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StevieM

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13. I am betting that McAuliffe does not run. First of all, I don't think the Clinton Machinery

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #12)

Sat Nov 4, 2017, 12:01 PM

Nov 2017

is transferable. It wasn't even necessarily transferable to HRC. People forget how popular she became when Secretary of State. That got her a lot of it.

I also don't think he wants to deal with being labeled the Clinton candidate, which many people will (unfairly) rush to do. Why not just go out a winner?

Tom Steyer strikes me as someone who wants to celebrate all the Democratic candidates in our history, rather than trash them. He postponed his business career to work for Walter Mondale in 1984. That is what we need: someone who will celebrate our party when so many other Democrats are racing each other to tear it down.

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in 2020 We Need a STRONG Candidate [View all] MineralMan Nov 2017 OP

TAMMY DUCKWORTH! Squinch Nov 2017 #1

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Agreed. And fuck that ageist shit. Knr joeybee12 Nov 2017 #2

Thanks! MineralMan Nov 2017 #3

I have a recurring nightmare that they will nominate HRC again... malthaussen Nov 2017 #4

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She received more votes than anyone except for President Obama lunamagica Nov 2017 #17

K&R. It's about time someone said this! Bleacher Creature Nov 2017 #5

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Most likely one of the sitting Senators FarCenter Nov 2017 #6

Harris, Warren, Klobachar, Booker and Gillibrand all seem likely to run. So does Sanders. StevieM Nov 2017 #7

I'd think Terry McAuliffe might run if he can take over the Clinton machinery. FarCenter Nov 2017 #12

I am betting that McAuliffe does not run. First of all, I don't think the Clinton Machinery StevieM Nov 2017 #13

McAuliffe might run and he might get "the Clinton machinery", but he certainly karynnj Nov 2017 #15

He has another option: he can simply be a successful and popular swing state governor who retires. StevieM Nov 2017 #16

I hope not - he has tons of baggage - going back at least to the 1996 campaign karynnj Nov 2017 #14

We had one in 2016. triron Nov 2017 #10

+1000. n/t pnwmom Nov 2017 #18

Exactly! I've said the same thing several times. We can noninate the biggest rock star candidate lunamagica Nov 2017 #19

Martin OMalley. nt madinmaryland Nov 2017 #20

He didn't get much, if any, traction in 2016. MineralMan Nov 2017 #21

I think that can be pinned squarely on the media madinmaryland Nov 2017 #22

You know, I don't think so. MineralMan Nov 2017 #23