The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 2

[GlobeSoc]

The democratic nominee should run a campaign solely focused on banning guns. Its the only way.

[Mr. Morden]

Mike Huckabee asked about whether he'd consider another presidential run, and he says "I will absolutely not run for anything ever again.":

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/05/mike-huckabee-talks-to-theblaze-about-his-new-show-gives-brutally-honest-thoughts-on-hillarys-book/

Meanwhile, Biden offers a scathing critique of Trump on foreign policy:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/05/joe-biden-donald-trump-speech-center-international-studies

[MAINEiac4434]

Biden seems to be in the news for attacking Trump every week. He's definitely interested in running, I think.

[Shadows]

Biden is going to have the same issues as Hillary had - The support for the Iraq War, stupid interventions like Libya & so on. He should hammer Trump more on domestic policies.

Biden is going to do very well with the African American vote if Harris & Booker bomb.

[American2020]

Biden speaking on foreign policy.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-fears-foreign-policy-shift-under-trump-is-closed-off-and-clannish/

[mvd10]

Wasn't the early consensus that Biden only pretended to be interested in running because he wanted to stay relevant? I still believe that theory.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Biden is going to have the same issues as Hillary had - The support for the Iraq War, stupid interventions like Libya & so on. He should hammer Trump more on domestic policies.

Biden is going to do very well with the African American vote if Harris & Booker bomb.

Wasn't Biden opposed to intervention in Libya?

[American2020]

Biden is going to have the same issues as Hillary had - The support for the Iraq War, stupid interventions like Libya & so on. He should hammer Trump more on domestic policies.

Biden is going to do very well with the African American vote if Harris & Booker bomb.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/10/06/back-on-the-trail-bidens-message-rankles-the-left/?utm_term=.782efcc624e1

[Mr. Morden]

Here’s this week’s #2020Vision column:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/06/politics/2020-vision-joe-biden-iowa-steak-fry-bernie-sanders/index.html

A few highlights…..

-Next week Jason Kander joins John Delaney in Iowa:

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Also there?  Former KS gov. and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.  IIRC, Sebelius briefly flirted with a presidential run in 2008, before (allegedly) figuring that it would be too tough to beat Clinton.  She’ll be in her 70s by 2020, but then so are several other prospective 2020ers, so maybe it’s not too late for her. 

-Several potential 2020 prospects are getting podcasts:

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-And finally, a couple more notes about Biden:

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Oh, and the #2020Vision column this week used this classic Biden pic:

[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch: This Sunday, Moulton will be on ABC’s “This Week”, while Chris Murphy will be on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

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

In other news, in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, Tim Ryan has decided to donate past contributions that he’s received from the NRA:

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/354333-house-democrats-donate-past-nra-contributions-after-vegas-shooting

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[Mr. Morden]

Gillibrand joins a bipartisan group of Senators headed to Puerto Rico:

https://twitter.com/SenGillibrand/status/916425354553774080

Meanwhile, O'Malley is getting involved in local races in Manchester, NH:

https://twitter.com/MartinOMalley/status/915600455149015041

[Mr. Morden]

Here’s a story from a few days ago about the fact that several members of the House seem to harbor presidential ambitions, including this “denial” from Moulton:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexislevinson/with-trump-in-the-white-house-everybody-thinks-they-can-be?utm_term=.jfDOP3G4r#.nsGymA5Vv

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Some speculation that Trump “breaking all the rules” has convinced others that running for president without ever having won statewide office before is feasible:

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[MAINEiac4434]

How many no-name congresspeople will run in 2020? Delaney, Ryan, Moulton, maybe Tulsi...

[Mr. Morden]

How many no-name congresspeople will run in 2020? Delaney, Ryan, Moulton, maybe Tulsi...

Well, Delaney's already declared his candidacy, and the other three you mention are probably the next most likely in the House to run, yes.

On the Republican side though, I also wouldn't rule out Amash, given his comments about a future run for president that he made last year, and the fact that he (via his spokeswoman) gave a "no comment" in response to a query about 2020 this summer:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=233345.msg5774366#msg5774366

[Shadows]

Biden is going to have the same issues as Hillary had - The support for the Iraq War, stupid interventions like Libya & so on. He should hammer Trump more on domestic policies.

Biden is going to do very well with the African American vote if Harris & Booker bomb.

Wasn't Biden opposed to intervention in Libya?

He was Obama's VP so he will own every bit of Obama's problems & will get painted as an ineffective powerless VP who had no sway otherwise. And who needs Libya, when he voted for the war in Iraq.

Biden is going to be having a hard time in the Dem primary.

[Lord Admirale]

Biden is going to have the same issues as Hillary had - The support for the Iraq War, stupid interventions like Libya & so on. He should hammer Trump more on domestic policies.

Biden is going to do very well with the African American vote if Harris & Booker bomb.

Wasn't Biden opposed to intervention in Libya?

He was Obama's VP so he will own every bit of Obama's problems & will get painted as an ineffective powerless VP who had no sway otherwise. And who needs Libya, when he voted for the war in Iraq.

Biden is going to be having a hard time in the Dem primary.

I'm certain Biden won't lose the primary by 3,700,000 votes and 1,000 delegates.

[NapoleoncorinII]

For the Democrats, I'd expect Amy Kloubachar or Elizabeth Warren To Run, The two are pretty popular and have high respect among many.

Meanwhile, the Republicans will most likely elect Trump or Pence for Reelection, although they do have people like Colin Powell or Susanna Martinez, who seems to be a smarter, more diverse Conservative.

[Former Senator Haslam2020]

For the Democrats, I'd expect Amy Kloubachar or Elizabeth Warren To Run, The two are pretty popular and have high respect among many.

Meanwhile, the Republicans will most likely elect Trump or Pence for Reelection, although they do have people like Colin Powell or Susanna Martinez, who seems to be a smarter, more diverse Conservative.

I have a hard time believing Trump makes it to 2020... I think a Pence-Kasich Primary is more likely..

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

Al Gore, Joe Biden and Eric Holder will be campaigning for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy

[Rookie Yinzer]

And who needs Libya, when he voted for the war in Iraq.

Nobody is going to care about that in 2020. 

[Doimper]

Al Gore, Joe Biden and Eric Holder will be campaigning for New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy

Seems like overkill, although I guess that a huge win might help Democrats running for the legislature.

[Mr. Morden]

More Bob Iger:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/08/business/media/for-disney-chief-robert-iger-an-unlikely-political-turn.html

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Bernie's son on him running

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https://twitter.com/Celentra/status/916906758706167808

[America Needs R'hllor]

Bernie's son on him running

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https://twitter.com/Celentra/status/916906758706167808

I'm kind of disappointed that Sanders' son doesn't use "your" and "you're" properly...

[Shadows]

And who needs Libya, when he voted for the war in Iraq.

Nobody is going to care about that in 2020. 

Iraq is Vietnam re-incarnated. As long as Biden will be alive, his vote will haunt if he decides to run for Presidency. Anyone who voted for the war in Iraq will have a big disadvantage 2020, Hillary got hammered for that.

Besides as long the Middle East is a problem with terrorists groups n ISIS, Iraq War will be there. The war also killed many Americans & created trillions of $ of Debt. How do you recover from that kind of a blunder?