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2020 Democratic Primary Will be a Stampede, and Bernie is the Early Favorite
Legal Insurrection ^ | November 25, 2017 | Mike LaChance

Posted on 11/25/2017 2:27:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Democrats and many people in media mocked the GOP for having 17 candidates in the 2016 Republican primary. Now that the Clintons are out of the way however, Democrats are expected to have a massive field of candidates in 2020.

Amie Parnes writes at The Hill:

How Dem insiders rank the 2020 contenders

Democrats predict that as many as 30 candidates will compete in their party’s presidential primary in 2020.

And while it’s still too early to say who might come out on top, buzz is building around some potential candidates, even as other hopefuls fade to the background.

A year after a devastating 2016 defeat, Democrats are craving new faces with fresh ideas. Yet many of their leading contenders for the White House in 2020 are politicians who have been around for decades.

There’s also no clear standout in the potential field.

“You have a bunch of Celine Dions but there’s no Beatles,” said Phil Singer, a Democratic strategist who served as press secretary on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential run.

The fortunes of potential candidates can change quickly. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), for example, was regarded just a few weeks ago as a potential dark horse candidate in 2020, but that changed instantly when sexual misconduct charges surfaced against him.

Parnes singles out six names that came up when Democratic insiders were asked about the race.

Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren Kamala Harris Sherrod Brown Deval Patrick

The problem the Democrats face is that the only people with national name recognition will be senior citizens by the time the election rolls around.

Former DNC chair Donna Brazile agrees on the question of quantity.

David Rutz of the Washington Free Beacon:

Brazile Predicts at Least 25 People Will Seek Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2020

Former Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile predicted a massive field of 2020 presidential candidates on Tuesday, telling MSNBC’s Chris Matthews she foresees 25 potential Democratic contenders.

Matthews asked Brazile about possible candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Joe Biden, who are 76 and 75, respectively, and wondered if there should be an “outer age where you’re just too old to run” for presidents.

“Chris, I predict tonight that there will be literally over 25 people who will consider running for president,” she said. “Perhaps Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders.”

Other rumored contenders include Sens. Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Watch the clip below:

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)


TOPICS: Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2020; democrats
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To: EQAndyBuzz

” I also like the congresswoman from Hawaii.”

Tulsi Gabbard.


41 posted on 11/25/2017 6:35:11 PM PST by IWONDR
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To: IWONDR
” I also like the congresswoman from Hawaii.” Tulsi Gabbard.

It does look like she is being groomed for a big future in politics. If she had any minority blood in her; she would be a shoe-in.

The dems feel robbed they didn't get a woman President. It didn't matter their "woman" was an evil criminal and mastermind of a corrupt foundation along with her equally corrupt ex-Prez husband.

I detest that about dems. Kamala Harris would be even worse than obama for America. Fauxahauntus is so far left; she wouldn't be much better. God help America if either of them are ever elected to higher office.

42 posted on 11/25/2017 6:50:28 PM PST by Boomer (TisOK2BWhite)
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To: Postman Pat

Who do you look at in the Dems and say, “that’s the one that good give us a real run for our money”?


The obvious one is Kamala Harris. But it seems like she is not ready for prime time. That leaves Deval Patrick as the only Mini Kenyan on the national stage.

A bit deeper down the Dem bench is Tulsi Gabbard. I’m not sure if she is progressive enough to get through the Dem primaries though.


43 posted on 11/25/2017 7:02:29 PM PST by lodi90
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I want Joe Biden to get the nod. Then Democrats can be the party of Evil Clowns.


44 posted on 11/25/2017 7:08:05 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Combat_Liberalism

Don’t bet it on it.
A lot of things we consider crimes and major character flaws, Democrats consider resume enhancers.


45 posted on 11/25/2017 7:09:59 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Lysandru

I am not certain that Hillary will be, physically, in any shape to run for the presidency.
But heck, that just puts her in a new ‘victim’ category, doesn’t it?


