IA-SEN 2020:Should Tom Vilsack run?

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What do think? should he run?

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Need a veteran Conor Lamb type. There is Army vet Todd Prichard who dropped out of the Gov race last year who would be a decent candidate.

What about Tyler Olson?
https://ballotpedia.org/Tyler_Olson

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Would he be a better recruit than Chet Culver?

Absolutely.  Chet Culver was a weirdo who would get stomped.

I agree with this.

Definitely. There's even at least one D-IA poster who said he really didn't like Culver, and that he's strongly disliked. Anyway, Vilsack strikes me as having Bayh potential. I'm sure Dems have a pretty strong bench, considering how many are running for Governor this year.

One of the reasons why Bayh lost i'ts becuse in 2010 he dind't ran for re election because he decided to be a lobbyist,it's not the case with Vilsack.
There is a difference between them.
And Iowa less Republican than Indiana.

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I've heard rumors that he's done with elected office. Besides, Democrats have better candidates that could run - I'm thinking one of the runners-up to the governor's race should go for it.

This, and what henster said. Also, I’m not really buying that this race is a Tossup given that Ernst seems to be more popular than Grassley. I think MT, NC, CO, GA and maybe AK all flip before IA. Lean/Likely R.

Joni Ernst
Aprrove-44%
Disapprove-35%
Chuk Grassley
approve-47%
Disapprove-36%
https://morningconsult.com/2018/01/23/senator-rankings-jan-2018/

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Joni Ernst
Aprrove-44%
Disapprove-35%
Chuk Grassley
approve-47%
Disapprove-36%
https://morningconsult.com/2018/01/23/senator-rankings-jan-2018/

I’ll trust a local pollster that is based in the state over Morning Consult any day. Regardless of whether they’re wrong or not, beating an incumbent Senator in Iowa is far from easy (though it would be nice if Ernst would get a serious primary challenge).

I never thought that it's going to be easy,but democrats should not give up this race.