Elections 2020 Democratic Primary Thread: The Announcements

[Arkain2K]

Bernie Sanders declines to back reparations
Vox

Not surprised that Kamala and Spartacus jumped all over thar ridiculous idea that will go absolutely nowhere.

As always, when attention-whoring politicians focus on virtue-signalling and pandering, real policies get swiped to the side.

 

[Goonerview]

Why are people still voting left?

 

[Andy Capp]

Speaking of Sanders :

NH Poll: Sanders on top in Dem primary; 68 percent back Trump in GOP showdown

DURHAM, N.H. – He trounced eventual nominee Hillary Clinton in the Granite State’s 2016 Democratic primary, and a new public opinion poll indicates Sen. Bernie Sanders has the early advantage with just under a year to go until the 2020 contest in the state that holds the first presidential primary.

Twenty-six percent of likely Democratic primary voters questioned in a University of New Hampshire survey said they’d support the independent senator from Vermont in next year’s contest.

The Granite State Poll was conducted Feb. 18-26, mostly after the Feb. 19 announcement by Sanders that he was launching a second presidential bid.

Twenty-two percent of those polled said they’d back former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s seriously considering a White House run. Public opinion survey’s conducted this early in an election cycle are often heavily influenced by name recognition.

One in ten said they’d back Sen. Kamala Harris of California, with seven percent supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas – a likely White House hopeful – stood at five percent, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota at four percent and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey at there percent. Everyone else in the large field of 2020 Democratic contenders and potential contenders registered at one percent or less. Fourteen percent of those questioned were undecided.

UNH pollster Andrew Smith pointed out that those age 18-34 were more likely to support Sanders, with those 65 and older more likely to back Biden. And he spotlighted that Harris has jumped seven percentage points since an August survey, with Warren dropping ten points.

When not provided a list of candidates and asked an open-ended question on whom they’d back in next February’s primary, Sanders’ lead increased. He stood at 28 percent, with Biden at eight percent.

Harris stood at six percent, with Klobuchar at three percent and Warren and Booker a point back.

“More than four in ten Democratic primary voters remain undecided or cannot provide a name when asked an open-ended question about whom they will vote for in 2020,” Smith added.

Beating Republican President Trump remains a top concern for Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire and across the nation, and the survey indicated that Granite State Democrats see Biden at the most electable in the general election. Nearly a third of those questioned said Biden had the best chance of winning in November 2020, with Sanders ten points back at 22 percent. Everyone else was a five percent or less.

Lol Faux News, can't afford a proof reader these days. Tsk tsk

Edit: I blame O'Reilly

 

[jeffk]

Still think the nominee will be Biden or Harris or o’rouke with a small chance for Bernie but unlikely.

 

[Lead]

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces 2020 presidential campaign
CNN

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced he is running for president, launching a 2020 campaign in which he will lean on his Western roots and decades of executive experience.

He made the announcement in a video titled "Standing Tall," which tracks Hickenlooper's life from laid-off geologist, to owner of a brew pub, to mayor of Denver and to governor, and touts the Democrat's experience in a variety of fields as a key reason he should be the person to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. Hickenlooper casts the President as a "bully" in the more than two-minute video.

How John Hickenlooper Could Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination
FiveThirtyEight

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced on Monday that he is running for president, saying that he “can bring people together to produce the progressive change Washington has failed to deliver.”

Since being laid off from his job as a geologist in 1986, Hickenlooper’s luck has only improved. He and three friends founded a craft brewery in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood, helping bring development to a now-thriving part of the city. In 2003, Hickenlooper used that success as a springboard to be elected mayor, and then won re-election in 2007 with 87 percent of the vote. He then steered Colorado through disasters, tragedy and a recession for two terms as governor, leaving office earlier this year with an enviable legacy and a solid approval rating to boot. Now, he’s hoping to channel that success into becoming president of the United States. But in a field of Democrats who are both better known and have more obvious constituencies, is this where Hickenlooper’s climb stops?

 

[Lead]

Former AG Holder passes on 2020 bid

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday that he will not run for president in 2020, but will focus on efforts to elect the eventual Democratic presidential nominee as well as Democrats running in state and local elections.

Holder, who led the Justice Department for six years during the Obamaadministration, had long been considered a possible 2020 contender, although his name was not often mentioned among front-runners like Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.

 

[Lead]

Sanders says he's not interested in asking Hillary Clinton for 2020 advice
Politico

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday that he hasn’t spoken to Hillary Clinton for advice on the 2020 race, and frankly, he isn’t interested.

“Hillary and I have fundamental differences and that’s just what it is,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said on "The View."


Multiple news outlets have reported that Clinton has met with 2020 hopefuls to advise on the race. But when asked whether he plans to meet with the former Democratic nominee, Sanders flatly said: “I suspect not.”

Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
AP News

Nearly 20 years after he left the White House, Bill Clinton is still sought after for advice by some Democrats running for president. But the names on his dance card in recent months underscore how much his standing in the party has changed.

So far, none of the party’s early front-runners has had a formal meeting with Clinton. Nor have the women who are running in the historically diverse primary field.

Instead, Clinton has spoken mostly with male candidates who are considered longshots for the Democratic nomination, including Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, former Housing secretary Julian Castro and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney.

