My gut tells me our next POTUS will be

[boston bean]

Joseph Kennedy III.



He is also my rep.

[dewsgirl]

1. I so hope your gut is correct.😀

[Demsrule86]

2. I like him a great deal...he is very smart and personable.

[brush]

23. Him and Kamala Harris would make a great ticket. Take your pick on who would be at the top.

[Demsrule86]

58. Either would be great.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Every time I see him I hear

Sassenach! I canna understand a word yer sayin!

I can totally totally live with a Sam Heughan doppelganger in the White House!

[hlthe2b]

4. LOL... We so need a red head in the WH...

I do really like Joe K III though.

[underthematrix]

6. I love his red hair too.

He will be our first President with red hair.

[WePurrsevere]

16. I absolutely love Joe Kennedy but he wouldn't be the 1st president with red hair....

Three I can think of off the top of my head are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Back then men powdered their hair but under that, if you look at younger portraits, they all had naturally had red hair.

[underthematrix]

19. Oh I didn't know that. Thank you for the history lesson.

[northoftheborder]

43. Didn[t know that interesting factoid about red-headed presidents!

[JustAnotherGen]

8. I love me a ginger!

My mom is/was a natural strawberry blonde!

[Mad-in-Mo]

48. Ah yeah!

[underthematrix]

5. You're right. Rep Joe Kennedy III

will be our 46th President

[MoonRiver]

7. I'm just fine with that.

Hoping he has the stamina and drive to stand up to the cheating, lying Repukes.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I'm Dubious

Maybe 47th. I think Mike "Damaged Goods" Pence will be the 47th president.

Our next elected president? You may very well be correct.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I dunno.

I think Pence is going to go down with the rest of them. Paul Ryan might manage to escape charges, and unfortunately, he'll be next in line after Pence.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Then Ryan Would Be 48

Then the wave of disgust will wash him away in 2020.

[Demsrule86]

25. It wouldn't matter who got elected because the GOP could rule by judicial decree

if they held power that long.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. If That Happens. . .

. . .they will have no political will and the Congress will not be run by R's. So, i don't think that will happen.

[Demsrule86]

54. We have time in 18 and 20 to stop the GOP packing the courts...and after that it is over.

16 was such an important year...had Hillary won, we would not have Gorsuch...I pray we get the Senate in 18 to minimize the damage.

[GulfCoast66]

45. Ryan may well lose his election next fall.

And if Trump and Pencevgo after January of 2019 then you would be looking at President Pelosi.

But I dream. Trump will run for and lose a second term.

[GoCubsGo]

53. That's not what I'm saying.

I don't think Pence will make it to the White House at all. I think he'll get the boot when Trump does. His hands are dirty, too. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if Ryan and McConnell go with them. That would leave us with President Urine Hatch. That's unless this goes down post-2018, where we could wind up with President Pelosi.

[ProfessorGAC]

64. I Certainly Can Live With That!

The whole cabal needs to go down in flames

[Demsrule86]

24. No he won't...Pence is not a good candidate.

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Think You Missed The Point

I was half joking that since "it" will be gone long before 2020, Pence will end up temporary POTUS.

[Demsrule86]

55. Sorry...hope you are right...I hate Pence, but Trump is a loose cannon.

[ProfessorGAC]

63. I'm Hope I'm Right Too

On that, everyone here agrees!

[Atman]

11. Ironically, this would the embodiment of making America great again.

Seriously, the Kennedy years, while certainly fraught with perils, were the last real "glory days" America had. Yeah, there was a lot of tumult at the time, but aside from the usual idiots who will bring up Teddy and Chappaquiddick, JFK was a superstar and viewed as real leader the likes of which the country hasn't seen since. Joseph would be a wonderful step in restoring American pride. Although, I think we're so divided now that there really is nobody to the left of Steve Bannon who would please most of the people currently riding the crazy train.

[Cosmocat]

12. Camelot

It wasn't completely universal, of course.

But, back then the country valued thoughtfulness and intellect.

Somehow, as we have progressed past that high point, we have slid backward into the populism that celebrates stupidity.

8 years of the "guy you would want to have a beer with" followed by a turn to a guy very much like JFK, leading to blowback that gave us a stammering, jackass meglomaniac.

[Demsrule86]

27. I think Johnson was better...I really do...but I like Joseph Kennedy III...

I an looking at books and articles as I can not remember Kennedy...too young or Johnson for that matter.

[kentuck]

14. I think Democrats would react favorably to new faces leading the Party.

Just my opinion.

[boston bean]

15. He is a pretty new face!

[Demsrule86]

28. He is very pretty.

[left-of-center2012]

22. That idea has often been attacked ...

By folks who keep pushing for candidates who are or will be in their mid to late 70's.

[Demsrule86]

60. Bad idea ...no one should run from 16 except maybe O'Malley...and lets not have candidates who are

going to be 80 or older if they serve two terms.

