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In reply to the discussion: Who Should Run In 2020? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,493 posts)10. Frankly it is about two years too soon to be even thinking about this.
I hate to point it out, but one of the problems with 2016 was that Hillary as The Only Possible Candidate got set nearly in stone around January, 2013. Without refighting the entire primary season, I honestly think the early selection of Hillary was not the best thing -- not to say she would not have still ended up as nominee, but there wasn't the kind of primary open to a field of candidates that might have been better.
And moving on to 2020, who knows what the country will be going through at that point? We need to allow new Democrats to show up and to have a shot at the nomination.
Oh, and the last thing we really need is to get locked into a never-ending campaign season. We're already almost there, and it's by no means a good thing.
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I think Liz Warren is gonna be at the top of many lists. Also Gavin Newsom.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#5
Democrats need to contest EVERY elected office in every town, district, county and state
NoGoodNamesLeft
Feb 2017
#6
Frankly it is about two years too soon to be even thinking about this.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2017
#10
Most of the country wants marijuana legal. Cuomo and other E. Coasters need to catch a clue.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#92
Sure, but you need to catch up to where the rest of the country is at. Particularly the West.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#112
I think Kasich will primary him but Trump will win. And I can't see him being impeached.
StevieM
Feb 2017
#75
I am hoping that the people will have a better understanding of how they were scammed during the
StevieM
Feb 2017
#76
Way too early for this, IMO, and too likely to divide the party into primary-style factions.
highplainsdem
Feb 2017
#62
A few I like are Warren, Kamala Harris, Sherrod Brown, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand,
mvd
Feb 2017
#105
Gavin Newson, telegenic, smart and going to be governor of California in 2018
kimbutgar
Feb 2017
#106