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

[Harlow]

Her announcement video is fantastic-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=13P1KqMfxiI

What a strange quote to end on.

"[...] You have done all this very much out of the spotlight."
*cut to campaign logo*

Like, okay...

[JG]

Her announcement video is fantastic-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=13P1KqMfxiI

It actually is. But unfortunately, it focuses on things that too few care about anymore-accomplishments and policy.

[Shadows]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

Who really talks about opposing President X's Cabinet Nominees as some kind of crowning achievement ?

And she has like 400 views. That is just terrible & pitiful !

[Jon Tester]

Is it just me or is Sherrod's Dignity Of Work branding really on point?

[Mr. Morden]

With the pace of news picking up, stuff is slipping through the cracks.  This story from last week slipped my attention, but here it is:

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/wall-street-hears-from-democratic-governors-considering-2020-runs.html

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Meanwhile, there’s a long Buttigieg profile here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/01/14/feature/could-pete-buttigieg-become-the-first-millennial-president/?utm_term=.919a5ffa68fa

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Also:

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[Mr. Morden]

Klobuchar’s family on board with a run:

https://www.nbcnews.com/card/2020-roundup-klobuchar-inching-closer-bid-n958826

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A followup on Brown’s road trip: He clarifies here that his ultimate decision on a run won’t happen until March:

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/676604096/ohio-sen-sherrod-brown-moves-closer-to-launching-2020-campaign

We now have quite a few candidates with a “March” decision timeframe (sometimes framed as “by the end of the first quarter”): Brown, Garcetti, Hickenlooper, McAuliffe, and Merkley are all giving this timeframe.  Maybe some/most will announce at the very end of the month to try to maximize their 2nd quarter fundraising number (which is what Warren did for the 1st quarter).

[Mr. Morden]

Moulton headed to New Hampshire on Feb. 2nd:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/01/16/rep-moulton-speak-restarting-buzz-may-run-for-president/1Q7hZFR33aZ1ttXVFMQfJN/story.html

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[Shadows]

Brown Sanders Warren is going to be a very left wing group. You add how left people like Booker Harris Gillibrand have moved, the primaries will look completely different ideologically & policy wise than in 2016.

[Grassroots]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

Who really talks about opposing President X's Cabinet Nominees as some kind of crowning achievement ?

And she has like 400 views. That is just terrible & pitiful !

Facts, rocky start for her.

[The Free North]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

Who really talks about opposing President X's Cabinet Nominees as some kind of crowning achievement ?

And she has like 400 views. That is just terrible & pitiful !

Facts, rocky start for her.

She's going nowhere so it really doesnt matter.

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

She was the lone Senator to vote against confirming James Mattis. It was 99-1. And why? Pathetic points scoring.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

She was the lone Senator to vote against confirming James Mattis. It was 99-1. And why? Pathetic points scoring.

She voted against him because the military should be citizen-led. A very appropriate decision.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

She highlights how she has opposed the most Trump nominees like if it was a game & showed that she was progressive. She opposed all these guys with a planned pitch that she was most opposed to Trump.

Who really talks about opposing President X's Cabinet Nominees as some kind of crowning achievement ?

And she has like 400 views. That is just terrible & pitiful !

Facts, rocky start for her.

She's going nowhere so it really doesnt matter.

I mean, we were all saying this about Trump, but Atlas never learns.

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Hmmmmmmmmm. https://dignityofwork.com

This might as well be a campaign site. It's also worth pointing out that the top picture there of Brown is the same picture at the top of the Draft Brown website.

ALL HAIL SHERRGOD.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Brown Sanders Warren is going to be a very left wing group. You add how left people like Booker Harris Gillibrand have moved, the primaries will look completely different ideologically & policy wise than in 2016.

And that's saying a lot because 2016 really didn't have that much of a substance-based contrast between Clinton and Sanders, contrary to popular belief.

