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Renew Deal

(81,861 posts) Tue Jan 6, 2015, 12:58 AM Jan 2015

Are there any credible presidential candidates for 2020?

Assuming Hillary, Biden, and Warren aren't elected in 2016, do we have any credible candidates for 2020? Who is on the bench?

Hillary 73 in 2020
Biden 78 in 2020
Warren 71 in 2020

All three would be (subjectively) too old to run in 2020. Who do we have lined up after that? Democrats need to be developing candidates for the long term.

I think another way of looking at this is it is "now or never" for Warren.

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Are there any credible presidential candidates for 2020? (Original Post) Renew Deal Jan 2015 OP

Golly, I hope not. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #1

The Castros, Kamala Harris, Howard Dean, Al Franken, Sherrod Brown, Brian Schweitzer, Alan Grayson, NBachers Jan 2015 #2

Newsom and Harris were the names I thought of, too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #3

I think the focus needs to be on holding the White House next year davidpdx Jan 2015 #4

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

1. Golly, I hope not.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:06 AM

Jan 2015

Otherwise, people will persist that much longer under the delusion that the nation-state is a viable substitute for self-governance.

NBachers

(17,122 posts)

2. The Castros, Kamala Harris, Howard Dean, Al Franken, Sherrod Brown, Brian Schweitzer, Alan Grayson,

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:51 AM

Jan 2015

There's talk of Gavin Newsom of California; I'm not too sure about him, but he'd probably make good VP material.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

3. Newsom and Harris were the names I thought of, too.

Reply to NBachers (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 01:55 AM

Jan 2015

And it's also important to know that 6 years is a long time. In 2002 most people would have been, "Barack who?"

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

4. I think the focus needs to be on holding the White House next year

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 02:17 AM

Jan 2015

If we don't then all hell is going to break loose. For the incumbent party to hold the WH three terms in a row is a difficult task. Personally I'd like to see 5-6 times, but the odds on that would be very long.

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