 

[ferrisjso]

Sanders says he's not interested in asking Hillary Clinton for 2020 advice
Politico


Bill Clinton has 2020 advice, but few candidates seeking it
AP News

"Has spoken largely with male candidates"

Who cares if they are male candidates"

My god identity politics is fucking brain rot. Swear to god if one more person uses someone's race or ethnicity as a fucking issue I'm going to fucking lose my mind. I have a college friend who's a politican and someone's writing a story about him and after his name the fucking paper is like ", who is a white male" like who the fuck cares? Did you know water is wet?

 

[bobgeese]

Slightly surprised Holder passed on 20. Seems he’d be a stronger candidate than most of the current field.

 

[Lead]

Slightly surprised Holder passed on 20. Seems he’d be a stronger candidate than most of the current field.

I think this further confirms Biden is going to run. I think Holder was considering it on the chance Biden didn't but just this weekend, there was a bunch of press about Biden securing donors.

 

[76Knockout]

Used to be big on Bernie until he claimed white people dont understand what it’s like to be “poor”

And he talked about ending racism and homophobia etc in his newest campaign which is just totally off base with me. This country has major issues that I felt in 2016 he was fighting to improve but it seems at this point he’s trying to pander to the far leftists

My only hope on the left lies on Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard

I haven’t heard either make identity politics a major part of their campaign, which automatically earns some points with me.

 

[waiguoren]

Former AG Holder passes on 2020 bid

Obviously, he was scared away by John Hickenlooper.

 

[waiguoren]

Used to be big on Bernie until he claimed white people dont understand what it’s like to be “poor”

And he talked about ending racism and homophobia etc in his newest campaign which is just totally off base with me. This country has major issues that I felt in 2016 he was fighting to improve but it seems at this point he’s trying to pander to the far leftists

My only hope on the left lies on Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard

I haven’t heard either make identity politics a major part of their campaign, which automatically earns some points with me.

I can respect this. I disagree with almost of of Sanders's policy proposals, but I'd like to have an open national debate about them rather than about "reparations" or some other bullshit.

 

[PHATV]

COUNT ME OUT

 

[waiguoren]

I think this further confirms Biden is going to run. I think Holder was considering it on the chance Biden didn't but just this weekend, there was a bunch of press about Biden securing donors.

I also feel Biden is gearing up for an announcement. I also believe O'Rourke will declare within the next month. That will take the "major candidate" count to 13.

 

[waiguoren]

Not surprised that Kamala and Spartacus jumped all over thar ridiculous idea that will go absolutely nowhere.

As always, when attention-whoring politicians focus on virtue-signalling and pandering, real policies get swiped to the side.

This isn't really fair. I listened to Kamala Harris's answer on 'reparations' and she made it clear she doesn't support it. She used the answer as an opportunity to promote the "LIFT Act", which is not really reparations legislation at all.

Didn't look into what Booker said about it but I imagine he also declined to support reparations.

 

[Lead]

I also feel Biden is gearing up for an announcement. I also believe O'Rourke will declare within the next month. That will take the "major candidate" count to 13, not counting John Delaney and Pete Buttigieg.

If Biden is in, Bloomberg is supposedly out

 

[76Knockout]

I can respect this. I disagree with almost of of Sanders's policy proposals, but I'd like to have an open national debate about them rather than about "reparations" or some other bullshit.

I’d agree with ya on that

 

[RockstarChris]

Two year out is where most of the press starts ramping up for these races. The field sounds like it could match the size of the GOP primary from 2016.

Confirmed
Bernie Sanders (Senator VT)
Elizabeth Warren (Senator MA)
Kamala Harris (Senator CA)
Corey Booker (Senator NJ)
Amy Klobuchar (Senator MN)
Julian Castro (Former Secretary of HUD)
Tulsi Gabbard (US Congresswoman HI)
John Delaney (US Congressman MD)
John Hickenlooper (Former Governor CO)
Jay Islee (Former Governor WA)
Andrew Yang (Entrepreneur)

"Exploratory Committee"/Semi-Confirmed
Kirsten Gillibrand (Senator NY)
Pete Buttigieg (Mayor South Bend, IN)

Suspended Campaign/ Dropped Out
Richard Ojeda (VA State Senator)

Possible
Joe Biden (Former Vice President)
Sherrod Brown (Senator OH)
Steve Bullock (Governor MT)
Terry McAuliffe (Formerly Governor VA)
Micheal Bloomberg (Former Mayor NYC/CEO)
Beto O'Rourke (Former US Congressman TX)

Not Running
Hillary Clinton (Former Secretary of State)
Andrew Cuomo (Governor NY)
Eric Holder (Former US Attorney General)
Deval Patrick (Former Governor MA)
Oprah Winfrey (Entrepreneur)

Donald Trump is gonna eat big macs during the democratic debates

 

[Lead]

This isn't really fair. I listened to Kamala Harris's answer on 'reparations' and she made it clear she doesn't support it. She used the answer as an opportunity to promote the "LIFT Act", which is not really reparations legislation at all.

Didn't look into what Booker said about it but I imagine he also declined to support reparations.

He has an idea for a baby bond which would provide a savings account to every child born in the US. The account would pay more for children in lower income families. Though it is class based, it would close the racial wealth gap as a result. I think ideas where you just address poverty versus race are going to pan out as far better policies and avoid the issue being clouded over with identity politics.

From what I’ve seen, Harris, Booker, and Warren all have managed to avoid saying a flat out no like Bernie while giving an answer that could be done as a poverty measure rather than reparations and the media right now is doing a poor job with the headlines. I can find any direct yes answers or comments despite what the headlines allude to.