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January, February: Several Democrats announce they're running for President. March: Several Democrats announce they're not running. And Joe Biden still hasn't said one way or the other.
No 2020 White House run for Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...hio/ar-BBUv7UY
"If you don't let me play, I'll take my baseball and go home! Waah, waah, waah!" What a whiny, childish, petulant, thin-skinned narcissist this President is!
Trump may boycott 2020 debates after DNC snubs Fox News
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...news/23687049/
In Iowa, liberals and younger voters prefer Sanders while moderates, conservatives and older voters prefer Biden. A recent poll showed a majority of Democrats do not want a septuagenarian candidate. Apparently nobody from Iowa took part in that poll.
Iowa poll: Biden and Sanders stand out among likely caucusgoers
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/09/pol...ier/index.html
In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first Democratic Presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 to lose in Wisconsin. She narrowly lost to Donald Trump, 46.45% to 47.22%. Democrats know winning Wisconsin is crucial.
Milwaukee chosen as site of 2020 Democratic National Convention
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ite/ar-BBUDDwA
In an essay for NBC News, author and George Mason University professor Bill Schneider theorizes that Trump's attacks on Democrats and socialism may backfire.
Trump is turning 2020 into a referendum on AOC and socialism. That's good news for Democrats.
Republicans who think Medicare For All, taxing the rich and a Green New Deal are "dead on arrival" might be in for a surprise.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...ats-ncna981926
This is for all of you who have been bidin' your time (Ouch!) waiting for the former Vice President to announce his 2020 intentions:
Joe Biden teases possible 2020 run: Save your energy, 'I may need it in a few weeks'
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/polit...rgy/index.html
Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...s-dem-lawmaker
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is 93. Queen Elizabeth II is 92. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is 92. Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Sabah is 89. And Rosie O'Donnell thinks 76-year-old Joe Biden is "too old" to run for President? Ageism! Ageism! For shame!
Rosie O'Donnell says Biden is 'too old to run.' She's not the only liberal saying 'no' to Joe.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ll/3150110002/
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is officially a Presidential candidate. Beto is the Spanish nickname for "Roberto." When O'Rourke was a child, his parents called him Beto to distinguish him from his grandfather, Robert Williams. The nickname stuck.
Beto O'Rourke is running for President in 2020
https://www.businessinsider.com/beto...in-2020-2019-1
Pay parity, gender equality and equal treatment for everyone who works for Sanders' campaign -- what a concept! But now that they're unionized, will they go on strike, demanding shorter hours and higher wages?
Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign becomes the first Presidential campaign to unionize
https://www.businessinsider.com/bern...nionize-2019-3
Because Republicans know there are few positive things that can be said about Donald Trump, their campaign strategy is: "Bash Democrats." With the Presidential election 20 months away, Trump and the Republicans have already started attacking Democrats as "socialists" who want "crime" and "open borders." A former Notre Dame professor is troubled today by the Republicans' "use of stereotypes to wound potential opponents."
RNC links 'noted Irishman' Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...est/ar-BBUTemo
We now have Democratic Presidential candidates #13 and #14.
Meet Andrew Yang: A 'fairly normal guy' running for President on a radical platform
The 2020 Democratic candidate who's going viral with his innovative ideas hopes to lure Trump voters who share his view that "America is hurting."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...o-much-n982981
Kirsten Gillibrand officially enters 2020 Democratic Presidential pack
The New York Senator first announced in January she was exploring a bid for President.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...l-pack-n984126
Democrats had better hope their party's candidates heed this advice:
Democrats may blow it in 2020
General national opinion doesn’t conform to that of party activists. Ask President McGovern.
Ted Van Dyk, The Wall Street Journal, Mar 17 20119 2:43 PM
In their fever to dispense with President Trump immediately, Democrats are losing sight of what Marxists called the "objective conditions" in the country and the fundamentals of Presidential politics. Unless they take care, they will forfeit their chance to regain the White House in 2020 and could return Congressional control to Republicans as well.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democra...20-11552848202
O'Rourke, a Democrat, won 48% of the vote in last November's Senate race in deep-red Texas, losing to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. In 2017-18, O'Rourke's campaign raised a record $70.2 million in donations. Cruz raised $33.4 million. Millions of Democratic voters like O'Rourke -- but the most recent polls have him in 6th place behind Biden, Sanders, Harris, Warren and Booker. His choice for VP could be crucial to his chances.
Beto likes Biden for competition – and a woman for VP
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...-vp/ar-BBUTdu2
Trump and the Republicans are hoping to win in 2020 by painting Democrats as socialists. Business Insider's Matthew DeBord
points out that many socialist programs, such as the New Deal, the Great Society and ObamaCare, are good. He also explains why Trump is the "Socialist-In-Chief."
Trump's accusations about socialism should be taken seriously – because when it comes to business, he's a socialist
https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...ry-ohio-2019-3
O'Rourke has vowed to accept no donations from PACs or corporations. He seems to be doing just fine without them.
Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million on first day as Presidential candidate, topping Sanders and all other rivals
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...opping-n984266
If money and optimism can win elections, Beto is well on his way. The latest polls have Biden and Sanders leading but the numbers for Beto and Kamala Harris are rising.
Beto O'Rourke, in New Hampshire, predicts he could take Texas in the general election
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ion/ar-BBUZsue
Biden knows he needs to raise a lot of money to compete with Beto and Bernie but several wealthy Democratic donors have told Biden they aren't willing to help him raise funds this early in the campaign because they're skeptical about his chance of winning the nomination. Biden apparently has already picked his running mate: Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost last November's gubernatorial race in Georgia.
Stacey Abrams could be Joe Biden's 2020 running mate
http://fortune.com/2019/03/21/stacey...oe-biden-2020/
Steve Bannon says Beto O'Rourke and Kamala Harris would be 'most dangerous ticket for Trump'
https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-...cket-for-trump
On September 27, 2017, after years of complaing that California has no "electoral relevance" and Presidential candidates do very little campaigning in California, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill moving the state's primary elections from June to March. California is one of ten states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, "Super Tuesday." Bernie Sanders is campaigning in California this weekend. Happy now, Jerry?
Once the site of Bernie Sanders' last stand, California now is pivotal to his 2020 prospects
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-...323-story.html
Note: This poll was conducted by Fox News, a.k.a. the Trump Cheerleading Channel:
Biden and Sanders more popular than Trump in head-to-head comparisons
Business Insider, Mar 24 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders are favored to President Donald Trump, according to head-to-head comparisons in a new Fox News poll released today. Respondents sharply favored the Democrats over other candidates in the field, but in head-to-head match-ups, people cast Biden as topping the President by seven points, slightly more than Sanders' three-point lead over Trump. This is the latest in several polls that project distinctly higher favor among the 2020 field for the two Democrats.
https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-...n-trump-2019-3
As a member of the Grammar Police, I have to point out that the phrase "of all the 2020 contenders" refers to Biden, not to Democrats, and should not be at the beginning of the sentence. I should also point out that Biden still has not announced his candidacy.
Of all the 2020 contenders, Democrats have the most faith in Joe Biden's ability to beat Trump
https://www.businessinsider.com/demo...mp-2020-2019-3
The polling methodology is explained at
https://www.businessinsider.com/2020...on-methodology