46 posted on 11/25/2017 7:11:34 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Dem platform and sales pitch is shaping up as:

1. America sucks.
2. Trump and his voters are dumb racists.
3. Tax everyone except for me.

47 posted on 11/25/2017 7:13:27 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Weiner/Holder 2020


48 posted on 11/25/2017 7:23:44 PM PST by Nateman (The louder the left screams , the better it is for America!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

49 posted on 11/25/2017 9:27:25 PM PST by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And the irony is, bad as the elderly Dems are, the younger ones are even more rabid and nuts....


50 posted on 11/26/2017 3:27:55 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Postman Pat
Who would be the candidate that most people here would fear?

That would be the next Republican after Donald Trump. Granted, Trump is one of a kind, but if the Repubs go back to Jeb Bush type candidates in 2024, any empty suit or pantsuit can win for the Dems. Problem is, who is the next Trump?

51 posted on 11/26/2017 7:34:10 AM PST by Bernard (If we could tax Stupid, Congress could balance the budget)
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To: Postman Pat

The media would make Kamela Harris (mixed-race, woman, Cristian-hater, socialist activist) a saint and hero.


52 posted on 11/26/2017 7:45:56 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Right. The media won’t put up with a doddering old white fool, however much a commie he is.

Bernie will take another payoff (maybe a woman this time, as he has enough houses) and the Left will be off on a race/class/sex/anti-religious war.


53 posted on 11/26/2017 7:50:15 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Now that THIS POS is no longer available, Bernie's their boy.


54 posted on 11/26/2017 10:26:54 AM PST by Dick Bachert (Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
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To: BillyBoy; Boomer; fieldmarshaldj; Impy

The RATs have such a crappy bench that probably tbeir strongest possible 2016 presidential nominee would have been an 80-year-old white dude (Jerry Brown).


55 posted on 11/26/2017 2:28:13 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

You’d have given Moonbeam a better chance that Biden?


56 posted on 11/26/2017 2:31:56 PM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Impy

Absolutely. Brown is a much more serious guy, and he could point to “achievements” as governor of our largest state. Biden is the weird uncle whom you wouldn’t let alone with your daughters.


57 posted on 11/26/2017 5:50:17 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; campaignPete R-CT; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

He’s actually on a 2020 list I recently saw. WA post. It went

15) Mark Zuckerberg

LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYZAnn6gPak

14) Eric Garcetti

The commentary is skeptical of a lowly Mayor so I don’t why he’s on the list then

13) Tim Kaine

Captain Charisma

14) Deval Patrick

Dime Store Obama

11) Oprah Winfrey/Mark Cuban/Howard Schultz/Bob Iger/Sheryl Sandberg

Guy admits he’s a tool for putting 5 together. I could see idiots going for Oprah, sure. Cuban, no. The other 3 would warrant a “Who?”.

10) Sherrod Brown

Popular with progtards but boring as unbuttered toast. Hopefully Mandel takes him out

9) Cuomo

The dems answer to daddy issues Romney, may well run

8) Cory Booker

The far left hates over ties to the insurance industry or big pharma or something

7) Kamala Harris

6) Kirsten Gillibrand

Clearly interested.

5) Moonbeam

So high on the list, even though he’ll be 82.

4)Liz Warren

Bernie in Hillary’s body, yes please

3) Chris Murphy

I honestly don’t get his position on this list

2)Biden

1)Sanders

Commentary “it’s difficult to see why Democrats wouldn’t believe he deserved a chance at being the nominee after what happened in 2016. And he remains pretty broadly popular with the American people. “

It’s easy to see, actually. And he’ll be as popular as Kevin Spacey after months of negative ads. Gold mine in oppo research.


58 posted on 11/26/2017 6:26:20 PM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: Impy
15) Mark Zuckerberg

Yes, please run Yellow Teefs. Because America needs a megalomaniacal fascist Millennial dictator.

59 posted on 11/26/2017 7:22:56 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Not sad at all! It. Is. Glorious to behold!


60 posted on 11/28/2017 4:22:23 AM PST by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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