# Who would you want running in POTUS USA 2020 that isn't in the race? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 9, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181 "2020-01-09T18:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/21 "2020-01-10T21:26:08Z")
Human candidates have shown extreme weaknesses. The Constitution doesn’t require presidents to be human so I’d go for an AI. [Siri](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri) is not old enough; I nominate [Eliza](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/22 "2020-01-10T21:46:09Z")
Michelle Obama. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/23 "2020-01-10T22:05:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michelle Obama. She knows better. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/24 "2020-01-10T22:50:58Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Why not Senator Booker? I am both surpised and disappointed that Cory Booker isn’t doing better. He is a genuinely nice guy that would kill Trump with kindness. He tries very hard to understand the other side without compromising his own. The biggest problem I have with him is his polling numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/25 "2020-01-11T01:44:51Z")
Ben Carson. He’ll probably never get a chance now as he’s starting to get long in the tooth. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/26 "2020-01-11T01:51:14Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > Al Franken would have been interesting to watch in the debates and on the campaign trail, he is a good speaker and can draw you in. He didn’t strike me as bullshitty when he spoke. > > His stupid photo banishment seems really fucking petty these days. But I’m a dude so my opinion probably counts a little less, honestly. By resigning, Franken showed his true colors. He was confronted with two choices: 1. Stand his ground, don’t back down, try to weather the temporary bad publicity, and then get back to fighting the fight in the Senate and doing his job, and best-case scenario, eventually everyone would have forgotten about the incident. 2. Resign in disgrace and be forever remembered as the guy who resigned in disgrace. This world belongs to the people who push forward and fight. The meek inherit nothing. Franken had nothing to lose, he should have tried to weather that incident. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/27 "2020-01-12T15:54:55Z")
Rep - Jon Huntsman Dem - Tammy Ducksworth ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/28 "2020-01-12T17:18:31Z")
Franken fell on his sword for what he thought was the greater good. Maybe he now regrets that, maybe it wasn’t the best decision to make, and _maybe_ it is not necessarily a fatal wound for his political life, but it is not one that he has recovered from yet. I suspect it is fatal but any recovery would have to go through having Minnesotans re-electing him first. Fantasy world I had been really hoping for Sherrod Brown but indeed he made the calculation that a loss would end his political career and he didn’t want it enough to risk that. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/29 "2020-01-12T17:30:07Z")
For the Republicans, I’d love to see Kasich running. He and I disagree pretty much across the board on what’s best for the country… but we do agree that we should do what’s best for the country. You’d think that could be taken for granted, but it’s become all too rare, especially on the Republican side. We need to return politics to being politics. For the Democrats, my absolute top #1 choice would be former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer, but he’s made it 100% absolutely, unambiguously clear that he’s not interested in any job whatsoever in the federal government. I’ll also put in another voice in favor of Tammy Duckworth. She’s a fighter who won’t back down, and that’s what we need right now. And I still have hope for her as a VP candidate. Sherrod Brown would have made a good candidate and a good president, but I agree with others that, right this moment, we need him more in the Senate, and I think he realized that, too. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/30 "2020-01-12T20:01:24Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Why not Senator Booker? His views on gun control and a few other things are batshit cray cray. As for Michelle Obama, not for President- no expereince. But I admit that if Joe wins the Nom, she would be my dream pick for his Veep. Joe would win, hands down then, I think. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/31 "2020-01-13T00:12:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > As for Michelle Obama, not for President- no expereince. But I admit that if Joe wins the Nom, she would be my dream pick for his Veep. Joe would win, hands down then, I think. You’re likely right but I still think she’s to smart to enter the imbroglio. Here’s a scenario: Joe gets the nomination and selects Michelle for Veep. They win easily and Tramp takes refuge in Riyadh. Before or after Inauguration Day 2021, she resigns and Joe appoints someone who actually wants the job, maybe Kamala Harris. Game, set, and match. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/32 "2020-01-13T00:37:01Z")
Mitch Landrieu. Like the other two mayors in the race, he’s got some baggage, but he’s a smooth sonofabeech. He grew up in a political household in New Orleans and Louisiana politics, so he knows how to fight with bare knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/33 "2020-01-13T01:28:01Z")
I wish Kamala Harris for president and Stacey Abrams for vice-president. What? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/34 "2020-01-13T01:53:51Z")
Nancy Pelosi. She has stellar leadership qualities and ginormous cast-iron cojones. Whoever becomes president, that person has to be able to get things done in Congress. An outsider (mayor of a medium-sized city, one-term governor) will not be successful. You can’t run the gummint by executive order. As brilliant as he was, Obama showed us that. Nancy can do it. But I’m 100% sure she’s not interested. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/35 "2020-01-13T04:58:45Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > You’re likely right but I still think she’s to smart to enter the imbroglio. Here’s a scenario: Joe gets the nomination and selects Michelle for Veep. They win easily and Tramp takes refuge in Riyadh. Before or after Inauguration Day 2021, she resigns and Joe appoints someone who actually wants the job, maybe Kamala Harris. Game, set, and match. I love the way you think. But yeah, that team would sweep. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/36 "2020-01-13T04:59:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Nancy Pelosi. She has stellar leadership qualities and ginormous cast-iron cojones. Whoever becomes president, that person has to be able to get things done in Congress. An outsider (mayor of a medium-sized city, one-term governor) will not be successful. You can’t run the gummint by executive order. As brilliant as he was, Obama showed us that. Nancy can do it. But I’m 100% sure she’s not interested. She wouldn’t want to take the reduction in power! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/37 "2020-01-13T11:36:04Z")
Hillary. She might take the last 4-5 years personally and go after all of Trump’s changes and appointees with a vengeance. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/38 "2020-01-13T21:48:31Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I wish Kamala Harris for president and Stacey Abrams for vice-president. > > What? I’ll bite. Why is that? I was impressed with how Stacey Abrams handled herself. After hearing her talk I am not sure why there weren’t fires going on in Georgia after she lost that election. I don’t know a lot about her loss, but it seemed pretty janky. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/39 "2020-01-13T22:01:51Z")
Jon Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181/40 "2020-01-13T22:28:27Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Jon Stewart That is very interesting. I figure that he would have a decent crossover following, after fighting for the 9/11 first responders. How do you think his politics shakes out in relation to those that are running currently? Is he more of a Biden type or a Warren type? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-want-running-in-potus-usa-2020-that-isnt-in-the-race/846181.md?page=3)