Democratic Rep. Delaney (MD-06) eyes 2020 presidential run
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« on: July 27, 2017, 03:08:24 PM »
« edited: July 27, 2017, 03:18:53 PM by Gass3268 »
In a why not me move

Also is not running for reelection or for MD Governor in 2018.
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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 03:28:46 PM »
As I noted in the Tea Leaves thread:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=233345.msg5757252#msg5757252

a "source with knowledge of his plans" actually said that he's going to announce this weekend in a WaPo op/ed.  I would say it's a little early to be formally launching presidential campaigns, so I'll believe it when I see it.  Though maybe he's going to announce a PAC, or some kind of testing the waters committee.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2017, 03:46:27 PM »
While current/former house members don't usually get much traction in presidential primaries, Delaney did go straight from the private sector to the US House of Representatives, so that checks him off as a relative outsider, though he could still be attaked for being an insider because he's from Montgomery County.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2017, 03:51:28 PM »
« Edited: July 27, 2017, 03:57:19 PM by kyc0705 »
I just found a picture of him, and he looks like a character in a movie that's a former president who's always referred to as "the previous guy," and has become wildly unpopular in retirement. Then he gets indicted and by the end he winds up in jail.

But, you know, looks can be deceiving or whatever.
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2017, 03:54:39 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2017, 07:03:52 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2017, 07:05:10 PM »

This will be a bigger failure than Chafee, but I support his candidacy anyway.
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2017, 07:07:48 PM »
lol
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2017, 07:09:28 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2017, 08:20:03 PM »
Can anybody identify/describe a John Delaney voter in the Dem primary?
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2017, 08:32:08 PM »
Quote from: Pollster on July 27, 2017, 08:20:03 PM
Can anybody identify/describe a John Delaney voter in the Dem primary?
People who personally know John Delaney?
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2017, 08:51:41 PM »
Can someone give a short rundown of his...
  • experience
  • policy positions
  • overall standing on political spectrum
  • any major scandals or noticeable flaws?
  • personality/demeanor?
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2017, 08:56:44 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2017, 09:01:12 PM »
He's a fiscal moderate/former banker in an increasingly progressive party, he looks like a potato, represents a weird district that he almost lost in 2014, and like no one knows who he is.


clearly a winner here.
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« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2017, 09:05:55 PM »
If he actually announces this weekend, he'll at least get a few news stories written about him, for being the member of Congress weird enough to announce his presidential candidacy two and a half years before the Iowa caucuses.  Whereas if he waits until 2019, then he'll get no media attention whatsoever.  So the political incentive here is obvious.  Tongue
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« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2017, 10:15:45 PM »
So we already have the makings of an overflow debate. Nice.
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