Kirsten Gillibrand just threw her hat in the race.
So far, that’s her, Tulsi Gabbard, and Elizabeth Warren. Trump is presumptive, but with the fecal tornado that is his presidency, I’m not ruling out a primary challenge completely. If I missed any, by all means, that’s what this thread is for. Discuss your faves, likes, dislikes, hopefuls, and predictions.
The Confirmed List So Far (Alphabetical by Last Name):
Candidate Name
Party Affiliation
Currently Serving/Occupation
Status
Cory Booker
Democrat
United States Senator from New Jersey
Running
Pete Buttigieg
Democrat
Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Running
Julian Castro
Democrat
Memoirist, Former HUD Secretary
Running
John Delaney
Democrat
US House Representative of Maryland’s 6th District
Running
Tulsi Gabbard
Democrat
US House Representative of Hawaii’s 2nd District
Running
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democrat
Unites States Senator from New York
Running
Kamala Harris
Democrat
United States Senator from California
Running
John Hickenlooper
Democrat
Governor of Colorado
Running
Amy Klobuchar
Democrat
US Senator from Minnesota
Running
Adam Kokesh
Libertarian
Activist
Running
Richard Ojeda II
Democrat
West Virginia Senator from the 7th District
Suspended
Beto O’Rourke
Democrat
Lost to Ted Cruz
Running
Bernie Sanders
Democrat
US Senator from Vermont
Running
Vermin Supreme
Libertarian
Performance Artist/Activist
Running
Donald Trump
Republican
Incumbent
Running
Arvin Vohra
Libertarian
Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee
Running
Elizabeth Warren
Democrat
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Running
Bill Weld
Republican
Board of Directors–Acreage Holdings
Running
Possible Hopefuls (Loose Criteria):
Joe Biden (D)
Michael Bloomberg (R-Would probably run as D) Cory Booker (D) Promoted to “now running” Kamala Harris (D) Promoted to “now running.”
Tim Kaine (D)
Mitt Romney (R) Bernie Sanders (Independent)
Howard Schultz (Independent)
Jesse Ventura (Green Party)
(In case someone asks, my understanding is that Jill Stein (Green) has said she has no plans to run this year.)
“Too many Democrats, the national Democratic Party, sees this in kind of this false choice of Democrats speak to the progressive base, or speak to working class families regardless of race. I think you need to do both,”
Hmmm a centrist? My father, a conservative “republican”, is fed up with trump’s BS but, so far has seen any progressive Dem candidate as too left to vote for as an alternative. Perhaps a more centrist candidate will draw votes from the party previously known as “republican” to the Dem side.
Yeah, I had not read this particular article, but am aware of the ‘electability’ factor being often coded language. I should have said “Polls the best” or similar. As in, we look at voter polls and see who is the most favored for the Democratic candidate.
The Hillary hate I understood. I’m very suspicious of Warrenphobia. I think she has an image problem created in part by her occassionally doing embarrassing shit, and of course I have my policy differences, but Warren should have a lot more anti-corporate street cred. That said, I don’t mind casting her aside if I think she’ll lose to Trump. If it does come to that, I’m not going to care why people don’t like her. Now is not the time to get hung up on principle over actually winning the election.
ETA: I’m already hearing people describe her as a “corporatist.” I mean, she is, but there’s definitely a loss of perspective in equating her to Clinton or Obama.
My concern is she has a slim record of actions (not words), and don’t want to get, for lack of a better term, “Obama’d” again.
But I’d vote for her. A lot more enthusiastically than Clinton. Maybe even in the primary. Bernie is old as shit, and if they “compromise” by putting someone terrible in as VP he could pull a Harrison
We’re going to get a compromise candidate. Trump is going to pull the Dems right this election. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t do anything about it, but the new candidate has to be at least able to match Trump in terms of making free publicity for themselves, and paradoxically Warren may well turn out to be ideal. Maybe we need more embarrassing shenanigans from the person running against Trump. I’m being completely serious, btw.
