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

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/CongressChanges/status/1081362350127697920

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[TarHeelDem]

Jeb Bush says he won't run again:

https://kdkaradio.radio.com/articles/former-presidential-candidate-jeb-bush-will-not-run-2020-race

Nobody asked if you were going to run again.

Please clap!!

[TarHeelDem]

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1083321748777590784

[TarHeelDem]

I think the difference between a lot of the Sanders critics and his supporters who criticize literally everyone else is that the former would do the responsible thing and vote for him in the general if it came to that whereas the latter group has proven to be irresponsible, self-righteous, and destructive when not given everything it wants.

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/jdistaso/status/1095790544670871553?s=21

This is going to be interesting.

Don't hold your breath. He'll close his shop early. If someone from GOP wants to primary Trump it's got to be someone bigger than Weld.

Is anyone other then Weld gonna even want to get in? Even if the Mueller report drops and Trump gets impeached and acquitted, causing Kasich/Flake/Hogan to get in, Weld is still gonna have a big fundraising head start and get a lot of media exposure from the time that he was the principal Never-Trump guy.

Feels like a big assumption at this point that Trump will definitely be acquitted...

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1097823443259703296

[TarHeelDem]

Don't forget Sherrod! #DignityOfWork

[TarHeelDem]

I'm still expecting Swalwell, Hickenlooper, and Inslee to enter the race, too. Bloomberg and Merkley probably stay out.

[TarHeelDem]

I'm still expecting Swalwell, Hickenlooper, and Inslee to enter the race, too. Bloomberg and Merkley probably stay out.

I'm hoping all of the above stay out, except for maybe Inslee. I want Bullock to enter the race, but I think the field is pretty set as is. Inslee would be great to really bring climate change back to the forefront of the discussion.

Hopefully Chuck convinces Bullock to run for Senate (forgot about him).

I agree on Inslee re:climate change. I'd also love to see Swalwell run because he has the best cybersecurity/intelligence credentials out of everyone. Those are really critical issues for me. I think I'd be happy to see Merkley enter, too, just to help shift the debate leftward. Hickenlooper's okay but I don't think he really brings anything unique to the table.

[TarHeelDem]

The field should only be Sanders, Warren, Harris, Gillibrand, Biden, and Klobuchar. The rest need to sit down.

Joe Biden is a Republican. He needs to sit down.

Wish I was this edgy, not gonna lie

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/staceyabrams/status/1105192554302103552

lol

[TarHeelDem]

Rep. Swalwell's one of the strongest voices out there on intelligence and cybersecurity and is a voice for a new generation of leadership. If we look at the field as 17 (fourteen declared plus Biden, O'Rourke, and Swalwell), he'd be somewhere between my fourth and sixth choice.

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1105974464892801027

[TarHeelDem]

https://twitter.com/reidepstein/status/1108129056271331328