Think 2020 is too soon for Beto but I also think he would not accept VP slot on the ticket.
2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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Centrist senator from Minnesota. Connects with Rust Belt / Midwest. Can nudge key swing states to blue. I reckon she and Brown can swing Ohio, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The last 3 were what won the election for Trump. She may not be liberal firebrand so will make a good veep. Brown is progressive and can carry the traditional blue states.
governor is a statewide election
Jerry Brown? 
No that guy has zero chance. Go back to Newsom
No that guy has zero chance. Go back to Newsomsherrod brown
Is it just me or are veeps largely pointless.
Not if your name is Cheney.
Boom!
Dick.
ok that makes more sense
Goddamit dude, use capital letters. Please.
Tbf veeps aren’t important because by and large they don’t oppose the president. Just ask FDR if he felt John Nance Garner was pointless.
Because I asked nicely!
hmm
I meant Bush Sr.
I guess Vice President counts, sort of? But then I think Beto might very well be a Vice Presidential candidate in 2020.
I don't think comparing Beto to Oprah is very fair, though. Beto has been a politician for a while now. It's not like all of the other viable candidates have such long illustrious careers in the middle of the spotlight. And if we've learned anything the past few elections it's that some serious candidates might come a bit out of the blue.
vice president twice, director of CIA, UN ambassador, RNC chairman
much more of a profile than city council and congressman
The #1 (or 2, depending on the poll) US president by historians consensus was a one term Representative and failed Senate candidate.
It’s not like being elected to the Senate would’ve dramatically increase his chance anyway. For the last 30-40 years governors had the upper hand vs Congresspeople.
It’s not like being elected to the Senate would’ve dramatically increase his chance anyway. For the last 30-40 years governors had the upper hand vs Congresspeople.
im not saying being in the senate would make him better or worse, just that it would make him a lot more viable than a congressman with 1 failed senate run
Hasn't the last few years proven that "profile" means very little a few years before an election? Whether he deserves it or not, he has a profile now, and he's got two years (well, not quite, but you get the idea) to build on that. For the record I don't think he's going to win the Democratic Primary, but I definitely think he's going to run. And I could easily see him being someone's VP candidate. And we've seen crazier things than Beto being nominated. Such as Trump being nominated.
it proves it for republicans. i think its yet to be proben for democrats
He'll spend the next year visiting every county.
Obama beat Hillary. Yes, Obama had more exposure than Beto at this point, but he was up against the Establishment Queen herself. I think you can definitely compare Beto to Obama in many respects.
if beto had won i would agree. i think thats where he fell short.
Are we not in the era where a massive media and social media persona can vault a relative unknown into a potential presidential nomination?
Surely Beto's biggest obstacle would be breaking through the DNC gridlock that would prefer a Biden or (gasp) Hillary.
Surely Beto's biggest obstacle would be breaking through the DNC gridlock that would prefer a Biden or (gasp) Hillary.
What's the joke?
That I am not the only one who has found super-irritating that Beto mentioned 'that he has visited every county' approximately 18 trillion times.
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Let's finally get a woman president. I think a woman has the best chance of defeating Trump. Kumquat moron wouldn't be able to help himself from demeaning and insulting a woman running against him: which will alienate more of his voters and would motivate the non-voters & more women to come out in support of the Dem candidate.
I really like Klobuchar. She should get a young, progressive male (possibly of color) to be her running mate and give it a go. She has a great chance to win, imo. The only states that really are in play are - Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin. Being a Midwesterner, she should be able to sway Wisconsin & Michigan easily, and should resonate with people in the other six.
I really like Klobuchar. She should get a young, progressive male (possibly of color) to be her running mate and give it a go. She has a great chance to win, imo. The only states that really are in play are - Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania & Wisconsin. Being a Midwesterner, she should be able to sway Wisconsin & Michigan easily, and should resonate with people in the other six.
There are no viable women candidates at the moment other than perhaps Warren, who got off to a shaky start last month. The likes of Klobuchar, Gillibrand, and Harris would likely get shaken out during the primaries.
They're all viable candidates, for as much as anything because more women vote in Dem primaries than men and that makes a difference.
The candidate should be young and charismatic. Up to now only Beto fits the bill.
Theyre not even remotely viable since women don’t vote based on gender, in fact many of them vote Republican. Harris may be the exception in this regard since she has a bit more substance than the other two. None of them are even close to Warren.
Young, charismatic, positive, and citizen funded. If there’s one thing that is Trump’s Kryptonite, it’s sheer positivity, which is why the likes of Bernie ( not young ) and Beto will be massive threats to him.
Bernie with Beto as VP? Dream Team
Not sure if Beto is that much to the left though.
He doesn’t have to be, he just has to have strong base support AND independent support. He’s pretty good at both.
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