Who should run against Trump in 2020?

[Rollo]

Assuming Trump is still president then, who would you like to see run against him?

39 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Hillary Clinton
	4 (10%)
	Bernie Sanders
	4 (10%)
	Elizabeth Warren
	4 (10%)
	Joe Biden
	3 (8%)
	Gavin Newsome
	1 (3%)
	Kamala Harris
	6 (15%)
	Terry McCauliffe
	1 (3%)
	Cory Booker
	0 (0%)
	Al Franken
	15 (38%)
	Other (please specify in post)
	1 (3%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[stonecutter357]

1. Democratic party members only thanks...

[BlueMTexpat]

4. + a million!

[DRoseDARs]

7. People who don't take Michigan and Wisconsin for granted only thanks...

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Edit:
Jesus, what a mess that was. For those that live in defense mode always, it's a joke. The smiley is right there and always was. You know you laughed with the rest of America when Kate McKinnon made the same joke last Saturday as Kellywise the Dancing Clown. Kindly Get. A. Grip.

And thank you to the Admins, I'm genuinely surprised this was restored and grateful I was wrong.

[NurseJackie]

11. Nobody did that. Please stop repeating anti-Hillary myths.

[lunamagica]

45. You are right Jackie. But this is Hillary we're talking about. THose who want to attack her have

only myths to rely on. They are truly pathetic

[BainsBane]

19. She was in Michigan on Nov 7

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the night before the election.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2016/11/details_announced_for_hillary_1.html

And 538 debunked the claim that she lost the election because of not having gone enough to those two states.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clintons-ground-game-didnt-cost-her-the-election/

You clearly are delighted by spreading false talking points. When I say something untrue, I correct myself and refrain from repeating it again, but then I value truth and my own intellectual integrity.


I do find it interesting how so many have eagerly adopted the corporate media’s misinformation designed to justify their contribution to Trump’s installation in power. Things that make you go hmmm.

[NurseJackie]

65. "I value truth and my own intellectual integrity."

I value truth and my own intellectual integrity.

I wish everyone did and had the same level of honesty and self-respect.



PS: Thanks for the links and for correcting the LIES and MYTHS that are being shoveled out here.

[LanternWaste]

37. Thank goodness Democrats don't do that.

Thank goodness Democrats don't (all unsupported and biased allegations aside, that is).

[Eliot Rosewater]

66. What in the HELL are you talking about?

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

On democratic underground

REALLY

[NurseJackie]

12. Exactly. Thank you! It's important to have high standards.

[shanny]

31. ....

[Rollo]

63. Actually, this poll is not restricted to Democrats

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Although nearly all the options I suggested are Dems, save for Sanders.

If you want a restricted poll, please feel free to start your own.

Thanks for understanding.


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[pdxflyboy]

2. Adam Schiff

[King_Klonopin]

3. He seems a good choice to me. Al Franken also great.

This is partly a trick question because Trump should be in jail in 2020.

[flygal]

10. My choice as well

[phylny]

17. He's the first that came to mind, yes. n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

5. My list - the first list?

McMullin
Kasich


Those two should definitely primary him.

Depending on who wins or becomes the early front runner will determine which DEMOCRATIC Party member I will support.

[MarianJack]

6. With the exception of Gov. Cuomo,...

...all of my top choices are women. Among them are Sens. Gillebrand, Harris, Duckworth, Klobuchard and possibly Caroline Kennedy.

I have less than zero interest in Bernie Sanders.

My two cents, and quite possibly overpriced at that!

PEACE!

[Amimnoch]

8. General Wesley Clark.

Primarily as I believe he's a sure win against agent orange.

I'd like to see him pick a glass ceiling running mate such as Senator Harris or Senator Warren. Would bring in the most voters, make progress, and setup a good glass ceiling candidate to succeed him.

His incredible military experience would shine in stark contrast to Trumps bone spur.

He would bring in a huge number of the swing voters.

He certainly passes the vast majority of the purity tests.

The disgusting tactics used by the right to paint our candidates as "anti-American" would be completely useless against him.

He'd likely even be capable of pulling in some of the republican votes like McCain and Collins into progressive led legislation.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. I literally love him

But he's not going to run.

[Amimnoch]

42. I know :( Here's to hoping though.

I'm begging him on his facebook page

I'm thinking that anyone with a D by their name should be able to take 2020, but then again, I fully believed Hillary had it locked.

If General Clark ran, no amount of voter suppression, intimidation, or dirty tricks would keep him from sweeping it.

[murielm99]

9. It is too early to do this.

And I don't think 45 will be around in 2020.

I hope the rest of us are around then.

[former9thward]

18. Why is it too early?

It is just a poll on a internet website. Do you think DU is going to pick the next nominee?

[LanternWaste]

38. What leads you to believe someone thinks DU picks the nominee?

What (other than petulance or a desire to appear clever) leads you to believe someone thinks DU picks the nominee?

