For my 7000th post I would like to say how much I am looking forward to President Tom Steyer

[StevieM]

taking office on January 20, 2021.

I look forward to celebrating the occasion here on DU!!

[ProfessorGAC]

1. He's Not Going To Run

He wouldn't do it. He knows that some diplomacy, legislative and foreign policy experience is needed.

He wouldn't have the hubris to run, like some other thing did.

[Zoonart]

2. Just no.

I like that Steyer is running these ads, but have we not learned our lesson about electing a rich outsider to the White house?
By the time we get to 2020 the federal government is likely to be a smoking crater and we will need someone that has intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the many departments of the Federal Government so that we can rebuild. no more hobbyists... career governance is not a bad thing.

[Zoonart]

3. BTW... congrats on your 7000th post!

[StevieM]

25. Thank you. You are the only one who actually congratulated me on my 7000th post.

It is much appreciated.

[procon]

4. No, he's doing a good job as an activist, but that doesn't necessarily transfer

to effective political acumen. Obviously, he was successful in business, and again, there's no guarantee that he could apply his skills at making himself rich to improving the public good of the whole nation.

Tom Steyer is only 60 years old. Let him first run for governor or senator in his home state of California. I'd consider voting for him, and probably many other Dems would too. He could follow a similar political path as Obama, gain some much needed experience in politics and chalk up some major accomplishments before he is ready for the presidency.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Another rich guy with no political experience? Nope.

Steyer is doing a great service as an activist. He should keep doing that and leave the presidency to the professionals.

[PragmaticDem]

6. I think a governor or Sherrod Brown would do well.

[CTyankee]

8. Are we passing over our talented female leaders?

We should be enlarging our scope of possible candidates to include some truly fine women. We are long overdue for a female leader of our country.

[StevieM]

11. I think Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada should be strongly considered for VP. (eom)

[CTyankee]

12. I will look her up on Google. Too bad she isn't better known...

I think Harris and Klobuchar are contenders with good experience going in.

[StevieM]

13. I like Kamala Harris and would be happy to have her as president or vice-president.

I don't care for Amy Klobuchar at all.

[CTyankee]

17. What is the problem with Amy?

[StevieM]

19. She is way too supportive of the adoption industry.

Sen. Klobuchar is especially determined to reinvigorate (her word) intercountry adoptions. She doesn't seem to recognize how determined international agencies often are to get the children to market.

Many people don't grasp that the reason countries often shut down their countries to adoption is that children are being taken, by force or manipulation, from their parents and then passed off as orphans or abandoned children.

[CTyankee]

20. why this issue? Don't we have our own children in need of adoption?

[StevieM]

21. I would like to see the entire system overhauled in a way that emphasizes family preservation.

Amy Klobuchar seems to me to have the exact opposite goal.

She won't get my vote in the primary. If she is the nominee I will grudgingly vote for her.

There are other women who have a reasonable shot at the nomination: Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Kamala Harris. We can nominate a woman, for president or vice-president, without nominating Amy Klobuchar.

[PragmaticDem]

15. I would prefer to see a Governor run.

[CTyankee]

22. may I ask why?

I know that we often consider governors of states because the experience is more suitable for the job of president. But this theory was pretty much upended by our successful team of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

[PragmaticDem]

23. I think the party needs a new non-DC face.

The Senators you see named are all good and interesting people, I think a governor would be better received. I don't see anyone like Obama or Clinton in the Senate now, but time may change that.

[CTyankee]

24. I like what I have seen of Kamala Harris and I like my senator Chris Murphy.

It will be interesting to see how they develop over the next 3 years. Too early to tell. I also like Bill de Blasio.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. No. No more outsiders.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I know I live under a large rock inside a deep cave,

but I've managed not to have heard of Tom Steyer until this thread.

Of course, there is plenty of time for him to make himself better known.

[StevieM]

10. Steyer is producing the ads calling for Trump's impeachment.

He is also a great leader in the environmental movement.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

32. I suppose those ads are on TV.

I don't own a TV, which makes me very, very strange. I do watch my share of television, since so much is available via the internet. But I don't see ads, which is completely wonderful.

Are those ads running nationwide?

[StevieM]

33. Yep. They are on on MSNBC all the time.

I don't like the latest one because when pointing out that Trump interfered with an FBI investigation he said "he fired the FBI director" and then he showed a picture of Comey. I despise that man.

Still, most of his ads are really good.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

34. To be honest, not seeing ads, especially not seeing any political ads,

is the very best thing about not having a TV. And I can watch MSNBC if I want. On the internet. A couple of hours after a show has aired. And with no ads.

Actually the single best thing about watching shows on the internet is probably that without the ads, I don't have to spend nearly as much time watching whatever show I'm viewing. Which means I get to watch more of them.

[CTyankee]

14. I like his ads. He is soft spoken. He doesn't shout. But he's clear and he's firm in his

point making. I think women would respond positively to him. We are so tired of Trump constantly shouting at us.

[brooklynite]

16. Tell me, do you like his foreign policy or environmental policy better?

You know what they are, don't you?

[StevieM]

18. I like his stance on environmental issues a lot. That is why I am interested in him.

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I also like Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington. We need a good environmentalist.

I admit I have not heard him talk about foreign policy, other than the damage Trump is doing to our country abroad.

Anyway, I am pretty sure that 20 different candidates will enter the race. We will get to hear from all of them and pick our favorite. Ultimately a couple of people will likely emerge as finalists heading into Super Tuesday. I hope that one of them is making climate change priority one.

[delisen]

26. Might as well run, every one else is.

[StevieM]

27. I think there will be 20 candidates, give or take a couple. (eom)

[JI7]

28. No. Anyone who wants to be president should run for lower office first

Or serve the public in some other public way .

[StevieM]

29. He worked on the Mondale campaign. And he is the head of NextGen America, a liberal advocacy group

that especially focuses on environmental issues. It was originally called NextGen Climate.

He actually postponed his business career after getting his MBA so he could work for Mondale.

That is good enough for me.

[JI7]

30. That's not the same thing. He should run for some lower office

[USALiberal]

35. Sure, that worked so well with Bush and Bush and Raygun! nt

[JI7]

36. that's how we knew W was going to be a shitty President

[Niagara]

31. Congrats on your 7000th post! n/t