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

[publicunofficial]

I'd love to see O'Malley try again. Now that he has slightly more name recognition and it's not as big of a ticket as Hillary and Bernie, I can see him doing much better.

I can see an argument for Hassan and Duckworth, but I think at that point Hassan may not do as well if the Dems keep the idea of wanting someone younger (and her very close ties with Clinton), Duckworth would make more sense.

O'Malley running in 2020 would be like Ehrlich running in 2016.

[publicunofficial]

I'm writing letters to Representative Stephen Lynch, Brian Schweitzer and Jon Tester imploring them to consider a run for 2020.

A social conservative will never win the nomination (No Lynch), Brian Schweitzer is past his time and also kinda nuts. Tester I could support.

[publicunofficial]

Not saying he'll be the nominee, but I'm starting to think Jay Inslee runs.

He's been giving his opinion on national issues much more often since November. Feels like he's trying to become more of a figure in the party, specifically the left flank.

[publicunofficial]

Sheryl Sandberg? Now this is getting embarrassing. I can already hear the chorus of "four more years."

It definitely feels like some DNC types are pushing for "We need our OWN businessman/woman to run against Trump". Cuban, Zuckerberg, Sandberg. Hard to look at the 2016 primary and thiink "You know what these Bernie supporters would go for? A billionaire with shady business dealings."

[publicunofficial]

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who was on HRC's cabinet short list, is giving jobs to 10,000 refugees worldwide and publicized his entire plan far and wide online today. I wouldn't be surprised to see speculation about him.

http://fortune.com/2017/01/29/donald-trump-muslim-ban-starbucks/

Bleh

As far as billionaires go, I guess Schultz is one of the least odious. But I've heard horror stories about him, particularly from his disasterous ownership of the Seattle Sonics (RIP).

[publicunofficial]

Not saying he'll be the nominee, but I'm starting to think Jay Inslee runs.

He's been giving his opinion on national issues much more often since November. Feels like he's trying to become more of a figure in the party, specifically the left flank.

This Inslee?  A figure on the left?  Hahahahaha the guy is a punk and a sell-out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abSBqWLtR5I

Please warn me before you make me click on a Jimmy Dore vid.

[publicunofficial]

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?

[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.

[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.

[publicunofficial]

Inslee was asked about his 2020 ambitions on this week's The Seattle Times politics podcast. Said "It's not in the stars. I'm focused on (being governor)" and pointed out he had been passionate about the refugee situation since before Trump's rise.

[publicunofficial]

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

[publicunofficial]

Van Jones is a revolutionary, a possible 9/11 truther, a SJW, and a strong supporter of Occupy Wall Street.

Van Jones sucks for a lot of reasons and you listed maybe one of them.

[publicunofficial]

Chelsea Clinton on 2020:

http://www.kiro7.com/news/chelsea-clinton-im-not-the-person-to-defeat-trump/508931204

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As someone who thinks a lot of the Hillary hatred is way over-the-top, something about Chelsea makes me absolutely despise her.

[publicunofficial]

Chris Matthews said he "heard" that Adam Schiff is running for president:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/chris-matthews-claims-adam-schiff-might-run-president/

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Who in the hell is a potential Adam Schiff voter?