The 2020 Presidential race

The 2020 Presidential election is less than two years away. Gentlemen, start your pollingl

Iowa Poll: First poll of likely Democratic caucusgoers finds Biden, Sanders, O'Rourke atop the field

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/15/pol...cus/index.html

The Democratic National Committee will hold six candidate debates in 2019 and six in 2020. A record number of Democrats could be running for President and CNN's Chris Cillizza objects to the "vague" and "random" process that will determine who takes part in the debates.....and when.....and why.

The one big problem Democrats didn't solve with their 2020 debate schedule

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/20/pol...tes/index.html

Here is a US News & World Report ranking of possible Democratic Presidential candidates and their chances of winning. Biden, Booker, Harris, O'Rourke and Sanders top the list -- and then there are the relatively unknown Tulsi Gabbard, Richard Ojeda, Eric Swalwell and Pete Buttigieg. Would anybody really want a President named Buttigieg?

The 32 Democrats who may run for President in 2020

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...h6fc?ocid=AMZN

Potential Democratic Presidential candidates need to hurry up and make up their minds. To quote comic-strip character Snuffy Smith, "Time's a-wastin'!"

Trump's vulnerable in 2020 but Democrats are off to a surprisingly slow start in early states
NBC News, Dec 26 2018 1:32 AM

In Iowa and New Hampshire, the phone calls from likely 2020 Democratic Presidential contenders are coming in fast. Heavyweights such as California Senator Kamala Harris, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren looking for office space, staff and support from local leaders while lesser-known hopefuls are eyeing visits to boost their visibility in the key early contest states.

But with 2019 just days away, the looming contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, both set for February 2020, have also been oddly static. Even as more than two dozen Democrats are considering a run for their party's nomination, no major candidate has signaled definite plans to jump in, die-hard activists have been slow to commit to any potential contenders and donors are keeping their checkbooks closed — for now.

Complicating matters further, the "three B's" who have topped several early polls — former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke — have been all but absent from both states so far. Activists in both states expect things to ramp up in January, when several likely contenders will announce they're forming exploratory committees or declare flat out that they are running.

Still, given the large field expected, local Democratic organizers say they've been surprised by the relatively slow start in the two states where Presidential politics can be a full-time endeavor. Many activists in both states are awaiting an indication from Biden, Sanders and O'Rourke before committing to a candidate.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...-start-n951626

Booker, Harris, Gillibrand.......and Elizabeth Warren??? Does she honestly think anyone besides Massachusetts Democrats and her family members would vote for her?

Four key Senators shift 2020 Presidential planning into high gear

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...yGBb?ocid=AMZN

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren just held a press conference and declared, "I'm in this fight all the way." Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Elizabeth Warren announces she's running for President in 2020

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...175836392.html

NBC News political reporter Benjy Sarlin says Warren will face "significant obstacles" but he predicts that if Warren does not win the 2020 Democratic nomination, the nominee will be someone who sounds "a lot like her."

Warren's message on corruption and corporations could reshape the 2020 Democratic primary
Analysis: The Massachusetts Democrat's focus on reining in big business and cleaning up government could put rivals on the spot if they aren't careful.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...rimary-n953311

Mitt Romney, the incoming Senator from Utah, wrote a scathing essay that appeared yesterday in the Washington Post. He denounced President Trump for not rising "to the mantle of the office" and for words and actions that are "divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions." Romney has not decided whether to support Trump in 2020 -- but Romney did decide that he won't run for President.

Romney says he won't run against Trump in 2020

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...ection-1077876

As we wait to learn who besides Elizabeth Warren will run for President in 2020, here is another person who won't:

Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley says he's not running in 2020, endorses Beto O'Rourke

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...LcEf?ocid=AMZN

Joe Biden, who still has not announced whether he'll run for President, apparently thinks he would have a better chance of winning than any of the other potential contenders. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo agrees. Four days ago he said Democrats need to focus on being positive, not negative, and said Biden has "the most of the secret ingredient a Democrat needs: credibility."

Biden sees himself as Democrats' best hope in 2020, allies say

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/u...president.html

An editorial in today's Montpelier Times-Argus urges Bernie Sanders to not run for President. If he runs, he would split the Democratic vote as he did in 2016. If he doesn't run, the Democratic nominee will have a "clear mandate." Maybe Bernie has learned something from the last election and from the 1992 and 1996 candidacies of vote-splitter Henry Ross Perot.

Vermont newspaper begs Bernie Sanders: 'Don't Run'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...UVns?ocid=AMZN

https://www.timesargus.com/opinion/p...32265f27d.html

"I won't run for California Governor in 2016." "I won't run for Senate in 2018." "I won't run for President in 2020." I wonder what office Tom Steyer will say he won't be running for in 2022.

Billionaire Tom Steyer rules out 2020 Presidential run but pledges to redouble effort to oust Trump

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...019-story.html

Gabbard, a Democrat and an Iraq War veteran, won nearly 81% of the vote in the 2012 election for Representative of the 2nd Congressional District of Hawai'i. She was re-elected by similar margins in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Now she's running for President. Her campaign manager worked for Bernie Sanders in 2016.

Tulsi Gabbard says she will run for President in 2020

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/01/11/pol...es/index.html?

This is one of those "Duh!" headlines. Has any candidate ever declared, "I'm looking toward our party's past"?

Julián Castro launches 2020 bid with nod to party's future
The Texan will be one of the youngest candidates in the Democratic Presidential field and likely its only Latino.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...ocrats-1098636

Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro appeared today on CBS-TV's Face The Nation and shared his plans for immigration reform, better border security and "Medicare for all." Castro said he knows he's not "in the pole position" as a candidate right now. The CBS story says "poll position," which is a misspelling.....but it gives a different -- and still accurate -- meaning to Castro's comment.

Julián Castro, entering 2020 race, calls Trump a 'failed leader' on immigration

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-...n-immigration/

Kirsten Gillibrand has been a New York Senator since January 26, 2009, when she was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Hillary Clinton, who became President Obama's Secretary of State. Gillibrand said if she was re-elected in 2018 she would serve her full six-year term. She was -- and now she might not.

New York's Kirsten Gillibrand takes first step toward 2020 Presidential race
Senator tells Stephen Colbert on CBS she'll form an exploratory committee.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...sidential-race

In a poll released today, 90% of Republicans plan to vote for Trump in 2020. (I would ask them: Why???) Of all registered voters, 30% say they will definitely vote for Trump in 2020 and 57% say they definitely will not. Will Trump run for re-election if he thinks he would lose? His enormous ego might keep him from running so he wouldn't be branded a "loser" -- but, then again, his enormous ego may keep him from acknowledging even the slightest possibility of losing.

Most voters won't support Trump in 2020: PBS/NPR poll

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...oll/ar-BBSn0X3

Senator Kamala Harris served as San Francisco District Attorney from 2004 to 2010 and California Attorney General from 2011 to 2017. Today she announced she's running for President and her rivals are already planning to assail her for her zealousness as a prosecutor. Ladies and gentlemen of the Democratic party, start your infighting!

Inside Kamala Harris' 2020 campaign plan

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...n-plan-1116052

Her "zealousness" was very selective - and there is much more to know about her.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/k...torney-general

CNN just released its seventh monthly "power ranking" of the ten Democrats most likely to run for President in 2020. Kamala Harris tops the list and is followed by Beto O'Rourke, Joe Biden.......and Elizabeth Warren?

The 2020 marathon has started with a sprint

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/01/17/pol...ats/index.html