OK...who would you back in 2020?

[Ken Burch]

These are just a few names I've heard mentioned. I'm open to adding names I haven't listed her(other than anyone who ran this year, since at this point it would be better if all of them sat it out) so feel free to offer them.

25 votes, 6 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Michelle Obama
	6 (24%)
	Tulsi Gabbard
	1 (4%)
	Tim Kaine
	0 (0%)
	Al Franken
	0 (0%)
	Michael Moore(he has actually talked about it)
	1 (4%)
	Elizabeth Warren(added by poster request)
	15 (60%)
	Kamala Harris
	2 (8%)
	Melinda Gates
	0 (0%)
	6 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Renew Deal]

1. From that list, Franken, but...

I don't think Michelle wants to run for anything. Gabbard is a hawk. Kaine is interesting, but he wasn't great in the GE. Moore is unelectable.

[Ken Burch]

3. Have no preference between ANY of them myself. just wondering where heads were on this.

n/t.

[Renew Deal]

5. We have to see how the next 3 years shake out.

Dems need to go on a serious rebuilding binge. Maybe someone will surface from that.

I'm not convinced Trump will be president in 3 years.

The problem with Warren and Sanders is she will be 72 and he will be 78. I don't think it's feasible

[Freddie]

23. Totally agree

We need to think younger! Bernie will be 78 in 2020, Elizabeth Warren 71 (I think)
No one connected to the Clintons or Obamas. That includes Tim Kaine, much as I like him.
Sen./former Gov. Maggie Hassan
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Kamala Harris
Sen. Bob Casey of PA. He's popular here and should easily win re-election in 2018. Says he's anti-choice but (unlike his dad) has never tried to inflict his views on others that I know of. He's un-controversial and squeaky-clean. Plus since we're stuck with the EC for the duration, we'd get PA back.

[think]

2. Warren

[Ken Burch]

4. Added to the poll. Thanks. n/t.

[CK_John]

6. Add Kamala Harris and Melinda Gates. nt

[Ken Burch]

8. OK.

n/t.

[Grown2Hate]

7. I think Michelle would be terrific and is SUPREMELY popular, but I wouldn't wish another 8 years

of the shit that that beautiful family had to endure for them. I like where you're going with this, though. In any other context I'd say FUCK talking about 2020 at this point, but given what's going on, I'm kind of looking forward to the next election already (eyes on 2018 for now, though).

[liberalmuse]

9. I picked Kamala Harris because...

Michelle and Elizabeth likely won't run. I'd totally back Bernie, too.

[Ken Burch]

11. Why do you think Warren wouldn't run?

n/t.

[longship]

10. Haven't had enough at this point?

I've had enough for a while.

Too damned soon!!!

[FrenchieCat]

12. Gavin Newsom

He's taller, more charismatic, has better hair, is cooler, and is younger! He's got a sex scandal to but that was a while ago, and he married a gal, now has three adorable little children. He could be our JFK Junior… Plus he's fresh and not A Washington insider.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Newsom's gonna hopefully go through the CA Governor's office, first.

I'd look for him in '24 or '28. But I agree he's one to watch.

[FrenchieCat]

20. If Trump got in with no experience whatsoever

Why does Gavin have to be, governor before becoming a president? Is lieutenant governor… That should be good enough!

I think he's the best candidate to actually get Trump out of office in four years… I'm not waiting eight years!

[Warren DeMontague]

21. like I said, he's one to watch, I think.

I'm all for it. He's been ahead of the curve on everything from marriage equality to marijuana legalization.

He wants to run in 4 years, I'd totally support him.

[NBachers]

19. Gavin's running for California governor in 2018.

http://www.gavinnewsom.com/

As a San Francisco resident, I've been lukewarm about Gavin. I may warm up a little more toward him after he gets some more political seasoning.

I will never forgive Newsom for his opposition to Proposition F, a 2015 City of San Francisco vote proposition that would have put sensible limits on Airbnb. The conventional wisdom of Airbnb is that Maw and Paw will make a few extra bucks in their golden years by renting out Junior's old room on a short-term basis. The reality of Airbnb is wholesale evictions and corporate participation, at the risk of anyone in the city who needs a place to live.