[treestar]

22. Thank you!

Typical failure to concentrate on midterms and overly concern the Presidency.

And Donald may well be primaried and not be the candidate. Hasn't even been a year and the Rs are already getting annoyed.

[brooklynite]

14. This is a waste of time and effort...until 2018 is finished.

[LanternWaste]

39. Little time and much less effort than you appear to think in simply throwing names around.

Little time and much less effort than you appear to think in simply throwing names around.

Unless of course, you think throwing names around is in fact, too great an effort for you-- which I'd think is wholly on you and you alone, despite projecting that same weakness onto others.

[TexasBushwhacker]

68. Can't say I agree

Since we don't have any obvious front runners, now is a good time for interested parties to start getting out there, becoming better known nationwide.

My choice would be Sherrod Brown and Amy Klobuchar. One for President, one for VP. I don't care which is which. Both a from swing states in the Midwest.

[LexVegas]

15. ABS. nt

[imanamerican63]

20. Hopefully they won't have Trump to run against?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

76. Seriously... I think our sole focus should be on the 2018 mid-terms and recapturing...

the House and the Senate... would love that, not to mention the impeachment proceedings, which, hopefully, will start the very next day.

[barbtries]

21. if it's a democrat

i'm voting for it. seriously it almost does not matter to me as long as we get rid of republicans.

i'll wait to see who runs before i decide.

[radical noodle]

48. Yes! Voting for no one but Democrats n/t

[lillypaddle]

23. Eric Swallwell, Adam Schiff

someone else

[crazycatlady]

24. Let's get through 2017 and 2018 first

We have less than a month until the 2017 elections. THis is where many local and county offices will be decided, three full statehouses (2 in NJ, 1 in VA), 2 governors, and control of the WA state senate (special election).

What are you doing to get out the vote in your local elections? The bench needs to be built starting November 7.

[Johonny]

25. I assume the Rock or David Hasselhoff will be our choices...

[ck4829]

26. *Someone* who tells the American people to stop respecting the office of the President

To stop treating the executive branch as a cult.

To declare that he is a servant among many others, not a CEO or selected by God.

And to urge Americans to reject the idea of the bully pulpit, that just because the POTUS says something you shouldn't believe it. We need a moment in our history like in Japan where the Emperor declared to his people that he was no god. Our country followed a President's whims into Iraq and caused a disaster that should have never happened in the first place and now Russia has seen our cult of the executive branch and knows how damaging it is to us.

If that person is Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Gavin Newsome, Kamala Harris, Al Franken, etc., then I will vote for them.

[Atman]

27. That is one incredibly depressing list of choices.

Although I love Al Franken. He has turned out to be one of the most thoughtful, intelligent legislators I've ever seen. But I don't think he would be taken seriously as a candidate. The Republicans will simply run non-stop clips of his worst SNL sketches. Remember, Americans are largely incredibly shallow and stupid.

[smirkymonkey]

49. I agree. I love Franken too and he is definitely my favorite on that list and more than qualified

for the job, but I really don't think he wants it and I am not so sure how the rest of the country would respond to him. For one reason or another, I'm just not seeing anyone on that list who I think is going to be much of a threat to the republicans. I think most of them are great, but just because we think they are great doesn't mean they have what it takes to win over the country.

[FakeNoose]

50. Yes and I don't think Franken wants it

Can anybody blame him?

It's going to take a very special person (man or woman) to take the plunge and run in the next race. That person will deserve all of our support from every Democrat. It's too early to talk about it however I really hope Trump will be already gone by then.

[LeftInTX]

58. He already said he isn't interested

He used to "run for president on SNL". It was hilarious. I believe he had these crazy presidential medals. I can just see the Republicans throwing this stuff out there...

[Joe941]

28. Bernie is a proven leader that would have beat tRump in the last election.

He would win in the next election as well.

[lunamagica]

54. I disagree. He would have not. What makes you think he would have won?

[GulfCoast66]

59. Nope.

He will never win a Democratic Primary vs an actual democrat.

[Atman]

62. No way in hell would Bernie have won.

America will not vote for an avowed socialist. Not gonna happen. We've been told our whole lives to believe that socialism is evil. But he might have won New England and California.

[Joe941]

67. The polls had him up way more vs tRump than Hillary was.

[stevenleser]

69. No, they didn't, because he was never the Democratic nominee.

None of the general election polls matter before September 1.

[LonePirate]

29. I would love for a woman of color to crush him during the 2020 election, if he makes it that long.

I could think of no better defeat for that racist, misogynist, lying, ignorant POS.

[Mike Nelson]

30. Any of those who want to...

...not sure Bernie will run as a Democrat, though. He shows the early signs he's running, in my opinion - but will it be as an Independent next time?

[Jim Lane]

32. Jeff Merkley

And, BTW, the Lieutenant Governor of California is Gavin Newsom, not Newsome.

[MineralMan]

36. Heck, there are still people on DU who spell Obama's name as Barrack.

So, aperanntly, speling dosent mater.

