2016 Postmortem

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts) Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:22 AM Mar 2016

Ventura will run if Sanders not nominee.

Jesse Ventura: I’ll Run For President If Bernie Sanders Loses

The former governor of Minnesota likes Trump and Sanders, but says he will get in the race by June if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination.

“They’re setting the groundwork for me because if Bernie loses, by the time we get to June, how sick are the people going to be of all these people,” he said while dressed in a Jimi Hendrix shirt under a blazer and SEALs beanie.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/29/jesse-ventura-i-ll-run-for-president-if-bernie-loses.html

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Ventura will run if Sanders not nominee. (Original Post) EdwardBernays Mar 2016 OP

How does he expect to get on the ballot? OKNancy Mar 2016 #1

It's hard to know EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #6

I think he'll run to help defeat Trump Onlooker Mar 2016 #2

More shouty white guys! Tortmaster Mar 2016 #3

Another guy in Minnesota, Joe Bagadonuts, says the same thing. longship Mar 2016 #4

bwhahahahaha EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #5

That will have a significant impact on the race Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #7

Perhaps Trump will endorse him if the GOP somehow blocks his own nomination. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #8

Trump could then be Ventura's VP EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #9

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

1. How does he expect to get on the ballot?

Reply to EdwardBernays (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:41 AM

Mar 2016

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)

6. It's hard to know

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 05:47 AM

Mar 2016

If you read between the lines it looks like things are already afoot:

"They’re setting the groundwork for me"

Plus it would be for the Libertarian Party, which is - astonishingly - still a going concern in all 50 states.

Onlooker

(5,636 posts)

2. I think he'll run to help defeat Trump

Reply to EdwardBernays (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:51 AM

Mar 2016

People are rightfully really afraid of Trump. Ventura would almost certainly take more votes from Trump than Clinton, so it's probably good if he runs. He he ran with Sanders running, he might take votes away from Sanders and Trump.