[monmouth4]

17. What a great visit it would be with Prince Harry. Gingers everywhere! n/t

[brooklynite]

20. ...because a House member in a safe District is ready for a national campaign?

[Demsrule86]

29. Why not?

[brooklynite]

33. Name one who has been

[Demsrule86]

57. There is always a first time...he is pretty impressive and Obama was a one term Senator remember

and was a great president...but why not? What are your reasons? I would also add that Sen. Sanders ran and his is a very safe seat in Vermont...always was.

[onecent]

21. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

26. At This Extremely Early Point, He's Currently The Candidate I'm Supporting

We need somebody who's willing to drop the gloves and slug it out with the Republican Slime Machine, and he's shown that he's perfectly willing to do that. I think he has everything it takes to not only win, but to be a great President. I hope he runs.

I won't make a final decision as to who I'm whole-heartedly supporting until I know for sure who is running and have had a chance to thoroughly research them, but at this point, Kennedy is my front-runner.

So I hope your gut is right.

[Demsrule86]

30. I would vote for Kennedy or Sherrod Brown or Kamela Harris..but I do worry that a woman can't get

elected yet in the US...maybe we start with a VP slot.

[lillypaddle]

31. I like it

Hope so.

[MFM008]

32. We win

With young dynamic candidates.

[brooklynite]

36. "The next Kennedy weighs his next move"

Politico

Democrats are in search of new leaders to take on Donald Trump, and Rep. Joe Kennedy could fit the bill. But it's not clear he wants the job.

...snip...

But the key question for Democrats, including the more than two dozen interviewed for this story, is what’s next for the young lawmaker they say is much more than a notable last name. It’s one — to the quiet frustration of several in the party — that Kennedy seems in no hurry to answer.

“Somewhere down the road, if a Senate seat were to open, yeah, it’s something I’d certainly take a look at,” Kennedy said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office. “But that’s got to be right in time for me and my family.”

Many Democrats say Kennedy could easily assume a spot in the party’s leadership ranks, if he wants. Beyond the family legacy, Kennedy is unfailingly polite, whip-smart and well-spoken, admirers say. And he’s young, a coveted commodity as a cadre of septuagenarians are among the party’s 2020 presidential prospects and House leaders.

But unlike the crowded field of ambitious Democrats itching to be the next face of the Democratic Party — making high-profile appearances across the country and poking Trump at every turn — Kennedy can seem too cautious, even borderline boring.

Is there any indication that he's remotely interested? Or is this going to be like folks in 2015 claiming that Elizabeth Warren saying she wasn't running really meant that she wasn't running NOW...?

[berni_mccoy]

37. I DISAGREE!

(unless you correct your post by saying next ELECTED POTUS...)

My gut tells me Trump is headed for impeachment or resignation. Which means our next President will be someone in the succession line who isn't implicated in Russia-gate.

[MrsCoffee]

39. The succession line is interesting.

1 Mike Pence
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Up until recently I would have said that the line stopped at Orrin Hatch. But his dismissal of any and everything Russian makes me wonder. It seems that we may be looking as far down line as number 17 or 18 who are Independents.

[tonyt53]

41. If trump goes, then Pence takes his place. Pence will name the new VP, who becomes the next in line

[MrsCoffee]

42. Pence is as guilty as Trump.

If Trump goes, Pence goes.

[tonyt53]

50. Maybe, but they both will never go out at the same time.

[smirkymonkey]

38. I would love to see that!

[redstatebluegirl]

40. We can only hope....PLEASE!

[SweetieD]

44. I hope so. I think he could be great for this country.

[Motley13]

46. I think Orrin Hatch is going to retire

[kydo]

47. But, but, but, he's a ginger! After that south park ep I can never veiw gingers the same way again

This Kennedy is good though. I bet I could look past the ginger thing. just kidding. About the ginger thing. Not kidding, Joe is a good guy, and I do have soft spot for The Kennedys.

[Garrett78]

49. How about a Kamala Harris/Chris Murphy ticket?

Kennedy can wait until 2028.

[CousinIT]

51. He has my vote already! n/t

[C_U_L8R]

52. Juan Bahama !

[Dan]

56. I hope not,

His family has paid enough, I want him to live a long life...

[Blue_true]

59. I like him, honest, humble, seems to be a family guy.

Has been free of scandal. Married his talented college sweetheart who has her own career in social service work and think tanks.

[Demsrule86]

61. His kids are adorable...nice to have younguns in the White House again.

Yes, I know Trump has a kid but...I mean little kids.

[scheming daemons]

62. Technically, our next President will be Mike Pence. You're talking about our next ELECTED President.

[L. Coyote]

65. Maybe in 20 years, after he builds a resume.

[ellie]

66. I don't think I have

ever seen him before. He is very handsome.