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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Merkley laying groundwork for 2020 Presidential run
The HillPORTLAND, Ore. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is quietly making clear to liberal advocacy groups that hes available for a 2020 bid, even as the Democratic field of potential White House hopefuls fills with better-known progressives.
Merkley, the soft-spoken liberal who sent his kids to the same public school he attended in a blue-collar neighborhood here, commands neither the star power nor the crowd-thrilling electricity of his close Senate allies, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). But what he lacks in wattage, he has begun making up for with powerful new friends.
Every two weeks, Merkleys Senate office plays host to a meeting between progressive senators Warren is a frequent attendee and the outside groups channeling Democratic excitement ahead of this falls midterm elections. The inside-outside meetings, as Merkley calls them, give liberal groups like Indivisible, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the Daily Kos a chance to compare notes.
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As Merkley plays host, he has also built alliances with those groups, which could serve as a platform for a presidential run.
Merkley, the soft-spoken liberal who sent his kids to the same public school he attended in a blue-collar neighborhood here, commands neither the star power nor the crowd-thrilling electricity of his close Senate allies, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). But what he lacks in wattage, he has begun making up for with powerful new friends.
Every two weeks, Merkleys Senate office plays host to a meeting between progressive senators Warren is a frequent attendee and the outside groups channeling Democratic excitement ahead of this falls midterm elections. The inside-outside meetings, as Merkley calls them, give liberal groups like Indivisible, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the Daily Kos a chance to compare notes.
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As Merkley plays host, he has also built alliances with those groups, which could serve as a platform for a presidential run.
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Jeff Merkley laying groundwork for 2020 Presidential run (Original Post)
brooklynite
Apr 2018
OP
Merkley is a super progressive. The only Senator to endorse Bernie. He'd be great.
OregonBlue
Apr 2018
#2
Every time I hear his name I can't help thinking of "President Merkin Muffley" from Dr Strangelove.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2018
#3
Tavarious Jackson
(1,595 posts)1. Oregonians love with but to be honest...
They love Wyden better. Merkley is a big environmental advocate here. The plus he has is Oregon... outside of Portland is pretty red but Merkley is loved everywhere.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)2. Merkley is a super progressive. The only Senator to endorse Bernie. He'd be great.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,838 posts)3. Every time I hear his name I can't help thinking of "President Merkin Muffley" from Dr Strangelove.
It's nothing about Merkley himself, just the name.
CanonRay
(14,103 posts)4. He'd make a fine President
IMHO
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)5. I love hearing this. I hope he does well!