Booker: 'I am not open to being president'

[heatcharger]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/cory-booker-president-2020/

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Interesting.

[SCNCmod]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

[exopolitician]

He'll still end up running, no doubt.

[SCNCmod]

He'll still end up running, no doubt.

I think so as well

[UWS]

He'll still end up running, no doubt.

Even Obama said in 2004 that he was not interested about running in 2008, but he finally did.

[Mr. Smith]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

[Cory]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

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Translation, maybe the Bernie supporters will ignore me if I claim I have no interest in running.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

Translation, maybe the Bernie supporters will ignore me if I claim I have no interest in running.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Donald Trump has proven that what you say in politics does not need to have any actual credibility behind it. Things can be true when you want them to be or false when you want them to be. The voters hear what they want to hear anyway.

In other words... this doesn't matter.

[GoTfan]

He copped so much flak fro voting against the Sanders-Klobuchar amendment that he had to say this. Did anyone else see his meltdown on Twitter?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

If you could give me a penny for every future candidate that said such a thing first, I'd become a new George Soros.

[White Trash]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

[หมูเด้ง]

Think they have dirt on him and are blackmailing him out of contention?

[JustinTimeCuber]

stfu you are running for President and are going to lose

[Medal506]

stfu you are running for President and are going to lose

He'll win the nomination though

[Vosem]

I recall opening the Wikipedia page for US presidential election, 2008, back in 2005, and seeing two names who had ruled out running for the Democratic nomination: Senator Hillary Clinton, of New York, and Senator Barack Obama, of Illinois. This statement means nothing at all, and Booker's behavior shows he is very likely running.

[RINO Tom]

stfu you are running for President and are going to lose

He'll win the nomination though

No, he won't.

[Voice of low info America]

I love how Democrats think there is such thing as "no means yes" in some contexts but not others.

[GoTfan]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

Cory Booker, the Democrat that both progressives and Blue Dogs despise.

[Sunmerican Dream.]

He's trying to act like Marco Rubio lol. We all know he's thinking about a run.

[publicunofficial]

He's trying to act like Marco Rubio lol. We all know he's thinking about a run.

My "Booker is the Democrat Little Marco" theory rings true.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

He'll still end up running, no doubt.

"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach." -Nick Saban, 2007
"I'm leaving to coach at Alabama." -also Nick Saban, about a week later

Yeah, I'll believe he isn't running when thw Iowa caucus comes and goes without him on the ballot.

[Figueira]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

Cory Booker, the Democrat that both progressives and Blue Dogs despise.

I don't think "progressives" and "blue dogs" combined make up a majority of the Democratic primary electorate.

[RINO Tom]

I took this as:  I'm starting to get heat for looking like everything I do is calculated towards running in 2020... so I better lower the talk a bit.

Cory Booker, the Democrat that both progressives and Blue Dogs despise.

I don't think "progressives" and "blue dogs" combined make up a majority of the Democratic primary electorate.

They make up a heck of a lot more combined than any one other group by itself, and I still find the idea that Booker could gain enough support without lucking into a Hillary situation ("I'm NOT the socialist!") is laughable.