Gore-Kerry 2020. “You voted for EACH of us, now you can vote for BOTH of us.”
Then you should vote for Trump. Right?
I’d like to submit Hillary Clinton’s name for your consideration. After all, she “won” once already.
There will be a massive effort to undermine the candidacy of any Democratic nominee. That’s how political campaigns work.
We were discussing the viability of democratic candidates. You know, like pointing out differences among them and what makes them more or less electable. Excellent post.
And you think they won’t undermine every other possible Democratic nominee?
Name one, just one, who won’t suffer this fate.
asahi is in a sweaty panic because there’s no far-right republican who democrats love. [The op] is irrational politically and out of touch when it comes to the facts that the electorate plug into when they make a decision.
As far as I can tell, they only think a Trump replacement who republicans love more than Trump who also democrats love is the only viable candidate. It’s literally no one who exists, and no one who exists could apparently, possibly beat Trump. Certainly no one running as a Dem.
There’s literally not a human being perfect enough who everyone loves that will make (OP) chill out and trust the voters.
I wish I had more pearls to loan for clutching.
A good baseball team should have a sturdy warrior in the bullpen, ready to mount the mound if things turn bleak. In 2016 we had the opportunity to send in Biden when Clinton faltered (and many thought we should have asked the cigar-smokers to so intervene). Sure Biden would have been almost 74 years old on Election Day 2016, and older than even Reagan was at re-election, but 74 is the new 72.
But who do the Democrats have in the bullpen now? Not someone like Hickenlooper or Inslee — they’ve been “repudiated” already in this pre-primary season. Landrieu? Nowhere near the name recognition of a ฺBiden.
I agree with OP. D’s are now choosing between Warren — perceived by many as too leftist and too shrill — and Biden, an old inarticulate man whose alleged crimes the GOP will try to make the focus of the impeachment debate. The other front-runners, Sanders and Buttigieg, might be even more flawed.
The economy is likely to keep its chin up for 12 months. Impeachment may strengthen Trump. Severe flaws in the D candidate will become increasingly apparent. Next summer we may watch in horror as polls in Pennsylvania suggest a repeat of 2016 … and, however desperate, the Ds will have no sturdy warrior in the bullpen ready to be sent in.
Why isn’t anyone paying attention to Steve Bullock?
If you want liberals to sit out the election and let Trump coast to a second term, then by all means replace one of the candidates voters are actually enthusiastic about with a milquetoast centrist who’s campaigned and failed in the past.
I mean, it worked so well for Presidents Kerry, McCain, and Romney.
…the “emergency” was in 2015 when Trump formerly announced his run for the Presidency. People were yelling and screaming about voter suppression, about the weaponization of social media, they were ignored. This isn’t an “emergency” now. We are in the endgame. The chess pieces are all in position. We are on the express train to 2020, no stopping until the next election.
The perfect candidate doesn’t exist. Nobody is coming to save you. The primary process is going to happen. A candidate (almost certainly one of the names that you listed) is going to be chosen to go up against Trump. That’s just where we are at. Just accept it.
The only people that would have a hope-in-heck of grabbing a nomination would be a celebrity: Oprah, Tom Hanks, The Rock, Jon Stewart, someone with name-recognition, star-power and can at least string a few sentences together. I very much doubt it could work, however there really isn’t anyone else IMHO that would be able to step in at this late stage.
How do you like the sound of “President Colbert”? It would begin as one of his farcical larks, but suddenly everyone would realize that the voters had become serious about him. He would protest and demur, but the process would railroad genuine humor into the Whitehouse, and we might all finally discover what the man himself is really like.
Or president Tom Hanks. He just looks like the president. Put him against Trump in the debates and it would look like a contrast between the president and an obvious supervillain.
A president often appears with the First Lady , holding hands and kissing-- at the convention, during the campaign,dancing together at the inaugural ball,etc.
Serious question: does Buttigieg have a partner?
After seeing them holding hands and kissing in public, some people (a lot of people, actually) are going to have a problem voting for him.
Remember, many people vote mostly by their gut-level feelings.
I think what ANY dem should fear is Romney 2020.
He is married to Chasten Glezman.
If Romney wants to run next year, he’s going to need to get started about eight months ago.
There is one (and probably only one) person who could be drafted in an emergency and be favored to win the brass ring: … Michelle Obama.
It’s way too early to panic like that. Hell, before long Trump is liable to take some hostages and end up in a barricade situation. Even today’s senate Republicans would have to seriously consider not supporting him in that endeavor. And the American people, stacked as the deck is for Republicans, might just speak out against it. I’m still cautiously hopeful.
…Why?
She has never held elected office or any government office and has never shown any interest in running for office.