Warren is Preparing for 2020. So Are Biden, Booker, Harris and Sanders.

[DonViejo]

By Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin
July 15, 2018

RENO, Nev. — During a campaign-style tour of the West late last month, Senator Elizabeth Warren did not announce she was running for president. But in private events and public speeches, her message about 2020 was as clear as it was rousing.

In Salt Lake City, Ms. Warren urged Democrats to turn out in force for the midterm elections to build momentum for the next presidential race, and in Denver, she told a meeting of state legislators and trial lawyers that she wanted to be a tribune for lower-income Americans, according to people who attended the events. And in a speech to the Nevada Democratic Party in Reno, Ms. Warren said Democrats must do more than “drive Donald Trump and his enablers out of power.”

“I want a party strong enough to take on the hard job of cleaning up the mess they’ll leave behind once they are gone,” Ms. Warren declared, all but volunteering for the task.

Before the trip and since, Ms. Warren and her emissaries have been reaching out to key Democratic officeholders in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina — three states early in the presidential primary calendar — making introductions and offering help in the midterm campaign. Altogether, her moves are among the most assertive steps taken by any Democrat to prepare for 2020.

Ms. Warren, 69, now leads a small advance guard of Democrats who appear to be moving deliberately toward challenging President Trump. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., wielding a political network cultivated over decades, has been reasserting himself as a party leader, while Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California have emerged as fresher-faced messengers for the midterms. And Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the runner-up in the 2016 primaries, has been acting like a candidate as he considers another race.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-2020.html

[Chipper Chat]

1. I am more impressed with Cory Booker

Every time I see him on tv

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

11. He's not bad... I like his passion.

[KPN]

31. I like him a lot minus one or two differences

but I don’t see him carrying the nation. Maybe I’m wrong. We’ll see. I do think he’ll help our party overall with his presence in the primary.

[NickB79]

2. Sounds like a lot of good choices lining up

Any one of whom should be able to beat Trump.

[LakeArenal]

3. Sanders Booker and Harris

All on the Franken Railroad.

Just reminding. So Gilli lovers can’t say it’s only her.

[mythology]

7. Franken apologized for how he treated women

8 different women from different times and different places had stories. He didn't get railroaded.

[LakeArenal]

10. Mythology...literally and figuratively.

Franken asked for due process.

Gilli later suggested due process for others but not Franken.

That’s history.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Yup, yup, I hold Gilli primarily responsible.

[MrsCoffee]

23. Well you certainly wouldn't ever hold Bernie responsible, so I can understand you primarily blaming

Gillibrand.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

40. No, Bernie had a small role to play by jumping on the bandwagon... not happy about it either.

[LakeArenal]

46. Um, Sanders is the first one mentioned.

And InABL was agreeing but just adding the feeling for Gilli that a lot of folks have.

You don’t agree. So be it.

[MrsCoffee]

50. The feeling for Gilli that a lot of folks have is ridiculous.

As is the minimizing the roll of Bernie and the other 36 politicians who signed on.

If the argument is that she made them do it, well then what does that say for their leadership abilities?

[LakeArenal]

53. Always a good sign for open dialog is throwing out the word ridiculous

Nobody is saying she made anybody do anything. That's the point of not always blaming Gilli.

Nobody is suggesting you shouldn't support whomever you want. As can the rest of us. Calling our opinion ridiculous is not really going to change anyone's opinion. Just the opinion of you.

[MrsCoffee]

60. Lolololol.

"Just the opinion of you."



I'm not trying to change anyone's opinion, but thank you for the laughs.

[LakeArenal]

61. Ridicule. Nice. Keep laughing.

[MrsCoffee]

62. Personal attacks. Nice. Keep doing you.

[LakeArenal]

63. You are resorting to snarky.

Last bastion of the failing.

[MrsCoffee]

64. You are resorting to personal attacks.

Last bastion of bullies.

[LakeArenal]

65. I can have an opinion of you. It's not being a bully.

You are the name calling ridiculer. If you want to continue all night, I will. But don’t you have better things to do. I really do. But you seem upset. And we wouldn’t want that.

[MrsCoffee]

66. You don't have an "option" of me.

Like I said, you keep doing you.

[LakeArenal]

67. Ridicule of a typo.

[stonecutter357]

14. #facknews !

[Crunchy Frog]

32. That is a misinterpretation of what he said.

[LakeArenal]

47. A convenient misinterpretation.

[emulatorloo]

54. A very willful misinterpretation

[MoonRiver]

9. I'll support the Dem candidate 100% in the General.

What happened to Franken will factor in, big time, regarding who I support in the Primary.

[LakeArenal]

12. Same here. I just want the right candidate.

Right now it’s not any of those who signed that letter.

[MoonRiver]

15. Agreed.

[vi5]

39. Honestly, as far as Gillibrand goes, the Franken thing is the least of it...

.....but that shouldn't have been surprising to anyone who has known the Blue Dog Gillibrand for years and watched her do and say whatever is expedient to her own career.

