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George II

(67,782 posts) Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:24 PM Apr 2018

Interesting point from CNN tonight:

Anderson Cooper is interviewing Eric Swalwell. In the course of the interview Swalwell said "I'm here in Iowa speaking to voters"!!!

WHAT? Might he be thinking of running for President soon? What other reason would a California Congressman have to be in Iowa?

To me that would be fantastic!

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Interesting point from CNN tonight: (Original Post) George II Apr 2018 OP

Interesting! Cha Apr 2018 #1

Not gonna happen. dhol82 Apr 2018 #2

Probably not, but it made me stop and think. There usually is only one reason to be in Iowa. George II Apr 2018 #3

Will agree dhol82 Apr 2018 #7

Name them, I'm already depressed. nt BootinUp Apr 2018 #8

Have not a clue who will make up the swarm. dhol82 Apr 2018 #9

In addition to Swalwell, there's Adam Schiff, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Julian Castro, pnwmom Apr 2018 #12

Probably gratuitous Apr 2018 #13

He'd be okay for VP RandomAccess Apr 2018 #10

Probably testing things out JI7 Apr 2018 #4

Running in primaries gets your name out there nationally YessirAtsaFact Apr 2018 #5

I would support him... lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #6

He's probably testing the waters, or maybe not. But I doubt if he wants to replace.... George II Apr 2018 #11

I'm saying his path to the Presidency is either to replace DiFi lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #14

Cha

(297,484 posts)

1. Interesting!

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:26 PM

Apr 2018

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

2. Not gonna happen.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:27 PM

Apr 2018

Way too soon.

George II

(67,782 posts)

3. Probably not, but it made me stop and think. There usually is only one reason to be in Iowa.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:28 PM

Apr 2018

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

7. Will agree

Reply to George II (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:34 PM

Apr 2018

Still does not make him a viable candidate.
I think we will have a slew of contenders swarming for 2020.

BootinUp

(47,175 posts)

8. Name them, I'm already depressed. nt

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:35 PM

Apr 2018

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

9. Have not a clue who will make up the swarm.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:38 PM

Apr 2018

Just hope that there are some decent ones out of the scrum.

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)

12. In addition to Swalwell, there's Adam Schiff, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Julian Castro,

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 10:26 PM

Apr 2018

Amy Klobucher, Xavier Becerra, Jay Inslee (my governor), Sherrod Brown, -- and that's just off the top of my head.

There are a number of excellent candidates; some of us just haven't been paying attention.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

13. Probably

Reply to George II (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 10:49 PM

Apr 2018

On the other hand, maybe he's helping to campaign for local Iowa candidates and boosting the campaign of Steve King's Democratic opponent. Which would be very cool.

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

10. He'd be okay for VP

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:51 PM

Apr 2018

I like him a lot. He and Schiff would be a nice team.

JI7

(89,260 posts)

4. Probably testing things out

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:28 PM

Apr 2018

Doesn't hurt

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)

5. Running in primaries gets your name out there nationally

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:32 PM

Apr 2018

The exposure is worth it.

lapfog_1

(29,218 posts)

6. I would support him...

Reply to George II (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:32 PM

Apr 2018

But he is only 37 right now... a bit young to run for President.

OTOH he is one of the fewer next-generation Democrats with name recognition and camera time. He appears to be knowledgeable and intelligent and can hold his own against any repuke.

If he was now 47 and maybe replaced Feinstein as Senator from CA...

George II

(67,782 posts)

11. He's probably testing the waters, or maybe not. But I doubt if he wants to replace....

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 09:52 PM

Apr 2018

....Feinstein he wouldn't be wooing voters in Iowa.

lapfog_1

(29,218 posts)

14. I'm saying his path to the Presidency is either to replace DiFi

Reply to George II (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 6, 2018, 10:52 PM

Apr 2018

or challenge Gavin Newsome for the Governorship

Even better would be to run as a progressive Governor from a "purple state".

People in the rest of the country don't like Californians for some reason

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