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

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Martin Heinrich (D-NM) (Senator Dreamboat) has taken up the mantle of attacking the Dakota Access Pipeline. He could be a good candidate. Pro-environment and anti-mass surveillance, but he doesn't have a widely publicized or controversial background to my knowledge (that's what holds Sanders and Warren back). This could be a start of Heinrich raising his profile for a 2020 run. He's pretty young (he'll be 49 in 2020), he's had two terms in the House (2009-2013) and will have been in the Senate for about 8 years. He also doesn't have the stigma of being a coastal liberal.

http://krwg.org/post/heinrich-calls-president-reroute-dakota-access-pipeline

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

For some strange reason, a reporter asked Rep. Joe Kennedy if he was interested in running for president:

http://wpri.com/2016/11/19/congressman-kennedy-trump-should-work-to-unify-america/

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He's a Kennedy. That's why they asked. He'd be someone to watch for higher office in MA though. Maybe Gov in 2018. Baker is pretty moderate and popular from what I recall. Ed Markey is up in 2020; I'm guessing Markey has one more term in him. Warren is up in 2018 and I'm pretty damn sure that she'll be running. Kennedy is stuck for now. Governor would be the easiest route since I assume that he won't be primarying anyone. So, it's highly doubtful that he runs for Pres in 2020.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

A some friends of mine went to see Jill Stein in Davis, CA. The one that stayed the whole time reported that she said the following:

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[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Joe and Jill Biden at SXSW with some folks you may or may not recognize:

Looks like he's winking.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Wiki is great for a lot of things, but it's god-awful at listing potential candidates. Especially because they don't read into comments and take them at face value (I don't blame them, but it's not useful in many cases).