2020 Democratic Ticket - Andrew Cuomo-NY/Kamala Harris-CA

[nkpolitics1212]

Andrew Cuomo- son of the late liberal icon Mario Cuomo, US HUD Secretary during Clinton's 2nd Term (1997-2001), NY State Attorney General-2007-2011, and Governor of NY since 2011.
The Liberal Policies that Cuomo got passed into law as NY Governor
1)Legalize Same Sex Marraige
2)NY Safe Act- Gun Control
Cuomo's VP runningmate should be CA Junior US Senator Kamala Harris, the female Barack Obama,
Cuomo/Harris unites the Democratic Party from the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party to the Sanders wing of the Democratic party.
Cuomo/Harris-D turns PA,MI,and WI into blue states.

[tallahasseedem]

1. Nope.

Too much baggage.

Not only that, how about we concentrate on 2018? We are notorious for neglecting mid-terms...let's not do it this time.

[nkpolitics1212]

15. 2018 Governors Race.

Democrats pick up
IL-Chris Kennedy
MI-Gretchen Whitmer
NM-Michelle Lujan Grisham
OH-Betty Sutton

[delisen]

19. What exactly is "baggage"

Apparently Gore, Kerry, and Clinton carried it.

I am thinking it would be good have an agreed upon definition.

Edwards seemed like an amiable champion of the white working class and played presidential politics for several years -but ultimately it seemed a character flaw was revealed. Up to that point he get very far for someone who served one term in the Senate.

[demmiblue]

2. Long overdue... :click: n/t

[pangaia]

3. I am not so sure about Andrew Cuomo. Not a bad dude. BUT, he ain't his dad...

I think we can do better...

[Wellstone ruled]

4. DOA!!!!!!

[INdemo]

5. No...Andrew Cuomo is a Republican lite..probably more Repulican than Lite

[crazycatlady]

7. marriage equality, background checks, minimum wage increase

He's proposed early voting and free (SUNY) college (with an income cap around 100K)

[tparrett62]

28. Agreed

And the teachers' unions hate him. As a lifelong NYer and a lifelong liberal, I know we can do a lot better.

[tirebiter]

6. I do agree that 2018 is the focus now

But I'd say Sanders and whomever would be the logical choice for 2020. Yes, I voted for Hillary but we can purge the Russian interests who were giving Sanders aid THAT HE DID NOT SEEK OR WANT and we can move on.

[OldHippieChick]

8. Are you from NY?

I am not, but I loved Mario and I think Chris is a great talent. For some reason Andrew has more of an accent and is much more difficult to understand (for those of us who don't live there) than his father or brother. His NY accent gives him as much, if not more, liability than was Jimmy Carter's southern accent.

[crazycatlady]

12. His accent is no worse than the asshole in the WH now

[OldHippieChick]

14. I'm not saying his accent is "bad", simply

that he is difficult for many of us to understand. Trump is easier to understand because he has a limited vocabulary and repeats himself at least three times in any speech (there's a reason for that). And Jimmy Carter got elected despite his accent, but he only lasted one term because he was a brutally honest and humble man.

[crazycatlady]

16. Not old enough to remember Carter

(I was born in his last year in office--- oddly enough, in the town Andrew Cuomo now calls home)

Truth be told, Cuomo was my first choice for 2016 (I knew he wouldn't get in but in fantasy politics). I like him for 2020, but I also think we need to look beyond the coasts. I don't know if this country can handle 2 NYers in a row (and I'm saying this as a native NYer).

(Any trace of a NY accent was corrected out of me as a child. It only comes out when I've had a few drinks).

[phylny]

17. Every time I hear Chris Cuomo, I can close my eyes and imagine

it's his father talking.

Former New Yorker, helping keep Virginia blue, if not my congressional district.

[caroldansen]

9. Hes a democrat for the people. I like him. But let's wait and see who else is out there.

And I agree that right now the focus should primarily be on the 2018 election. Wish it was today!

[nkpolitics1212]

10. 2017 Governors Election in NJ and VA come first.

NJ-Phil Murphy-D
VA-Tom Perriello-D

[AngryAmish]

11. Hillary deserves a rematch.

She did win.

[Zen Democrat]

20. Tell that to Al Gore.

[UTUSN]

13. Wrong Cuomo

[CK_John]

18. Do you know Travis Kalanick? He may run for President in 2020. Gillibrand is more likely.

2018 and 2020 will usher in a new era of Politicians, Parties.

Oprah Winfrey would probably win hands down if she runs on any ticket and might be the first ind ticket.

It's a new world.

Picture Senators Musk, Bezos, Cuban, Kalanick and Cook.

[HeartachesNhangovers]

22. I don't get it. Why would anyone vote

for Oprah Winfrey - a television entertainer - for president? I've never watched her program, but I can't imagine it prepared her in any way for the job of uber-bureaucrat. Please explain.

It would also never occur to me to vote for Musk, Bezos or Cuban. What makes you think they have any aptitude at all for the office of president? Yes, they have enormous name recognition, but in completely different fields. Are you saying that a majority of Americans are dumb enough to vote for someone purely based on name recognition?

[OldHippieChick]

23. Why would anyone vote for

Reagan, Schwarznegger or God forbid, Trump?

[HeartachesNhangovers]

32. Celebrity worship, I guess.

[OldHippieChick]

34. Pretty much answered your own question.

eom

[HeartachesNhangovers]

21. Cuomo-Harris (aka the Gun Control ticket)

will play very well in the must-win states of CA, CT, HI, IL, MA, MD, NY, and of course DC. But possibly not anywhere else.

[USALiberal]

30. Fighting guns loses us elections IMO. n/t

[djg21]

35. So in the reliably blue states?

There is no way the candidate at the top of the ticket should be from NY, New England, or CA. We need a candidate from a swing state or a red state to bank electoral votes that we otherwise would not get. I can see Gillibrand or a Harris as a VP candidate. Both are young, and can have a shot at the Presidency later, especially if able to run after serving as VP.

[SticksnStones]

24. I'm from NY...I wouldn't vote for Cuomo

He capitulates too easily...

Not presidential. Might make a good senator. And there's still talk that he was tangentially involved in covering up what he could on the Bridgegate fiasco.

Not Cuomo.

[Cha]

25. yeah, I heard there were a lot of Dems in NY who

actually protested Gov Cuomo,, was it over education?

[Vinca]

26. No. They're both coastal Democrats and our problem is perceived as being

not caring about flyover country. Bullshit, of course, but it's become clear half the electorate spends their day extracting bellybutton lint and wondering why a Kardashian can't be president.

[kentuck]

27. Try again.

[USALiberal]

29. Why is Frankin not listed in the top 2 or 3 for 2020??? n/t

[gibraltar72]

31. Noooo

Cuomo is way too sleazy way to much baggage.

[lindysalsagal]

33. Every NYS teacher despises him. We'll kill that vote.