Former finance exec John Delaney leaves Congress on his own terms -- to run for president in 2020

[brooklynite]

CNBC:

John Delaney leaves Congress in a few days, but not in defeat like so many of his colleagues. The wealthy former financial executive is leaving to ramp up his campaign for president.

Yes, you read that correctly. The outgoing representative from Maryland’s 6th House District seeks the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Indeed, Delaney has been the one and only declared Democratic candidate for the last 17 months. After just four years on Capitol Hill, Delaney launched his bid in July 2017 in hopes of overcoming his absence of any national base or profile whatsoever. It hasn’t worked yet; despite frequent visits, Delaney received his 1 percent support among Iowa Democrats in a recent Des Moines Register poll.

Yet Delaney offers the brains and savvy that took him from a blue-collar upbringing to becoming the youngest CEO on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995. Now 55, he also brings a checkbook that permits him to finance his campaign at least through the earliest 2020 contests. He brands himself a practical problem-solver, capable of bringing both parties together to deliver on progressive goals such as universal health care and reductions in the carbon emissions that cause climate change.

[KPN]

1. "Practical problem solver" ...

Why am I skeptical after “so much winning” by the “deal maker”?

He does have 4 years of Congressional experience, and he doesn’t appear to head a crime family. But I am now more than ever wary of wealthy business people who view the world from a business perspective. Maybe misplaced apprehension, maybe not. Why take a risk at this particular juncture? Why take a risk in 2020?

[IADEMO2004]

2. Several of his mailings in my Iowa mailbox this fall.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. Well, he's really going to have to get himself out there

I'd never heard him. He has an interesting background. His dad was a union electrician and he was able to attend college on union sponsored scholarships.