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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:11 PM Apr 2018

Terry McAuliffe Eyes White House Bid

April 8, 2018 at 11:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Richmond Times-Dispatch: “It’s been four years since he spent much time behind the wheel. McAuliffe got used to someone else doing the driving. With a laugh, he says he could get used to it again. Three months after leaving the Virginia governorship, the perquisites of which included a lumbering black SUV driven by a state trooper, McAuliffe is considering a second act: the presidency… These days, McAuliffe is doing what national prospects are supposed to do: traveling to key states, plumping for his party’s candidates, tweeting, talking — and listening.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/08/terry-mcauliffe-eyes-white-house-bid/

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Terry McAuliffe Eyes White House Bid (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

Yuck. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1

Ditto. KPN Apr 2018 #2

No. highplainsdem Apr 2018 #3

Go away and stay away. Wellstone ruled Apr 2018 #4

No, simply no. lapfog_1 Apr 2018 #5

So this is what it's come to? Tatiana Apr 2018 #6

Kennedy should stay on the bench due to his stance on marijuana alone. Ace Rothstein Apr 2018 #15

I don't know if I would support him RandySF Apr 2018 #7

He seems to have done a pretty good job as Governor, elleng Apr 2018 #9

Nah.. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #8

Good God, no. Still In Wisconsin Apr 2018 #10

No. He's too close to the Clintons. Yavin4 Apr 2018 #11

We are going to have to defend the Clintons when Trump tries to claim that he saved the country StevieM Apr 2018 #12

If the election becomes mostly about the Clintons again, we'll lose Yavin4 Apr 2018 #13

McAuliffe is entitled to his own campaign, not that I expect it to do him any good. StevieM Apr 2018 #14

l like Terry CatWoman Apr 2018 #16

Ya know what? I would support him as a seasoned, cut-throat politician. Far better than CUOMO. UTUSN Apr 2018 #17

Let him run. Let's see what he brings to the table. IluvPitties Apr 2018 #18

He would be good at the job. But I doubt he has what it takes to prevail in a national primary. stevenleser Apr 2018 #19

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)

1. Yuck.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:12 PM

Apr 2018

KPN

(15,646 posts)

2. Ditto.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:14 PM

Apr 2018

highplainsdem

(49,001 posts)

3. No.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:15 PM

Apr 2018

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. Go away and stay away.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:16 PM

Apr 2018

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)

5. No, simply no.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:17 PM

Apr 2018

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)

6. So this is what it's come to?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:19 PM

Apr 2018

If that's the case, we may have to call Joe Kennedy III up from AAA ahead of schedule...

Ace Rothstein

(3,163 posts)

15. Kennedy should stay on the bench due to his stance on marijuana alone.

Reply to Tatiana (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 09:08 PM

Apr 2018

RandySF

(58,899 posts)

7. I don't know if I would support him

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:20 PM

Apr 2018

But he stood firm against Nazis and Neo-Confederates in Charlottesville while other so-called progressives sat silent.

elleng

(130,966 posts)

9. He seems to have done a pretty good job as Governor,

Reply to RandySF (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:32 PM

Apr 2018

but not sure about him as POTUS. Good fundraiser, as I recall.

mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)

8. Nah..

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:22 PM

Apr 2018

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

10. Good God, no.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:33 PM

Apr 2018

I can think of probably twenty people off the top of my head who I would prefer to this guy.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)

11. No. He's too close to the Clintons.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:34 PM

Apr 2018

We cannot go through yet another cycle defending the Clintons. It turns off new voters. Need a fresh start.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)

12. We are going to have to defend the Clintons when Trump tries to claim that he saved the country

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:48 PM

Apr 2018

from an opponent who he says committed treason. If we don't respond it will boomerang on us.

We also have to respond when he claims that he inherited a mess from Barack Obama.

As for McAuliffe, I doubt he will get very far. But there will probably be 20 different people running for president on the Democratic side. Let them.

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)

13. If the election becomes mostly about the Clintons again, we'll lose

Reply to StevieM (Reply #12)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 08:13 PM

Apr 2018

McAuliffe would be a stand-in for them. No.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)

14. McAuliffe is entitled to his own campaign, not that I expect it to do him any good.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #13)

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 09:05 PM

Apr 2018

There are too many other big names out there: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Eric Holder, Tom Steyer, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker.

Within a few debates the early talking points about McAuliffe would be over.

The election will be about Trump and Trump's America. The GOP will try to target the Clintons regardless of who our nominee is.

And there are a lot of factors that will determine whether we win or lose. It isn't logical to point blank say that we lose under certain conditions this far out.

I think it is unlikely that McAuliffe will run, and even more unlikely that he will be a serious factor in the race.