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

[Grassroots]

If Trump wins 2020 then Pence will have the upper hand, if Trump loses its all fair game, and we could see a whole lot of new candidates making their mark. I have been waiting for this for a while, and as a disgruntled Republican who is eager for new faces, let the early speculation commence.

[Grassroots]

Politico piece on AOC running in 2024/28/32.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/27/aoc-president-sanders-089617

It'll be so delicious to see all the right-wing nuts bursting their blood vessels (& their nuts) over President AOC.

This perfectly describes me.

[Grassroots]

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

This is a very good read.

[Grassroots]

I remember reading a story about a year back about Gavin Newsom buying facebook ads in Iowa already.

Plus in the words of my California friend: "Gavin Newsom has been running for President since I met him in about... oh 2010?"

He looks like a president, that's for sure. We will definitely see him run this decade.

[Grassroots]

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)

For 2012, did anyone really see Newt Gingrich running? In 2008, was he on anyone's radar? That was a real blast from the past.

P.S. I knew Buttigieg would run and do well But then I also had a thousand bucks waiting for me if Kamala was the nominee

Gingrich was deemed very likely to run in 2008, but he admitted afterward that his lane was taken and if he ran he pretty much wouldn't have a shot due to people like Huckabee drowning him out. I don't think 2012 was much of a stretch for him at all really.

[Grassroots]

Stacey Abrams says that she will become President by 2040.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/31/stacey-abrams-president-2040-109869

LMAO

[Grassroots]

Yang says he might run for president again if he's not the nominee this time:

https://twitter.com/JamesPindell/status/1226325723184533505

He really is the new Ron Paul.

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Trump Jr. says “I have no intention of running in 2024.”:

https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-jr-hbo-2024-presidential-election-580d8450-97f3-4d94-a690-9d9ae555579a.html

   •   "Listen, I have no intention of running in 2024. I mean, I've liked the game."
   •   "My only goal and my myopic focus is making sure my father gets re-elected because I want to keep the winning continuing."
   •   "I want to keep that going, so that’s my only focus."

YES!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!!

A serious primary!

[Grassroots]

Looks like I missed this at the time, but Chris Christie had intended to do a New Hampshire trip two weeks ago to fundraise for Republicans there, but the event was cancelled due to coronavirus:

https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-primary-source-chris-christie-to-return-to-nh-for-sununu-mowers-fundraisers/31232510
https://newjerseyglobe.com/national/christie-cancels-new-hampshire-trip/

The first story notes that Christie has also held a fundraiser for NH-1 candidate Matt Mowers in New Jersey.

Christie also made a trip to NH last year as part of his book tour:

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/christie-keynote-lincoln-reagan-dinner-concord

While he was there, he did an interview in which he was asked about 2024.  (You can see an edited version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9U-US5U02w&feature=youtu.be Skip ahead to the ~4:40 mark.) He gave a noncommittal answer, but noted that he’s too young to retire from politics, and all of his kids will be out of college by then, so he wouldn’t preclude making more trips to New Hampshire around that time (if you get his drift).

Christie is over, why is he so delusional?

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https://twitter.com/mattkatz00/status/1259915242399764480

Yeah..... that's not gonna happen. Even Republicans hated his guts by the end of his second term. But I do wonder how things would have been without Bridgegate.

He would have won a few states in the primary in 16, if not winning the nomination outright. He was basically Trump with coattails.

[Grassroots]

Trump will run in 2024 if he loses in November.

Doubt it