Posted on 10/12/2017 5:59:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The 2016 presidential election was just 11 months ago, and President Trump has yet to finish his first year in office, but politicians -- including the president himself -- are already looking ahead to 2020.
President Trump filed paperwork for reelection on Inauguration Day, and -- as long as a political scandal larger than anything we've seen yet or the Russia investigation doesn't bring him down -- he's showing so far that he intends to run for a second term. Public opinion polls continue to show Mr. Trump's approval ratings are stuck in the high 30s, and since the beginning of his presidency, his average approval rating has never broken 50 percent, according to Real Clear Politics. The Democratic field is wide open to challenge the sitting president, and could very well resemble the vastness of the Republican field in early 2015. It could mix old presidential candidates with a number of newcomers.
Here are the possible Democratic hopefuls, three years ahead of next year's election.
Joe Biden
Then-Vice President Joe Biden was a favorite to run in 2016. But the death of his son, Beau Biden, in 2015 hit him hard, and after weeks and months of consideration, the window for him to announce his candidacy closed. Biden, who left the White House with a 61 percent approval rating, according to Gallup, has expressed his regret for not running against Donald Trump in 2016. Many pundits believe he was perhaps the only Democrat who would have won handily.
"I regret it every day," Biden said in January 2016 about his decision to stay out of the race.
Last month, Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, said her father is considering a 2020 run. Biden, who would be 78 by Inauguration Day 2021, hasn't totally ruled out the idea publicly.....
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I think you might be on to something there. Last time, Hilary was the heir apparent. This time I think we might see a big batch of nobodies running for the Democrat ticket like we had on the Republican side this last time.
Coumo already has websites purchased. I suspect McCaullif does also.
You forgot Kasich.
Hillary: Many believe that Russia, China, Iran and others have her deleted emails. The second she is not a candidate, those become worth only money, which would make her subject to blackmail.
She HAS to seem like a possible US politician. In fact, she has to campaign to her deathbed.
“Doesn’t matter who the dems run. trump will win reelect in a landslide.”
absent a black swan event, yes. which means any Dem who gets the nomination is simply a sacrificial lamb.
He's Italian and Jewish and Mexican. A regular White Hispanic.
Also, he's young, so he doesn't have that old White guy smell that Tim Kaine does.
Garcetti and Kamala Harris can't both be on the ticket because of an obscure Constitutional provision that most people don't properly understand.
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The Democrats aren't going to have two men on the ticket, but they also can't have two women, either.
Most of their candidates are either East Coast or West Coast.
They need somebody from somewhere in between on the ticket, but there's no guarantee that such a candidate would pull in votes in Middle America.
If I had to guess now, I'd say they'd run Liz Warren and Cory Booker, but Massachusetts-New Jersey leaves most of the country on the outside looking in.
As Rush likes to say, "DON'T DOUBT ME!"
I’m thinking they may go with a business type outsider to counter Trump - maybe Weinstein....or Sean Penn...
>>Was that Hedley Lamarr or Hedy lamarr? I hope the latter. Google her name and you’ll doing some google eyeing.
It’s Hedley!
They have become so delusional and psychotic, they actually believe he will be easy to beat. After all, their propaganda news programs and polls tell them so.
Whoever wins the Soros nomination, poor chump, will lose in the biggest electoral debacle since 1984.
“HARVEY” he’ll walk, and now with his enhanced resume, he’s bound to make it to the top of the Ticket. As a Republican he’s get 20 years, as a Democrat, he becomes a prized Candidate to seek the higher office. His poll numbers will be astronomical! ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
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