The race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is now open

[DonViejo]

By Chris Cillizza

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Although this most stunning upset in modern presidential history has produced (and will produce) a thousand aftershocks, one of the most unlikely and important is that the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 is now open.

That opening is made all the more remarkable by the fact that there is simply no logical heir (or even heirs) to President Obama or Clinton — no obvious candidate waiting in the wings to step forward and rebuild the party. Vice President Biden appears to have decided that he is done running for office. As a two-time loser, Clinton is done, too. And after that, the bench is, well, pretty thin.

Politics, of course, abhors a vacuum. So candidates will run. Here is a look at who they might be:

Sen. Cory Booker:

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand:

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Sen.-elect Kamala Harris:

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Gov. John Hickenlooper:

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar:

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First lady Michelle Obama:

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Full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-race-for-the-2020-democratic-presidential-nomination-is-now-open/2016/11/27/5f4ba3c6-b4ad-11e6-9fa1-ff5eb54db157_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1

[Lucky Luciano]

1. Wide open for Warren too! nt

[Renew Deal]

2. Michelle Obama will not run

From that list Booker, Gillibrand, and Klobuchar are the most interesting. I don't know Hinkelhooper well.

[phylny]

5. Booker is my favorite, four years early :) n/t

[HughBeaumont]

3. Candidates, Schmanidates, as long as there are no DLC'ers.

No more right-leaning candidates. The Clinton/Debbie Disasterman/Al From blueprint is DEAD. Time to adopt a populist message and groom a candidate that voters can get behind.

You know, kind of like the last successful Democratic candidate (and likely the best president many of us will see in our lifetimes) did.

[longship]

4. Cillizza is a hack.

And who in the Sam Hell wants another presidential campaign at this time.

Give it a rest, dumb shit hack Cillizza!

And by the way, Chris, if you don't understand that Michelle Obama is not ever going to run for president, you are much more ignorant than I thought. That puts you pretty damned low on the intelligence scale.

[monmouth4]

6. Elizbeth Warren is the only one I would even consider..n/t

[brooklynite]

7. Too bad she doesn't want to run.

[monmouth4]

8. Minds can change between now and then..n/t