The “Who is running in 2020?” tea leaves thread, Part 2

[Doimper]

Joe Kennedy on 2020:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/06/joe-kennedy-2020-democrats-off-message-216942

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I don't really believe that last part.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Julian Castro really wants you to know that he's interested in the presidency with his "I have every interest in running" comment:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/juli-n-castro-test-2020-run-new-hampshire-young-democrats-n844936

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I don't think Castro would be a bad candidate, however I think the Democratic nominee needs more experience... but of course, he has a lot more experience than Trump.

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/politics/kfile-sasse-ambassador-statement/index.html

Is Ben Sasse plotting a primary challenge to President Trump? His office just tore into Trump's nominee for Ambassador to Barbados, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominca, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines, calling the nominee, Leandro Rizzuto Jr, a "cynic and nut".

[Mr. Morden]

Castro and Inslee both attended the Crosscut Festival in Seattle over the weekend, and were both asked whether they'd run for prez in 2020.  Castro gave an "I might", and you can watch the video of his answer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBGwZnYlFzE

I don't know if there's video of Inslee, but his response is mentioned here:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40526915/crosscut-festival-seattle-politics-presidents-police-growth-amazon

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[Mr. Morden]

Bullock's asked about a 2020 presidential run, and gives the standard non-denial “2020 is a long way off", though he also talks about how his achievements in Montana are relevant for a national audience:

http://mtstandard.com/news/government-and-politics/bullock-presidential-talk-is-early-but-interesting-senate-not-so/article_84100787-1d6a-57bf-b5ef-473ea66572d2.html

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He does *not* sound enthusiastic about a Senate run though:

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[Mr. Morden]

Eric Holder suggests he’ll decide on whether to run for prez by the end of the year:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/7/eric-holder-considers-run-president/

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Being interviewed by Chris Cuomo, Biden says that there are “a lot of talented people in the Democratic Party” who may make better candidates than him:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cnns-chris-cuomo-urges-joe-biden-to-run-for-president/article/2648361

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So Chris Cuomo wants Biden to run against his own brother? 

[Mr. Morden]

More Biden scoop here:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/07/joe-biden-midterms-2020-elections-395927

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He’s planning to actively campaign in the midterms, and just did some events, including robocalls for candidates in the early caucus state of Nevada:

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But finally:

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[Mr. Morden]

Elizabeth Warren is doing a "telephone town hall" tonight, hosted by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.  It marks the one year anniversary of "Nevertheless, she persisted":

http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/RSVP-elizabeth-warrens-persisted-call/

[Mr. Morden]

Winfrey finally makes some post-Golden Globes comments about Oprah 2020:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/oprah-to-lin-manuel-miranda-im-not-running-for-president

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[Mr. Morden]

Kander was just in Iowa:

https://twitter.com/JasonKander/status/961370365661536256

And doing more stuff in New Hampshire:

http://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-first-progressive-voting-rights-group-let-america-vote-staffing-up-in-nh/16672841

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[Mr. Morden]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5367827/Oprah-shuts-questions-presidential-bid.html

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[Rookie Yinzer]

Bullock! Let's make this happen.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Bullock! Let's make this happen.

Yes please. Bullock is probably my favorite realistic Democratic candidate at this point.

[Mr. Morden]

Julian Castro is all over the place now.  Here’s what he said when interviewed by CNN:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/julian-castro-2020-texas/index.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Steyer did an event in Nevada yesterday:

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/feb/08/anti-trump-activist-steyer-targets-gops-heller-lax/

He's also made a large number of new hires:

https://ntknetwork.com/2020-watch-tom-steyer-has-hired-50-political-and-communications-operatives/

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[Mr. Morden]

Here's a new story on O'Malley, though a lot of it is quotes from a Seth Masket column for 538:

https://www.irishecho.com/2018/02/martin-omalley-marches/

[Mr. Morden]

Here's this week's #2020Vision column:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/2020-vision-julian-castro-interested/index.html

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[Mr. Morden]

Sunday morning talk show watch:

This Sunday, Jeff Flake will be on Meet the Press, while Rand Paul will be on Face the Nation:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NEWS_SHOWS?SITE=AP

[Mr. Morden]

New Jason Kander story:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/what-s-jason-kander-really-up-to/article_1606f5ce-fe74-59c1-a188-ed8212a30eb7.html

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[NYSforKennedy2024]

Julian Castro has begun running Facebook advertisements for his Opportunity First PAC, promoting "Progressive Candidates" for 2018, but very likely himself in 2020.

[Mr. Morden]

Yet another cable news interview for Castro:

https://twitter.com/KasieDC/status/962852446782590977

[Mr. Morden]

New Gillibrand interview in Glamour:

https://www.glamour.com/story/is-kirsten-gillibrand-ready-to-run-exclusive

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When a potential candidate is asked about 2020, and they answer that "It's premature to even consider 2020", that's code for "I'm thinking about running for president in 2020". 

[henster]

Moulton raising big $$ in NY.

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http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/12/politics/seth-moulton-fundraising/index.html

This might be a net negative for him since more and more Dems seem to want more small donor fundraising.

[Mr. Morden]

This might be a net negative for him since more and more Dems seem to want more small donor fundraising.

I don't think the number of voters who pay attention to where candidates are getting their $ from is that large.

[Mr. Morden]

Sanders is going back to Iowa next week:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/373543-sanders-to-campaign-in-iowa-with-former-aide

McAuliffe dodges, but suggests he won’t announce any 2020 plans until 2019:

http://freebeacon.com/politics/mcauliffe-dodges-question-on-who-he-thinks-will-best-represent-dems-in-2020/

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