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In reply to the discussion: Joy Reid goes below the belt, Jane Sanders responds [View all]StevieM
(10,578 posts)would be a bigger deal than Kennedy's was in 2004 or 2008.
HRC won Massachusetts by 15 points in 2008. In 2004 Kerry seemed very likely to win NH after he won Iowa, Dean gave us the Dean scream, and Edwards, who was not a good fit for NH, was the 2nd place finisher in Iowa. And I don't think Kennedy was nearly as relevant in Iowa as Tom Harkin--whose endorsement didn't do Dean much good.
Gephardt got into a major brawl with Dean towards the end in Iowa that hurt both campaigns.
I am pretty sure that Sanders is running in 2020. Probably Joe Biden too.
Here is a list of 20 candidates (listed alphabetically) who I think will run:
Joe Biden
Corey Booker
Steve Bullock
Julian Castro
Eric Garcetti
Kirsten Gillibrand
Luis Gutierrez
Kamala Harris
John Hickenlooper
Eric Holder
Jason Kander
Amy Klobuchar
Mitch Landrieu
Chris Murphy
Martin O'Malley
Tim Ryan
Bernie Sanders
Kathleen Sebelius
Tom Steyer
Elizabeth Warren
I would like Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, to run but I don't think he will. And I think that Deval Patrick will jump into the race if Joe Biden doesn't. If Biden runs then I think Patrick will sit it out.
Right now I am liking Tom Steyer a lot.