Advisers to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz are looking at him running as an independent
Advisers to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz have been exploring the possibility of launching an independent bid for the White House in 2020, according to two people who have been informed of the discussions.
The entry of a high-profile billionaire Democrat outside the traditional party structure would add an unpredictable dynamic to the increasingly sprawling campaign to deny President Trump a second term.
Trump’s opponents, including many Democratic strategists, have expressed concerns that a serious three-way race in November would divide the Democratic vote in a way that helps Trump win reelection, either directly by denying Democrats states they would otherwise have won or by shifting the ultimate decision to the U.S. House.
Schultz, who has a net worth of about $3.3 billion and describes himself as a “lifelong Democrat,” has not said publicly whether he will mount a presidential campaign and has kept open the option of running as a Democrat. He will begin a national book tour Jan. 28 for a memoir that describes his personal journey “to reimagine the promise of America.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/advisers-to-former-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-are-looking-at-him-running-as-an-independent-for-president-in-2020/2019/01/18/3e32aa72-1b5d-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.e246c53cff9c
Why would this lifelong Democrat try to fuck us over? Hopefully, he won't do this.
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After he bought the Sonics, grew tired of playing with his toy, and couldn’t get the legislature to fund a second complete teardown and rebuild of KeyArena (essentially a brand new stadium for the second time in a ten year period), he rebuffed an offer by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer to buy the team and, instead, sold it without warning to an Oklahoma consortium, who promptly moved Seattle’s oldest and well-supported major league franchise to OKC. Yes, Howie’s a loyal guy, all right!