You can watch Gavin's pro Airbnb campaign video here- now I'm all upset about him all over again:

[Warren DeMontague]

22. I think the airbnb question is a symptom, more than anything, because SF is a peninsula that doesn't

allow much of any development whatsoever.

So real estate is exorbitantly expensive with all the fallout that entails.

The fact of the matter is, there are a lot of people who want to live there, and not enough places for them to live. The Bay Area needs to have a long-overdue adult conversation about stuff like its reflexive NIMBYism, to my mind. Imagine all the commute, etc. problems that would have been solved if they had ran BART all the way up to Sonoma, decades ago, as they originally planned to.

[FrenchieCat]

24. I'm in the Bay Area as you are.

Not a Dealbreaker, for me anyway.

He's got charisma up the Yazoo, and standing next to Tramp, it will have to be someone who has everything The Tramp doesn't have… the smarts, but also shines in the optics Down to the height, the hair, the youth, but yet it's still seen as an outsider not tied down to Washington. He's been very liberal in the areas that are more nationwide oriented, and not having to do anything with A proposition in San Francisco… He was the mayor there for years and kept getting reelected. He's already been Lieutenant governor since 2011, so there's that.

There is no perfect person out there to the extent of going back to local propositions… I don't think it's wise to be so particular! That seems to be one of our problems getting hung up in the weeds!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

28. Newsom isn't getting much traction. issue number one - gun control, n/t

[BigDemVoter]

13. I am exhausted.

I can't even think about it right now.

[BlueProgressive]

14. Other plausible candidates:

Brian Schweitzer (MT)
Cory Booker (NJ)
Andrew Cuomo (NY)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Amy Klobucher (MN)


I don't have a personal favorite at this point, nor would I necessarily back any on this list, but these folks have been mentioned before.

[Ken Burch]

15. True. Most of them are from the "stay the course" wing of the party, though.

None can win the votes we need for 2020.

[BlueProgressive]

16. Maybe some will have an epiphany due to the results

of this election--

but, I'm just saying that their names ought to be on the poll list with the others.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I voted Warren but, really, I suggest not having this conversation now.

Midterms ought to be the first concern, and even that is too soon.

[Grey Lemercier]

25. wild card.... Mark Cuban

[BainsBane]

26. OMG, not this

We need to focus on gaining control of state legislatures and governors races. When the GOP controls elections, they limit the franchise and we can't win.

Please don't talk about the next presidential election already.

[Lunabell]

27. Aw come on.

Just play the game.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

29. who is the most passionate and brilliant?

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7573677/democrat-president-2020-election-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren

Not sure this list gets to it. We don't know own if the scammer in chief will forever poison the well of non-politicians. There are some brilliant, successful liberals in the tech/scientific arena who may want to do their patriotic duty. Or at least restore the reputation of American Businessmen. Someone bold. And gender doesn't matter.

[avebury]

30. I would look to see who

The Dems pick to give State of the Union responses to ser how the wind is blowing.

[theglammistress]

31. Sherrod Brown

A rust belt progressive. Bad voice tho altho so is Bernie's and it didn't stop him.

[NurseJackie]

32. Stupid choices. Worse than clickbait polls...

... at least the commercial clickbait polls TRY to be intelligently realistic. This is just silly.

[obamanut2012]

33. Tammy Duckworth first, then Al Franken

[LP2K12]

34. It's too soon for a realistic decision...

That being said, I'm really rooting for Tulsi Gabbard to progress through the party. She put her foot down and stood with Bernie even after DNC harassment. She's a strong woman who served (I'm a veteran, not a hawk), she appeals to the younger demographic, has Bernie's support, etc.

That being said, I think we have a lot of viable options if they start planning ahead.

[Cobalt Violet]

35. Bernie.

People love him and he is right on all the issues. He knows how to stick to the issues and not get diverted to personal attacks unlike Hillary. I live in swing state media market and all her ads were attacks on Trump. Not one was about what she wanted to do to help the working and middle class.

[B Calm]

36. No conservadems! Add Bernie's name!

[lunamagica]

37. I picked Michelle, but she won't run. How about Martin O'Malley?