The mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulin Cruz,

[TNNurse]

is an American citizen. Can she move to the mainland and run for president???

[Weekend Warrior]

1. I have no clue as to her ideology or....

Ability to competently run a bureaucracy. I do see she is courageous, doesn’t stand down, and fights for the people she represents in a time of crisis.

[DonViejo]

3. Carmen is a friend of mine; she's very progressive...

but she's pro status-quo on the issue of statehood for PR. That is, she supports maintaining PR's Commonwealth status and doesn't support Independence.

[Me.]

8. Might She Change Now

In order to vote him out?

[Weekend Warrior]

9. Thank you for stating that. Nt

[Lee-Lee]

2. Why does she have to move?

[TNNurse]

4. The majority of voters would not vote for someone who was not in one of the states.

But my main question was is she eligible since she lives in a territory and not in one of the 50 states?

[pnwmom]

5. She could follow Hillary to NY, which has an easy residence requirement -- and LOTS

of electoral college votes.

According to Wikipedia, NYC is the biggest demographic and cultural center for Puerto Ricans outside of San Juan.

(P.R. has no electoral college votes, which makes it a less appealing spot to campaign from.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_migration_to_New_York_City

[Not Ruth]

6. it does not matter where you live, all that matter is that you were a citizen at birth

[pnwmom]

7. Coming from a state with a large number of electoral votes gives a candidate an advantage.

Puerto Rico has none.

[Mr.Bill]

11. John McCain and Barry Goldwater

were both born in US territories.

[oberliner]

10. So she can vote?

Since now she can't.

[TNNurse]

13. No, she would have to move to a state.

[oberliner]

14. See the post to which I am responding

Asking why she would move. My answer was meant to suggest that maybe she would move so she can actually vote for herself for president.

[Not Ruth]

15. Why would she want o move?

She is a party leader in Puerto Rico and her party's main focus is against Puerto Rico voting.

[longship]

12. She's great!

But what is it with some DUers who latch on to strong Democrats and suddenly want them all to run for POTUS?

Like those championing Michelle Obama for 2020. Does anybody realistically expect that she is the least bit interested?

Or Bernie running in 2020? Or Hillary? Or Joe Biden?

Maybe we can lasso Dick Gephardt. He'll only be 79 in 2020.

I love all these folks. But here's the deal. Mayor Cruz is doing a hell of a job where she is. She's needed there. This isnt America's Got Talent where we want to catapult popularity into the most powerful office on the planet. I think we can all now see the error in such thinking.

So yes, San Juan Mayor Cruz has awesome charisma and is not afraid to speak up when the circumstances call for it. But that alone does not make her qualified for POTUS. That's why it is a difficult office to achieve.

I would say this about her. She would likely restore honor to the office, from what I've seen of her recently.

I just am not willing to commit to any 2020 presidential candidate until we learn whether the Democrats survive 2018 midterms. That outcome is up to us.

Forget 2020 for now.