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Brown Sanders Warren is going to be a very left wing group. You add how left people like Booker Harris Gillibrand have moved, the primaries will look completely different ideologically & policy wise than in 2016.

And that's saying a lot because 2016 really didn't have that much of a substance-based contrast between Clinton and Sanders, contrary to popular belief.

Bernie did his best to keep it about the issues. But Hillary people avoided the issues, except for gun control, which was suddenly the most important issue ever since Bernie had a D- rather than an F from the NRA.

[History505]

Is Holder still considering? Haven't read much about him making any moves lately.

[bilaps]

Brown Sanders Warren is going to be a very left wing group. You add how left people like Booker Harris Gillibrand have moved, the primaries will look completely different ideologically & policy wise than in 2016.

And that's saying a lot because 2016 really didn't have that much of a substance-based contrast between Clinton and Sanders, contrary to popular belief.

Bernie did his best to keep it about the issues. But Hillary people avoided the issues, except for gun control, which was suddenly the most important issue ever since Bernie had a D- rather than an F from the NRA.

Also, there wasn't contrast if you believe HRC. But, you know thrustworthiness is not her top quality. I mean you could beleive her that she went to the big banks to tell them to knock it off or that she's against the TPP but in reality there were people who saw her as a phony which she was.

[Mr. Morden]

Moulton headed to New Hampshire on Feb. 2nd:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/01/16/rep-moulton-speak-restarting-buzz-may-run-for-president/1Q7hZFR33aZ1ttXVFMQfJN/story.html

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Update on this:

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/01/16/seth-moulton-2020-presidential-election/

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[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I wanna know what is going on in Seth Moulton's mind that tells him that running for President is a good idea, let alone what even makes him think he even stands a chance winning the nomination after his attempted coup against Pelosi fell flat?

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Theory: Tim Ryan was planning on running, but now that it seems Brown will run, he is shying away from it, leaving Moulton (good friend/ally of Ryan) out in the rain with only one option; run a campaign that nobody wants.

[Rookie Yinzer]

I wanna know what is going on in Seth Moulton's mind that tells him that running for President is a good idea, let alone what even makes him think he even stands a chance winning the nomination after his attempted coup against Pelosi fell flat?

I was imagining Eric Swalwell's face in my head until I typed his name in on Google. He really needs to sit down.

[LabourJersey]

I wanna know what is going on in Seth Moulton's mind that tells him that running for President is a good idea, let alone what even makes him think he even stands a chance winning the nomination after his attempted coup against Pelosi fell flat?

Based on what I've read about the guy he's insanely arrogant and probably convinced he should and will become President, way more so than even the typical ambitious politician

[Mr. Morden]

Booker and others doing early primary state talent recruiting:

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/article224616140.html

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O’Rourke is “not yet assembling a campaign team”, and yet his advisers are plotting his hypothetical campaign:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/16/orourke-advisers-2020-plans-1105967

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The story also repeats what Politico also reported last week: That four people who have spoken to O'Rourke or his advisers say he’s leaning towards running.

Finally, Bullock’s in no rush to announce, and may well wait until after the Montana legislative session ends at the end of April:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Montana-s-Bullock-in-no-rush-to-announce-plans-13538990.php

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[Askew]

https://twitter.com/jamespindell/status/1084199866551676929?s=21

Having worked with Liz before this is an amazing hire.

How are anyone remotely related to the Clinton clusterf**k even remotely hirable?

Yeah, you'd think the Hillary staffers would be pariahs after their  up in 2016. It's one thing to lose a race, but Hillary was supposed to win in a landslide and due in large part to her campaign's laziness and mismanagement they didn't.

If Biden hasn't started staffing up yet, he's going to struggle to get top talent. I am not sure there are enough top talent staffers for all the candidates running and the longer you wait the more likely you end up with Robby Mook as your Campaign Manager.

And Brown is just an absolute no. We need that Senate seat and he doesn't bring enough to the table to make giving that up worth it especially with his domestic abuse issues in the past.