Harris, Booker And Warren To Announce 2020 Bids Next Month: NBC

Investing Channel ^ | 12-28-2018

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One months from now, most of the contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination will have officially declared their intention to run, according to NBC News. In a report published Friday, NBC News said that Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Corey Booker are all planning to announce their campaigns next month, while a handful of other contenders are also gearing up for campaign launches of their own.

The reason candidates are planning to announce so early in the cycle really comes down to one factor: Money, as NBC explained. Particularly in what's expected to be an intense battle of attrition between potentially more than a dozen candidates, the candidates with the biggest purses will have a distinct advantage.

Many potential Democratic candidates have circled January or early February on their calendars as the ideal launch window — early enough to try to raise an impressive amount of money in the first quarter of the year without stepping on November's midterm elections.

Meanwhile, Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California are all also quietly preparing for potential campaign launches in early 2019, people close to them have said.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders - the two leading candidates according to the opinion polls - have said they will decide whether to seek the nomination by the end of next month. According to the latest poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers, Biden holds a commanding lead. However, many politicos have pointed to his age (he's currently 76) as a factor (even though another poll showed that Biden is the only serious Democratic contender who would have a chance against Trump).

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I am going to invoke the Torricelli case as precedent for the possibility of Hillary being recruited to run for President. Torricelli dropped out a month before the 2002 NJ Senate election due to pending criminal and ethics violations. The Jersey Supreme Court allowed the switch, despite the law being broken.

Frank Lautenberg stepped in with 5 weeks till the election. He debated Forrester once in a 30 minute debate on local TV. Forrester went from 13 points up on Torricelli to 10 points down to Lautenberg. Forrester had to change up his entire campaign strategy 4 weeks before the election.

Yes, I agree this sounds ridiculous. However, if I am Clinton’s campaign manager, I am going to subject her to the least amount of negative political ads, try to prevent her from debating and keep her off the campaign trail as long as possible unless she has to go someplace to get her over the top. (Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania.)

There is no way Hillary could run a successful campaign against 10 other candidates. Especially since Bernie supporters are still pissed off about 2016. Plus with the new Democrat super delegate process, she won’t go to the convention 800 votes up before the first ballot is even voted on.