The "Who is running?" tea leaves thread (Part 2)

[Ebsy]

Walker to NOLA May 18 to keynote a voucher school summit.

Good opportunity to arrest everyone there.

[Ebsy]

Having someone like Susan Collins or Nikki Haley up on the stage, even if they have no chance at the nomination, would probably bring some much needed class to the debates.

[Ebsy]

I'd love to see the turnout at Fiorina events.

[Ebsy]

Baltimore will be the location of O'Malley's announcement.

What a moron. God I will love his one month campaign!

Not doing it in Baltimore would open him up to way more criticism than doing it in Baltimore.

[Ebsy]

Bush is looking at a mid-June announcement, shortly after an early June trip to Europe:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/jeb-bush-right-to-rise-super-pac-campaign-117753.html?hp=t3_r

Lots of Republican primary voters in Europe.

[Ebsy]

Graham has indicated that he'll announce his intentions on June 1st.  Oddly enough, the following week, he's planning to do a fundraiser for his Senate PAC:

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/12/lindsey-graham/

He's not up for reelection in the Senate until 2020.

He's already said he knows he can't win and just wants to... serve... as a voice in the primary for the interventionist wing of the party against the nefarious Rand Paul.

[Ebsy]

Bush was in Nevada today:

http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-presidential-contender-jeb-bush-flames-out-on-iraq-question-20150513-gh171v

I love the url.

[Ebsy]

Didn't Jeb Bush's initial announcement sort of catch everyone by surprise?

[Ebsy]

Trump will be announcing next month.

Maybe this will convince Jon Stewart to stay on at The Daily Show.

[Ebsy]

Any word on when Gov. Walker plans to announce?

Latest word was June at the earliest because he's still dealing with the state budget. If he doesn't get that right, it might as well spell the end of his GE chances.

But... 3 TIMES IN 4 YEARS.

[Ebsy]

June 4 is Perry's announcement date.

He's not seriously going to run again, is he? Here's just three of the reasons that immediately spring to mind:
1. There's an indictment hanging over his head.
2. He's a nonfactor in the polls.
3. He's...eh... what was it? Oops.

[Ebsy]

Looks like Pataki will be running after all.

I stand by my prediction that he has a 0% chance (not close to 0, but real, actual zero) of winning the nomination. But still, welcome to the race, Mr. Pataki.

He'd actually be in a good position if Jeb, Christie and Kasich all collapse (especially since the more conservative wing will be even more divided). He might force his way onto the ticket with a solid performance in New Hampshire at a minimum.

I think the best he could hope for was a surprising second or third in New Hampshire, thus making people take him seriously. But I severely doubt this will happen.

[Ebsy]

Kasich announcing this summer.

Ultimately the nomination battle will come down to John Kasich, Scott Walker, and Mike Huckabee.  

Chris Christie, Rand Paul, and Jeb Bush are imploding, and Marco Rubio is too much of a light-weight to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate -the only thing he has going for him is that he is a Latino from a swing state.  I could see him as someone's veep, however.   

You are probably going to regret this post.

[Ebsy]

It's really impossible to know if Clinton would have focused on income inequality anyway though. I suspect she would have.

[Ebsy]

Is it just me that is bugged when candidates use "we" instead of "I".   I know the we refers to the campaign, but it just feels like the 'royal "we"'

You're going to need to get over that.

[Ebsy]

I mean, his family members have to realize he has no shot of winning the nomination, right? Right?

[Ebsy]

How exactly are we defining "outpouring of support?"