Montana Gov. Bullock enters presidential race

[demmiblue]

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) said Tuesday he will join the already-crowded race for the White House with an overt appeal to voters who are most desperate to kick President Trump out of office.

In a video posted online Tuesday morning, Bullock painted himself as the most electable candidate in the field, and the only one who had won statewide office three times at the same time Republican presidential nominees carried his state.

"As a Democratic governor of a state Trump won by 20 points, I don't have the luxury of just talking to people who agree with me," Bullock said in the video. "We need to defeat Donald Trump in 2020, and defeat the corrupt system that lets campaign money drown out the people's voice."

Bullock will cast himself as the Democrat who can reconnect the party with rural voters who have fled to the Republican Party in recent years, and as a champion for campaign finance reform.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443460-montana-gov-bullock-enters-presidential-race

[2naSalit]

1. WTF?!

He should be running for the Senate seat which that asswipe, Steve Daines, holds currently. I'm kind of pissed at him about it.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. So should Beto/Castro, Stacey, Bennet/Hickenlooper.

Getting to 50 or 51 Senate seats is hard enuf and gets even harder when top tier people in those states don’t want to run.

[2naSalit]

5. Indeed.

We have some guy from Missoula running for the Senate seat so far. I heard an interview on MTPR with Bullock, it was a good argument for running. He seems to think there will be several contenders for the Senate seat. He said he's not interested in being Senator.

To his credit, he is terming out as gov. in a reportedly solid red state, was previously AG, and has a pretty good track record from a Democratic perspective while dealing with a very red legislature.

[NewJeffCT]

8. There is a difference between contending for the Democratic nomination

versus a governor who has statewide name recognition.

[2naSalit]

10. I won't argue against that point.

I am not in favor of his running for president, as stated above. I would much rather we were interested in Daines' Senate seat.

[DownriverDem]

12. Too Many Running

Remember when all those folks ran in 2016 and it became the clown car? We certainly don' t need that. As stated here, we need to win the Senate. Come on Dems, step up will ya?

[2naSalit]

13. I agree.

It's becoming a sort of joke. I hope it whittles down quickly so we can focus on real issues and who/how they will be resolved.

[TexasTowelie]

2. It's too bad that he was obligated to stay out of the race while the legislature was in session.

With all of the early announcements this year, it is going to be difficult for him to get the donations or recognition that some of the previously announced candidates did. I hope that he qualifies for the debates so that he can present his vision if elected.

[Clash City Rocker]

3. He's been my dark hors candidate for awhile

If nothing else, he’d be a good choice for running mate for Kamala or Elizabeth Warren...a moderate man with midwestern appeal.

[TNNurse]

6. Is there a reason for all these candidates???

Would you join a field that is already that big?

Can someone explain if there is a plan that makes this a good idea?

[2naSalit]

7. He and Tester have a formula for

winning votes from both parties. That's an important factor. And they do get things accomplished. Bullock fought and got us expanded medicaid, it took three years after the ACA became law, he has been fighting dark money in elections, we still have paper ballots, I think all over the state...

And he manages to run things on an insufficient amounts of funds... not that this country isn't swimming in wealth, it just isn't in the hands of those who would put it to its best use.

[NewJeffCT]

9. Is Schweitzer still popular in Montana?

Would he be able to run for Senate?

[2naSalit]

14. NO, And I wouldn't vote for him in a primary.

He's now a mining/coal industry lobbyist.

[dalton99a]

11. k

[NurseJackie]

15. He wants to be VP.