The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 3

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A friend who owns bernie2020.org has been threatened with a lawsuit if he does not turn that domain over.

On what grounds?  Is there any legal reason to do that?

And Deval Patrick?  He's a has been.

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What appeal does Deval Patrick have?  Does he have any distinguishing features that I just don't know of?

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Dunno if we caught this, but

https://twitter.com/petebuttigieg/status/1075031309632892930?s=21

The Mayor is headed to Iowa!

I don't understand Buttigieg hype.  The guy was mayor of a city of 100,000.  South Bend isn't in the top 10,25,50, or even 100 cities.  According to Wikipedia it's ranked 301 in the US.  And he's not even like Ojeda, who has a message that's especially different from the party mainstream.  Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the guy, but Pete Buttigieg just doesn't seem like Presidential material at this time.

But if this is how we're going to do things, Boulder Mayor Suzanne "Zan" Jones 2020!  She runs the 280th largest city in the US.

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Dunno if we caught this, but

https://twitter.com/petebuttigieg/status/1075031309632892930?s=21

The Mayor is headed to Iowa!

I don't understand Buttigieg hype.  The guy was mayor of a city of 100,000.  South Bend isn't in the top 10,25,50, or even 100 cities.  According to Wikipedia it's ranked 301 in the US.  And he's not even like Ojeda, who has a message that's especially different from the party mainstream.  Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the guy, but Pete Buttigieg just doesn't seem like Presidential material at this time.

But if this is how we're going to do things, Boulder Mayor Suzanne "Zan" Jones 2020!  She runs the 280th largest city in the US.

I think Trump's win has really eroded the idea that a president needs tons of prior experience.

I'm for Buttigieg running for president if he drops out before Iowa and expands his base heading into a potential 2020 Indiana gubernatorial run. With an enthusiastic campaign and a Libertarian candidate making it a 3 way race he may have a shot.

I do agree Trump's election has given Democrats the idea they don't need to nominate an ultra-experienced politician, but these are the same people that are still complaining Trump doesn't have experience, but are fanboy-ing Michelle Obama and Oprah.

I'd rather have a businessman than a small-town mayor (which, let's be honest, Buttigieg is) If he is working up to a run for Governor, I can understand a run a bit more.

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McAuliffe on 2020:

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/423229-mcauliffe-says-hes-obviously-looking-at-2020-run

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https://twitter.com/Z_Everson/status/1079190141468585986

It looks like that was changed back once people noticed, which makes it even more likely that this is being done in preparation for a presidential run:

https://twitter.com/MattOrtega/status/1079197689689137153

McAuliffe = John Kasich 2.0 (dem version)

Not really.  A lot of people I know think of Kasich as an essentially good guy.  McAuliffe's connections to the Clintons likely rule out that image of him.

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Elizabeth Warren has filed a PEC, meaning she will be running. First candidate to announce his or her nomination.

Please don't run Elizabeth Warren.

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Maybe Kasich wants to throw the election?  I think even just being in the race gives him a pretty good chance of that.  And there’s some sense in not getting involved in a messy primary and just jumping in as an independent.

I wonder who he’d pick as his running-mate?  I sort of think it’d be some Democrat, though obviously someone out of office and probably not a Governor.

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More on Richard Vague here:

http://www.philly.com/news/democrats-president-richard-vague-philadelphia-investor-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-20190117.html

He has a book coming out in the summer, and says that's also his timeframe for deciding whether to run.  Also:

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Who?

This guy:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=303677.msg6619381#msg6619381

I don't get it.  People like Seth Moulton might be unknown outside their district (and this site), but he does have that base of support which may or may not vote for him.  Richard Vague doesn't even have that.  He doesn't even have a wikipedia page.  Even Mark Everson had one before his run, and we all remember how that went.

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Howard Schultz exploring running for President as an Independent

Why would he do this.  We could use a new Ross Perot: but that person is not Howard Schultz.

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The next scheduled announcement (according to Wikipedia) is Marianne Williamson on the 28th. Should be interesting.

She will probably be the only candidate to call for reparations for black Americans. Would love to see someone like her or Andrew Yang, with ideas that are not par for the course make it to the debate stage.

Yang appears able to make a reasonable case for his platform, so yes, I'd like to see him given a fair shot.

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Larry Hogans’s a Republican i’d seriously consider voting for.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gov-jay-inslees-2020-presidential-campaign-announcement-expected-this-week/

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Good.  I could honestly get behind Inslee.

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who would even vote from him

Eric Swalwell.

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who would even vote from him

Eric Swalwell.

Ok we've got one

If you're referring to me then no.  I was simply saying that Eric Swalwell might get a singular vote out of himself.  Maybe.

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who would even vote from him

Eric Swalwell.

Ok we've got one

If you're referring to me then no.  I was simply saying that Eric Swalwell might get a singular vote out of himself.  Maybe.

I know I was counting his vote not yours

Well I'm not even entirely sure you should count it this early.  We never know how he might vote.