And obviously LOTS of politicians do this so there are instances of that in everyone's closet as far as the political game goes. But she has always been way more craven than most when that is concerned.

Her former blue dog status should be more of a deal breaker than anything.

[LakeArenal]

43. Oh I believe it. Political opportunist

Which is fine. But don’t cry when folks call you out if you grab an opportunity that turns out to be unpopular.

[Squinch]

4. TAMMY DUCKWORTH!

[MBS]

42. " " " " n/t

[mountain grammy]

5. I keep hearing "Dems have no one "

Bullshit!! We have the best! All of the above.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

16. We need a winner, that's for sure... they all fit the bill.

[Capperdan]

6. My good friend told me Trump might win

Yesterday, after all the Russian indictments, he says, doesn't matter, he still might win.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I would give him a four out of ten shot.

[oberliner]

8. DU will be a fun place in the lead up to 2020

Primary season should be a good old time.

[emulatorloo]

56. Hope admins will shut down the rightwing sources, cartoons, memes and slobbering over Joe DiGenova

this time.

[monmouth4]

17. Adam Schiff would do a great job IMO...n/t

[Golden Raisin]

19. Let's get through 2018 first.

[LakeArenal]

24. Exactly. Thank you.

[MBS]

44. YES, please!

If we don't win at least the House (and preferably also the Senate), we're done.

[brooklynite]

20. What Warren DID announce was that she would serve her full Senate term.....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. I like the junior senator from the Garden state followed by the former vice president...

I like the junior senator from the Garden state, followed by the former vice president, followed by the former governor from Massachusetts. followed by the junior senator from the Golden State.

[Zoonart]

34. Me too...

I have followed Corey Booker's careeer since he was mayor of Newark and he is Superman.
Love Uncle Joe too. I think we need someone who knows how the ENTIRE government functions...every department...on granular level, because it will be a smoking crater by 2020.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. Booker could have done anything he wanted with his newly minted J.D. from Yale

He chose to live in a tenement and be mayor of Newark.

[bobbieinok]

22. I'm 78. IMHO Sanders, Biden, Warren are too old

The campaign itself, if done well, is very physically taxing.

Actually doing the job of being president (unlike 45, who just plays president on tv) is even more so.

[ghostsinthemachine]

27. I agree

The Orange shitgibbon is too old as well. Id really like someone younger, more vital than TRump. Someone he cant mock about age as he did with HRC.

Biden would not let him do that, he can give it too, but his age is a HUGE drawback for me.

[Thirties Child]

28. I'm 83 and agree. Sanders, Biden & Warren are too old.

[TheCowsCameHome]

29. Please - No Warren, no Sanders, no Biden

Warren is much more effective in the Senate, (picture her as majority leader ) and the other two are much too old.

Time for some new blood in this party.

[MBS]

45. Agreed. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

30. All are good, but the best speaker of the bunch

and the clearest framer of the issues and their solutions is Elizabeth Warren. Biden’s candid nature of speaking makes him a close second.

We need someone in the #1 or #2 spot who can frame pocketbook issues in a way that makes people realize they’ve been robbed for decades.

Moral outrage is contagious.

[Persondem]

33. Good people all, but none would be my first choice

I hope Jay Inslee, Gov of Washington, gets into it.

A governor with experience leading an executive branch and experience as a legislator in D.C. He has a great, progressive record.

[MurrayDelph]

35. I'd throw in Jeff Merkley

I've been to several of his town halls and spoken to him directly. He was the first Senator to bring Trump's Kiddie Koncentration Kamps (my term) to the news.

[potone]

57. I like him, too.

I'm not sure that he will sell nationally. I don't want Biden or Sanders. They are too old. Elizabeth Warren seems very energetic despite her age. I don't know enough about Booker. I hope some more people in their 40s and 50s will run.

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. My first choice would be Al Franken,

but, alas......

[LakeArenal]

48. Yes. And that's why he's gone.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

38. Sanders and Biden are definitely too old.

Warren probably is also, but she looks and behaves like someone at least ten years younger, so I'd support her if she chose to run.

However, we absolutely need much younger people running for President. As well as for the Senate and House.

[MrsCoffee]

41. I would love to see a Harris/Booker ticket.

[LakeArenal]

49. Not me.

So be it.

[MrsCoffee]

51. Lol.

So be it indeed.

[ananda]

52. I wish Adam Schiff would run!!!

nt

[LakeArenal]

55. Good Choice, post it after Nov and a lot of us may just be on board with that.

[AlexSFCA]

59. whoever can win

Warren is popular among bernie crowd that are now desi franchised but she could reignite them and bring 2016 levels of enthusiasm. She doesn’t have socialism attached to her and as a former repub may sway some trump voters who are economically hurt. I was gonna say she lacks charisma but it seems that really is not all that important anymore. People are more than ever before are voting on issues.

[Heartstrings]

68. We need to survive midterms....period!

If we don't, we're done.

So please just stop the debates about 2020! It's futile and destructive within the party.

MIDTERMS......GOTV.....