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Metsie Casey

(208 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 08:56 PM Mar 2017

Which Dem candidate

Would be the best to run for President in 2020 ? Al Gore will be 72. He could win.

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Which Dem candidate (Original Post) Metsie Casey Mar 2017 OP
Oh, Christ, not this again. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #1
Millennial Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #3
Okay, the Millennials are a bit young to be running for President. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #8
Enough. Please. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #2
I suggest we concentrate on 2018... PoiBoy Mar 2017 #4
True Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #7
John Conyers shenmue Mar 2017 #5
For real ? Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #6
Apparently. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #9
Oprah will win hands down and sell books at the same time. nt CK_John Mar 2017 #10
Al Franken would be great Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #11
My sentimental pick is Michelle Obama. Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #12
Nice names Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #13
Right now, I don't give a shit about 2020. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #14

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,407 posts)
1. Oh, Christ, not this again.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:01 PM
Mar 2017

First off, while I don't know Al Gore personally, I think I can safely say he is never going to run again.

Nor should any other Democrat who is currently over the age of 60. What we need more than anything are younger Democrats, preferably Millennials, but the unfairly maligned Gen Xers likewise deserve a chance.

The kind of thinking that keeps on promoting all these old Democrats would summarily dismiss the possibility of a Barack Obama candidacy in 2020, had he not already served two terms and is ineligible to run again.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,407 posts)
8. Okay, the Millennials are a bit young to be running for President.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 10:16 PM
Mar 2017

But no Boomers, please. We've had our day and it's time to turn the reins of power over.

And that's with all due respect to many of those whom I greatly admire and respect and am sorry they didn't get a chance to be President.

PoiBoy

(1,562 posts)
4. I suggest we concentrate on 2018...
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 09:39 PM
Mar 2017

...if we can tip the balance of power in the House and Senate in 2018, we have a better chance of slowing down or stopping the Republicon agenda in its tracks...






PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,407 posts)
9. Apparently.
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 10:17 PM
Mar 2017

The White House Physician is going to need to be a geriatrician of some people get their way.

Seriously, folks, there are genuine issues with having people in power too long, or at too old an age.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
12. My sentimental pick is Michelle Obama.
Sun Mar 19, 2017, 08:30 AM
Mar 2017

More realistic would be either Gavin Newsom or Kirsten Gillibrand.

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