Howard Schultz has an incredibly deluded sense of hubris and ego to think

[redstateblues]

1) that he can win 2) that he won't siphon off Democratic votes and elect Trump again. Hopefully he is only trying to sell books.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I still think he will siphon off more Republicans and Indies from Trump.

[violetpastille]

2. He won't go anywhere. Do you remember this?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmainwaring/2015/03/23/starbucks-finds-itself-in-hot-water-for-talking-about-race/#2e06fe381b59

(Employees had to write #racetogether on customers cups. And then have an unscripted conversation on race. I'm crawling up inside myself right now.)

If he has "Libertarian" views (iow "I love hookers and pot. But not brown people or taxes)
he's going to get that coveted Gary Johnson vote if he hangs in.

[rusty fender]

3. Typical billionairethink:

“I’m a billionaire so running the country will be a walk in the park, and, of course, I’m the smartest man in the world.”

[Vinca]

4. Can you imagine taking the chance you would go down in the history books as the person

who enabled Trump to be in the White House for another 4 years and the very real consequences to our country???? I think this guy is in a panic over Democratic proposals to tax the uber wealthy and that's about it.

[oasis]

5. He'll pull out before a year has passed. nt

[angrychair]

6. All due respect

There is a lot of assumptions going on here:

1) that anyone even actually gives a shit that he is running or even knows who the hell he is

2) with the likes of Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren running he has a 0.0% chance of getting the Democratic nomination.

3) there is no more room for a rich old white business guy with no political experience in this election or any election ever again.

In my opinion he would never get passed the first primaries. CA moved their primary to March. Once Senator Harris wins CA and a couple other states, her campaign will suck all the air out of the room and gain all the momentum.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. He's not going to run for the Democratic nomination; he'll run third party or independent.

After you get the yacht and the private jet, what's next for your amusement? "President" sounds like a hoot, big motorcades and all that.

If he goes into the General Election, he might pull enough Dem votes to re-elect Trump.

[angrychair]

9. You made me realize I missed one more

he might pull enough Dem votes to re-elect Trump.

With each passing day it seems less and less likely that trump will still be in office, it’s much more likely he will eventually resign and/or go to jail than run for office again.

Running as an independent makes him even more irrelevant. Even well established independents like Stein or Johnson can only muster 1% or so. An unknown with a Libertarian lean would have very little impact on the final outcome (more so if the libertarians or Green Party run their own candidate...leaves very little room for brand differentiation)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Ross Perot ran as an independent. He pulled votes from Dole.

He got about 8%, a significant pile of votes.

[JI7]

11. Clinton would have won either way becsuse of the economy

[Iggo]

8. Re: Number 2, he's not running for the Dem nomination. He's running as an independent.

Think Ross Perot, Ralph Nader, John Anderson.

[GeorgeGist]

12. Coffee boy. eom