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

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Joe Kennedy will be in New Hampshire all weekend campaigning for local candidates.

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Reps. John Delaney, Tim Ryan, and Grace Meng are speaking at the New Hampshire Democrats Kennedy-Clinton dinner this year.

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Seth Moulton will be kicking off canvasses with Colin Van Ostern in Nashua this weekend. Which is interesting for two reasons.

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Joe Biden just made a video endorsing Joyce Craig for mayor of Manchester New Hampshire.

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Story from Politico. Sorry I’m not allowed to post the link because of my post count.

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Former DNC chair candidate, and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg announced he was engaged today, further becoming one of the biggest names in the LGBT community as 2020 approaches.

Indiana, LGBT, appeals to the white working class - could be a great candidate for the Democrats.

In what world is he one of the biggest names in the LGBT community?

He’s all we talk about on Grindr.

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Former DNC chair candidate, and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg announced he was engaged today, further becoming one of the biggest names in the LGBT community as 2020 approaches.

Indiana, LGBT, appeals to the white working class - could be a great candidate for the Democrats.

In what world is he one of the biggest names in the LGBT community?

He’s all we talk about on Grindr.

"Hung masc top seeks fem bottom who admires Pete Buttigieg just as much as I do"

"Drug/Disease-free and donates to Pete Buttigieg. You be, too."

"No fem"

"Looking for fun and friends of Mayor Pete"

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Gillibrand is heading to New Hampshire...

For her Dartmouth reunion

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Gillibrand is heading to New Hampshire...

For her Dartmouth reunion

I just did a quick search online, and couldn't find the details on that.  Source?

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/963815001373978626

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Gillibrand is heading to New Hampshire...

For her Dartmouth reunion

I just did a quick search online, and couldn't find the details on that.  Source?

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/963815001373978626

OK, so she's not just doing the college reunion, but also doing a fundraiser there, which I imagine will be an excuse to mingle with NH politicos in anticipation of a potential national run next year.

I guess, but that would mean having to go to Hanover and who wants to do that drive?

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Steyer announces in a video that he's putting up $1 million to register high school students to vote ahead of the midterms:

https://twitter.com/TomSteyer/status/966835338009198592

Finally doing something productive.

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On Joe Biden’s daily podcast, the Biden Briefing, he recently highlighted an article about Pete Buttigieg getting married. The article also described him as a possible 2020 candidate and mentioned President Obama’s praise of the young mayor.

Probably nothing because Biden almost certainly has some intern at the Biden institute or something doing this, but I still found it interesting.

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Checks other. Written by Chris Cillizza and Harry Enten. It being trash is fully unsurprising.

I’ve generally liked Harry but he’s being really defensive about this objectively bad article.

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Smart move to try to get name out there. Focusing on money in politics and jobs might pay off when the rest of the candidates start overdoing it on race and gender identity.

They do focus on jobs, it's just that people like you can't stand to hear that we live amongst racism and bigotry and any candidate who mentions it is accused of "overdoing it" and peddling identity politics.

The sad truth is minority identity politics are always going to "look" and poll worse than WWC identity politics, just because white folks don't see the latter as identity politics.

It's a conveniently overlooked fact, isn't it? Basically any political rhetoric designed to connect with groups of voters is a form of "identity politics." It's a necessary facet of connecting with people in a political context, because it's more emotional and relevant to day-to-day life than just droll hypothetical policy assessments.

I've been saying this for well over two years. I often rail against what I see as nebulous buzzwords, and "identity politics" is one of them.

Of course a neoliberal would say that.

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Maggie Hassan is going to Iowa

https://twitter.com/jamespindell/status/1026486777924739072?s=21

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Michael Avenatti got into a really cringey twitter fight with Jon Favreau.

https://twitter.com/_ethangrey/status/1037212619009150976?s=21

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https://twitter.com/nhmollykelly/status/1041350852471152640?s=21

Jay Inslee in New Hampshire today.

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Avenatti:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/406923-avenatti-on-possible-2020-presidential-run-im-getting-more-serious-by-the

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Who is encouraging him to run?

Honestly old people who watch cable news tend to love him in my experience. He could do well just based on that.

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https://twitter.com/masondonovannh7/status/1042573557291732997?s=21

Interesting...

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More NH news:

https://twitter.com/steinhausernh1/status/1042723090042691584?s=21
https://twitter.com/steinhausernh1/status/1042724535458516992?s=21
https://twitter.com/steinhausernh1/status/1042764588289351680?s=21
https://twitter.com/steinhausernh1/status/1041717036311871488?s=21

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Not sure if it means anything but here I go anyway... Catherine Cortez-Masto has been campaigning for Tammy Baldwin and Amy Klobuchar/Tina Smith. An interesting Midwest swing.

https://twitter.com/catherinefornv/status/1042812497378639872?s=21
https://twitter.com/catherinefornv/status/1042920973396320256?s=21
https://twitter.com/tinasmithmn/status/1043184054600953858?s=21

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Jeff Flake is going back to NH

https://twitter.com/neillevesque/status/1044884976112676864?s=21

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Flake sold out

https://twitter.com/nhiop/status/1045698246054752257?s=21

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Avenatti definitely in NH tomorrow

https://twitter.com/jamespindell/status/1045800876986822658?s=21

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Adam Schiff in New Hampshire

https://twitter.com/steinhausernh1/status/1045860580664455169?s=21