The “Who is running in 2024?” tea leaves thread

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I think this article is very interesting and I do agree that you can figure out most of the major players 5 years out — and things get even more clear after the election.

I would point out that each of the past few elections brought someone who wouldn’t have been noticed 5 years prior being a decently sized player in the election. Here’s a list:

2020: Pete Buttigieg (South Bend Mayor) or Andrew Yang (businessman)
2016: Ted Cruz (Private Lawyer, Fmr. Texas Solicitor General running for Senate)
2012: Bachmann and Herman Cain [this year was harder to do]
2008: Barack Obama (State Senator running for Senate)
2004: Wesley Clark (NATO commander)
2000: Alan Keyes (State Department Assistant Undersecretary)

I could go on and on, but I think we should also expect at least one person who is WAY off of our radar to make an impact in the race along with the usual suspects in this article.

Here's a rundown on 2024 maneuvering, that doesn't really break any big news, but is still an interesting read:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/2024-presidential-election-candidates-091055

I really wouldn't think of Alan Keyes as a "major" player in 2000. Plus for 2016 you're forgetting the biggest one. Yeah he was famous but who actually would have thought he'd go anywhere?

If it has to be any Democrat, let it be Michael Franken....

Or Steve Bullock, but I don't quite think he qualifies here.

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Imagine Tuberville 2024.

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I'd love to see all four of the adult Trump children on stage in the primaries.

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Former candidate for the Vice Presidential nomination (or...all 1.02% of the delegates who voted for her) of the Libertarian Party Sorinne Ardeleanu is in for 2024 as an independent.

She's the one that talks about healing all the time right?

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MAGA was actually a decent slogan.  This just sounds dumb.

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I keep seeing articles like this, but after Trump 2016 I don't put much faith into statements like that.  If Trump is the nominee I guarantee most of them will line up behind him.

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https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1578140991772508161

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Dwayne Johnson will apparently rule out a run for President on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is no longer cooking up a White House bid, saying a run for president is “off the table.”

“I will say this because it requires a B side to this,” Johnson said in a preview clip from “CBS Sunday Morning” released Friday.


“I love our country and everyone in it. I also love being a daddy,” the wrestler-turned-actor and father of three told CBS’s Tracy Smith.

“Especially during this time, this critical time in my daughters’ lives,” Johnson, 50, said. “Because I know what it was like to be on the road and be so busy that I was absent for a lot of years in my first daughter’s growing up in this critical age and at this critical time in her life.”

Running the XFL is hard work.

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Corey Stapleton's website has been upgraded and his twitter bio says he's a candidate for president.

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Asa Hutchinson sounds like the name of a late 19th century Senator.

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I really don't understand who these hypothetical pro-Youngkin voters are. If they want an alternative to Trump, there are a dozen of them right there. Sure, they might not like DeSantis or Haley or Hutchinson, but if they truly are looking for an alternative, it seems like they could hold their nose and vote for someone they don't especially like. I just do not see how there are enough pro-Youngkin voters out there to overcome Trump's massive lead.

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Cenk Uygur considering

^{https://www.mediaite.com/politics/cenk-uygur-is-so-frustrated-by-bidens-slagging-poll-numbers-that-hes-staffing-up-for-a-2024-run/}

Cenk Uygur says he’s so mortified by the prospect of former President Donald Trump winning a second term over incumbent President Joe Biden, who he views as weak, that he’s staffing up for a 2024 run of his own.

Is he even eligible to run? He was born in Turkey.

Also, he couldn't even win a primary for Congress in California, what makes him think he's more electable at a national level than Joe Biden? Gotta be one of the most narcissistic things I've ever heard.

He believes that the requirement of being a natural-born citizen was superseded by the 14th Amendment, and he thinks a run by him can set that precedent.

If he were to run, at which point could the courts rule on that issue? Could he appear on the primary ballot while the matter is still in court? Or could it only be challenged if he were to be nominated or elected?

But yeah, he got 6 percent in a congressional primary, so there's no chance.

He can join Marianne Williamson in the former Democratic primary candidate to presidential candidate club.

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Johnny Buss, brother of the owner of the Lakers  is running.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2024-03-14/johnny-buss-running-president-of-united-states-lakers