[lagomorph777]

33. I assume Turd will have been deposed by then.

Whether by Article I, Amendment XXV, or Amendment II (i.e. his own side).

[MineralMan]

34. Better to worry about 2018 just now.

2020 will take care of itself, and Trump probably won't be on the ballot anyhow.

[mvd]

35. I picked Bernie, but things can change by primary season

I am determined to not take things for granted next time and support the Dem nominee more. It's too important.

[Smickey]

40. Statistically, a southern Democrat.

Setting aside Barack for a moment. The last 3 (I'm including Gore) Dems to win the presidency have been southern Dems.

[madinmaryland]

47. Are there any southern Democrats?

[Smickey]

64. Just an observation and

I did not mean "southern democrats" which is a loaded term I guess. I meant democrats from the south.

I am not sure who that would be at this point.

I will be watching though.

[Rollo]

41. How fun it is that Al Franken has the lead in this poll...

And some of you may remember his prophetic mock autobiography, "Why Not Me?", in which he details his fictional disastrous stint as President back in the 1990's. It would be great to see him reduce Trump to a quivering mass of tweets during the debates.

[retread]

43. The winner of the Democratic Party's primary. n/t

[politicaljunkie41910]

44. My vote is for Kamala Harris just to see Trump's head explode at being beat by a black woman.

FTR, being from California, I know that Kamala is more than just a black woman. I know she is very intelligent, but my main reason is that she wouldn't take any shit off of him during a campaign. She'd be quick on her feet with the comebacks. It would be the highlight of the campaign season, and the only thing better than Harris on the top of the ticket, would be Maxine Waters as her VP.

[Vinca]

46. I still want a woman POTUS, so Kamala Harris.

I love Warren, but fear she'd suffer the same fate as Hillary since she's been the focus of right wing hatemongers for so long.

[Cicada]

60. Amy Klobuchar would do better in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania

California liberal would have problems in those states

It’s basically impossible to dislike Amy Klobuchar

[Vinca]

61. Good point. I like her, too.

[Trumpocalypse]

73. So would Kirsten Gillibrand

And she's very hard to dislike too.

[Cicada]

74. Amy is from a state near to Michigan,Wisconsin

And I just get a feel from her that she is a real person, that some deplorables will see her as actually liking them. Gillebrand would also be a fabulous President, IMO, her absurdly beautiful smile is worth a lot of votes, but she just doesn’t scream out middle class like Amy does. Amy probably knows more about football than anyone you know. Gillebrand is more sophisticated, more the ideal candidate for the main line suburbs of Philadelphia. Yes, I said it - she’s pretty much Grace Kelly come back to earth.

[Trumpocalypse]

75. Gillibrand won in a

heavily republican district in upstate NY against a long time GOP incumbent. And since she left to go to the Senate, the GOP has retaken that district.

[Cicada]

79. Thats a strong argument

Good to know

[adigal]

78. If we put up a woman, she will lose

And let's concentrate on 2018 please!

[A Brand New World]

51. Adam Schiff

I like his calm, cool demeanor. Reminds me of No Drama Obama.

[StevieM]

52. I like Governor Jay Inslee of Washington. (eom)

[Doodley]

53. IMO, I don't think Al Franken has the force of personality to make an impact.

[lunamagica]

55. It does't matters. As long as the

shenanigans from the GOP and the Russians aren't deal with, they will steal the election AGAIN

[stevenleser]

56. Pete Buttigieg. Video added...

[liquid diamond]

57. I like Kamala for now.

We need a candidate who has no problem attracting and exciting minority voters. However, I will support and vote for any lifelong democrat.

[A HERETIC I AM]

70. The guy in the cell next to his.

A couple times around the exercise yard should do it.

[NJProgressive]

71. Elizabeth Warren / Sherrod Brown ticket in 2020 means the end of the Trump Presidency.

A Warren/Brown ticket beats Trump due to a progressive coalition. Warren brings in Female,millenial,african American voters while Brown brings in White working class voters especially from the midwest. They both bring a progressive ticket something Trump won't be able to compete with.

[Trumpocalypse]

72. Kirsten Gillibrand

[adigal]

77. Can we win back the House in 2018 please???!!!!!????!!!??!?!

Come on, the Presidency isnt the only job in town.

And I think Kasich is going to primary Dotard if he is still free and hasnt stroked out from boxes of Krispy Kremes.

[Rollo]

80. Would you like to start a poll on 2018 House races?

Knock yourself out...

[adigal]

81. Missing the point.

You are missing the point. We may not have elections by 2020 if we don't get the House back.

[Rollo]

82. Uh-huh

Purely speculative and really has nothing to do with an internet poll about the 2020 presidential contest.

[Thor_MN]

83. I'm all for Al running for President, but not against Trump.

I want Trump watching the elections on a 12" black and white TV in his prison cell, while eating a bologna sandwich on stale bread.