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

[Woody]

Hickenlooper staffing up:

https://www.cpr.org/news/story/hickenlooper-staffs-up-for-possible-2020-presidential-bid

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John Kerry 2.0

[Woody]

Inslee planning two more visits to New Hampshire in the near future:

https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/what-does-gov-jay-inslee-need-to-know-before-deciding-to-run-for-president/281-6cb9868d-eac9-4696-ad37-9339eaab348d

He also says he'll make a decision on a presidential run by April.

Jerry Brown 2.0

[Woody]

Casey’s been invited to New Hampshire, but hasn’t accepted, at least not yet:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/24/bob-casey-2020-pennsylvania-clinton-1074811

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Dick Gephardt 2.0

[Woody]

Klobuchar joining much of the rest of the field in saying that she needs to talk the 2020 decision over with her family:

https://www.newsadvance.com/news/trending/should-i-run-for-president-what-some-democrats-are-pondering/article_265f0cdf-7b9b-5a6d-8c28-0e3231e8525d.html

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Trump would literally slaughter her.

[Woody]

Kamala should choose Atlanta. The South will be the backbone of her campaign + she should be investing in a massive effort to turn out POC in the Sun Belt. Abrams came within 50,000 votes with young voters still not matching their usual Presidential share of the electorate. It, Florida, and North Carolina will be important states for her if she wins the nomination.

She will get slaughtered in the midwest if she were to do that.

[Woody]

Not sure if it's newsworthy, but it appears the domain for kamalaforpresident.com has been bought.

She is definitely running.

[Woody]

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)

[Woody]

Harris *might* launch her campaign (or exploratory committee) at a rally in Oakland on Monday:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/426163-bernie-sanders-to-visit-south-carolina-amid-2020-speculation

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She is definitely running. It's beyond obvious at this point.

[Woody]

Boston Herald columnist Joe Battenfield thinks Bill Weld could announce on Feb. 15 in New Hampshire: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/01/23/ex-mass-gov-weld-weighs-presidential-run-against-trump/

He speculates that Weld could switch back to being a Republican while he's at it, but that would be a bit absurd considering that Weld was talking about being in the 2020 Libertarian Party race less than a week ago.

I think that would be cool. A Weld vs Trump debate would be interesting.

[Woody]

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

This is going to be interesting.