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4. Franken had the potential to be on the 2020 presidential ticket

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 02:46 PM

Dec 2017

Gillibrand and Schumer saw a chance to knock him out of the running or at least do a little damage.

Nobody wants Schumer to run for president. He has too much baggage and too many ties to Wall St. But I would be so like Schumer to back Gillibrand as an electable option that protects his Wall St friends. The fact that he immediately jumped on the resign bandwagon bears this out. Schumer has always been very protective of Wall St and, in the past, any progressive plan to deal with Wall St would have been stalled or slow walked. That'a why I don't trust Schumer.

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A recent poll by PPP shows that MN voters did not want Franken to resign from the US Senate 50-42. [View all] nkpolitics1212 Dec 2017 OP

Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas Dec 2017 #1

Franken was railroaded by rightwing liars. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #2

Franken had the potential to be on the 2020 presidential ticket tikka Dec 2017 #4

After how he was treated, why would he want to go back? Chasstev365 Dec 2017 #3

Oh, I know that one, because he knows this is a Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #5