Jon Stewart on the election and on America. Seriously, I’d love to see this guy run for office. Any office.
he’s totally unqualified. Now, maybe his team of writers…
2020 will be for the Democrats what 2016 was for the Republicans.
That is, there is NO clear frontrunner, nobody even close. So, ten, fifteen or twenty Democrats will figure, “Why not ME,” and toss their hats in the ring.
A few far lefties, like Liz Warren and Bernie Sanders, will undoubtedly try. After that, there are MANY Democrats who might think it’s worth a shot. Among them…
Martin O’Malley (again)
Cory Booker
John Bel Edwards, governor of Louisiana (a Catholic moderate who could try to win back the white Southern vote)
Sherrod Brown (might be able to deliver Ohio, a critical swing state)
Tim Kaine
Thomas Perez
But (drum roll)… this may be the year the Democrats get a “Trump” of their own. MAYBE some liberal celeb with a lot of popular appeal makes a bid (George Clooney? Tom Hanks? Oprah?)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. I’m not underestimating Trump anymore myself.
I do think women will have the inside track to the Democratic nomination in 2020 - and if that fails, 2024. There will be this sense of unfinished business with regards to the glass ceiling.
Kamala Harris sounds very plausible.
Kaine has already taken himself out of the running, so the 2020 race will be truly wide open with no clear frontrunner unless Warren decides to jump in.
I’m warming more and more to the idea of Tammy Duckworth.
cite?
Simply Google “Kaine 2020”
I was going to say Jon Stewart as well, why not. Picking a celebrity has worked for the Republicans with Regan and Trump.
Kanye West
Hasn’t this country suffered enough?
Reagan did put in 8 years as California governor, in between Death Valley Days and the White House. So not exactly a “celebrity” pick. (Now, you may ask why Californians chose a washed up movie star to be governor. Damned if I know. And we did it again 40 years later.)
And Governor Reagan was one of the best the state has had. Ah, the good old days; I remember them well. Followed by the recurring act that is/was Governor Moonbeam.
And I don’t think Governor I’ll Be Back was a bad choice, either, as it turns out. In his defense, he was married into the Kennedy clan, so he had help.
I’ll save my thoughts on Reagan as governor and president for a pit rant. A brief hijack for a summary of California politics in the past 20 years:
Pre-Arnold, Governor Gray Davis. The state is mired in deficits and gridlock.
Recall campaign. Arnold is asked how he would resolve the issue, and he says “We’ll open the books. Everything is on the table. Nothing is sacred.”
So he gets to Sacramento and opens the books, and discovers what is obvious to everyone with a brain: the requirement that taxes can only be raised by a super-majority of the state legislature.
So Arnold endures 6 more years of deficits and gridlock.
Governor Moonbeam comes in, and immediately enacts a constitution change getting rid of the super-majority requirement, and raises taxes. Poof! Deficits gone, gridlock gone, economy is humming.
If nothing else, Arnold deserves credit for that memo.
But yes, Governor Moonbeam did finally sort out the legislative logjam, so I’m not sure why some see that as a bad thing.
Congratulations. You’ve finally found the one person who, if running, would probably make me vote for Trump.