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

[America Needs R'hllor]

Two thoughts:

-It'd be amazing if Joe made a cameo in Game of Thrones
-Reid was the one that encouraged Obama to run I believe, and we know how that turned out

Agreed with the first point!
As for the second... didn't Reid say a few months ago that the potential Democratic field looks like "an old folk's home"? Seems weird for him to encourage a Warren run in light of that.

[America Needs R'hllor]

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.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Biden in NH on the 30th.

Ah, OK.  He's speaking at the McIntyre-Shaheen fundraising dinner.  I had asked whether any of the potential 2020 candidates might speak at that, but wasn't expecting it to be Biden.  I guess I have to move Biden up a few spots on my "likelihood to run" list.

He does seem to be more active recently. By the way, could you post this list? You're very updated about these 2020 tea leaves, so your assumption could be one of the best we can get at this point.

[America Needs R'hllor]

http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736325/elizabeth-warren/

Kamala Harris wrote the tribute for Elizabeth Warren for the 100 most influential people of the Times.
From her Facebook page:

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They've been really cozy before that, as well. I think this, plus Harris' coziness with Booker, could indicate that she's trying to get friendly with influential Senators, thus looking to 2024 or 2028 instead of aiming for 2020?

[America Needs R'hllor]

Kasich is the most blatantly obvious candidate we've had in a long time.

martinomalley.com

[America Needs R'hllor]

LOL: Garcetti not ruling it out.

He said the magic word!

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Yeah, just by saying "focused" he surely jumped up in the "who is running" ranking.

[America Needs R'hllor]

So, yeah, Clinton is not running again.

Kaitlan Collins‏ @kaitlancollins
Clinton is asked why she did Goldman Sachs speeches.
HC: "Why do you have Goldman Sachs here?"
Recode: "They paid us."
HC: "They paid me"

I love that.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Jerry brown seems to be making more noise these days.

If he wouldn't be eighty-frigging-three on Inauguration Day I'd be al for him. Should've been the nominee in 1976.

This, and Gov. Brown making noise makes a lot of sense- climate change is a major issue for his state. If he wouldn't be making noise, he'd be failing his constituents. I wish he could become Governor for another term, tbh.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Sunday morning talk show watch:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEWS_SHOWS?SITE=AP

Al Gore makes his return to the Sunday morning news circuit tomorrow, appearing on This Week, Meet the Press, State of the Union, and Fox News Sunday.  Meanwhile, John Kerry’s on Meet the Press and Mark Warner’s on Face the Nation and State of the Union.

Is it Dinosaur Week and no one told us?

[America Needs R'hllor]

I know it's not really a tea leaf, but apparently the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts are already running Warren for President

[America Needs R'hllor]

Tom Steyer mulling a political run:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/politics/tom-steyer-california-governor-president-trump/index.html

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I hope he replaces Feinstein.