it wasn't for you and the other awesome posters on this and other threads on the Atlas.

[Mr. Morden]

Hey Mr. Modern, I just wanted to give a public shout-out to how awesome it is that you spend your time finding and posting all these articles. I wouldn't be nearly as up to date on what is going on in the political world if it wasn't for you and the other awesome posters on this and other threads on the Atlas.

No problem.  Thanks for the appreciation.

I am unlikely to have the same amount of time to devote to this for the duration of the 2020 cycle though, but hopefully others will pick up the torch.

[Mr. Morden]

WaPo has a new story on Franken:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/al-franken-has-found-a-new-role-in-the-trump-era/2017/03/18/247737bc-0b54-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

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[Shameless Lefty Hack]

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[MAINEiac4434]

Bill Maher brought up a possible presidential run with Sheldon Whitehouse, who shut it down pretty quickly.

He also keeps pushing Gavin whom I like but even against Trump woukd look bad as only being governor for like a year before running

I refuse to believe that looks bad anymore. We have a reality tv star as president for christ sake.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Bill Maher brought up a possible presidential run with Sheldon Whitehouse, who shut it down pretty quickly.

He also keeps pushing Gavin whom I like but even against Trump woukd look bad as only being governor for like a year before running

I refuse to believe that looks bad anymore. We have a reality tv star as president for christ sake.

Reality TV star is one thing. A snollygoster is quite another.

[America Needs R'hllor]

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[Shadows]

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Fantastic job truly !

[houseonaboat]

WaPo has a new story on Franken:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/al-franken-has-found-a-new-role-in-the-trump-era/2017/03/18/247737bc-0b54-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

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Franken and (to an extent) Chris Murphy have both been pretty clear that they don't intend to run for president and I believe them. I think Murphy's dream job is either Senate Majority Leader or Secretary of State, and Franken seems like he's content with being a career Senator.

[Blackacre]

WaPo has a new story on Franken:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/al-franken-has-found-a-new-role-in-the-trump-era/2017/03/18/247737bc-0b54-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html

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Franken and (to an extent) Chris Murphy have both been pretty clear that they don't intend to run for president and I believe them. I think Murphy's dream job is either Senate Majority Leader or Secretary of State, and Franken seems like he's content with being a career Senator.

Yeah, Franken seems satisfied with his platform as a Senator, and I think he's more interested in governance than campaigning anyway. But that also means that all of his positioning against Trump has been for its own sake, not to build a national profile, and that makes it all the more admirable

[Mr. Morden]

Kasich's posse is having a reunion:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170310/daily-briefing-kasich-and-friends-gathering-to-reminisce-on-presidential-run

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Here's the only other press I could find on this event:

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/03/for_one_night_only_john_kasich.html

I guess it was closed to the media, so we don't know if there was any talk about Kasich's future there, or whether he might run for president again.

But seriously, the guy runs for president and wins exactly one state primary: his home state.  This is such a great accomplishment that his team decides to have a party on the one year anniversary of said primary win, to pat themselves on the back for the tremendous job they did?  Sheesh.

But just so we can all bask in the glory, here is a shot of the confetti dropping on Kasich back on March 15th, 2016, when he gloriously scored a primary election victory in his home state of Ohio (his only win of the cycle):

[Married Gay Socialist]

Did people see the Booker CNN interview? He spoke garbage & big lines all the time & was not making sense. He will probably turn out to be worse than Hillary & is possibly beyond repair at this point !

This is exactly why Donald Trump will win in 2020, and democrats will be destroyed in the Senate in 2018.

[Mr. Morden]

So apparently Bob Iger was asked last week if he’d run for president, and he didn’t seem to rule it out, deflecting the question with “I have a full time job right now”:

http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=47c9040f6ff957a59bd88396e&id=593ac40feb

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[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

So apparently Bob Iger was asked last week if he’d run for president, and he didn’t seem to rule it out, deflecting the question with “I have a full time job right now”:

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The optics of a media company executive running for the nomination of the Democratic Party are comically terrible.

[Mr. Morden]

Who was the last business executive to run for the Democratic nomination for president?  We've certainly seen people run for the nomination from outside of politics (e.g., Clark and Sharpton in 2004), but they weren't coming from the business world.  It's the Republicans who typically get folks like Forbes, Fiorina, and Trump running for prez.

[RogueBeaver]

Who was the last business executive to run for the Democratic nomination for president?  We've certainly seen people run for the nomination from outside of politics (e.g., Clark and Sharpton in 2004), but they weren't coming from the business world.  It's the Republicans who typically get folks like Forbes, Fiorina, and Trump running for prez.

Harriman 1956

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

Wasn't Harriman involved in WW2 diplomatic efforts and served in Truman's admin? There'd be little precedent for an Iger Democratic Party candidacy (or Schultz/Cuban as well).

[Mr. Morden]

So compared to other Democratic politicos no longer holding political office who’ve had their names floated as potential 2020 candidates (Castro and O’Malley), Joe Biden hasn’t been nearly so active on the political scene since Inauguration Day, and has only made public comments about Trump administration policy sparingly.  (He did criticize Trump at that Cuomo event last week, but did so without speaking Trump’s name.)

However, Biden will be joining House Dems on Wednesday in a rally to save Obamacare:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/joe-biden-obamacare-rally-dc-236253

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[Mr. Morden]

Warren claims to be focused on 2017 and not thinking yet about 2020:

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/03/us_sen_elizabeth_warren_says_s_1.html

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Video clip of her responding to reporters’ questions about Trump’s boast that he’d beat her handily:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh-yKlwl_3g

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Not that his run was ever all that likely, but Paul Ryan will not try to primary Trump:

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In the context of the article, "this" is referring to his current job - house speaker

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/paul-ryan-obamacare-repeal-trump-236229