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

[Xeuma]

Are the Castros even good candidates??? They haven't ran statewide for anything, right? I don't understand the hype.

[Xeuma]

It's a shame that the Democrats will end up nominating another candidate who plays the I'm Not Trump/identity politics card, only to get crushed in the states that are more willing to support a candidate like Bullock.

A candidate acknowledging that they are a woman and/or a person of color is not identity politics. Sending troops to the border to combat a "caravan" of defenseless brown women and children to win an election is identity politics.

Anyway I hope Bullock or Beto is the nominee because they both will make compelling candidates against Trump. Frontrunners like Biden, Warren, Booker, Harris, and Sanders will fall flat for a variety of reasons.

You're right, but the Democratic Party nominating a woman and/or PoC so that they can paint the difference between their candidate and Trump as "minority versus racist cheeto" is not good praxis. The Democratic Party likes to take pride in the fact that Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum, the Castro bros, etc. all fall under their big umbrella, but they use them as tokens. They think just by nominating one of those people for POTUS, they can claim a moral victory...even if those candidates get destroyed in the general. One of the many reasons Hillary got beaten (humiliated) was because she did not stick to the issues. She just expected to win solely by virtue of not being Donald Trump, ergo not a racist/sexist/bigot/deplorable.

Maybe I'm stupid and wrong, but I don't think anybody in the Democratic Party takes moral victories. Also Hillary has heavy on substantial issues while Trump had no policy beyond "make America great again." Americans don't give a crap about policy, they want something to rally around. Hillary was not that person, and she almost won just because of how toxic Trump is.

[Xeuma]

Elizabeth Warren has filed a PEC, meaning she will be running. First candidate to announce his or her nomination.

How can you forget John Delaney and Richard Ojeda?

Hasn't Casto also announced?

[Xeuma]

schultz have every right to run. he can win in washington state in general election.

Yeah and if I run I'll win Ohio. No.