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Running for President: 'Absolutely Brutal':
Why White House Runs Aren't For Everyone
"The process is cruel," former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday,
announcing
he
would not seek the White House. He explained that the way families are
exposed in presidential campaigns was ultimately the factor that convinced him
and his wife to pass on a run. "Every family has its warts, has its issues ...
has its things they'd rather keep private, and we do as well."
But otherwise private matters have a lot to do with modern-day campaigns.
Scrutiny of presidential candidates has always existed on some level, but the
trend of picking through personal lives has accelerated in the past 30 years.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/674765114/absolutely-brutal-why-white-house-runs-aren-t-for-everyone?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20181210&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews
Undated: The United States presidential
election of 2020, scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020, will be the 59th
quadrennial U.S. presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2020
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February 15: Trump Kicks Off His 2020
Reelection Campaign on Saturday
The president is taking the permanent campaign to new levels with a political
rally in Florida—the latest sign that he’s already planning for a second term.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-kicks-off-his-2020-reelection-campaign-on-saturday/516909/
July 20: Trump's 2020 Campaign Has Already
Paid Out $600K—to Trump.
Even though Trump is, in fact, the current president, he only stopped running
for
a brief few hours on Inauguration Day. As soon as Trump filed for
re-election, at 5:11 pm on January 20, his campaign officially sprang back into
action ... That means Trump can legally continue to funnel funds from donors
back into his own businesses.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-2020-campaign-money/
September 8: The top 15 possible 2020
Democratic nominees, ranked
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/08/the-top-15-possible-2020-democratic-nominees-ranked/?utm_term=.568571e92dcd
October 14:
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon made a bold prediction Saturday
that President Trump would accomplish something in 2020 that no presidential
candidate has done in nearly 30 years.
"President Trump is not only going to finish this term, he's going to win with
400 electoral votes in 2020 ..."
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/steve-bannons-bold-2020-prediction-has-trump-achieving-a-feat-not-seen-in-nearly-30-years/article/2637551
October 15: Donald Trump campaign ramps up
2020 re-election fundraising ... But legal fees are a major cash drain, new
disclosure shows
https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/10/15/21208/donald-trump-campaign-ramps-2020-re-election-fundraising
October 17:
Donating to Trump?... Trump's 2020 re-election campaign is driving a steadily
rising share of its contributions to the lawyers representing the Trump campaign
and the President's son. Legal consulting fees account for $1 of every $10 the
campaign has spent this year [up from 3.9% in Jan to 27% in September, totaling
13% overall],
according to a review of campaign finance records. ... last financial quarter, 24% of the
campaign's legal bills bankrolled the legal fees of Trump's eldest son
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/donald-trump-campaign-legal-fees/index.html
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October 23: Mark Cuban May Run Against
Donald Trump In 2020 As A Republican ... “I wouldn’t run unless I have
solutions.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-cuban-2020-president_us_59ed5fc4e4b0958c4682dac2
October 24:
On
Oct. 16, 11 months after defeating her, President Trump
tweeted
another of his regular insults about his 2016 opponent, Democrat Hillary
Clinton. Sandwiched between boasts about his presumed role in the stock market’s
rise and his rally in South Carolina, Trump wrote: “I was recently asked if
Crooked Hillary Clinton is going to run in 2020? My answer was, ‘I hope so!’”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/10/24/hillary-2020-trump-better-hope-not/?utm_term=.d61421e591d5
October 25: The Four Red States Where Trump
2020 Is Already in Trouble ... Two hundred thousand Puerto Ricans are moving to
Florida, but that’s just for openers. Trump could face problems in Pennsylvania,
Arizona, and Wisconsin, too.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-four-red-states-where-trump-2020-is-already-in-trouble
November 10: Joe Biden thinks it’s
critical that Donald Trump not get a second term — and though it’s early, he
doesn’t yet see anyone else who could stop that from happening.
So, he's been telling people privately, that might mean he’ll just have to run
himself.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/10/joe-biden-2020-trump-244757
November 10:
Shark Tank
investor [Mark Cuban] has been politically active this year by criticizing many
of President Donald Trump's decisions and publishing a
plan to fix the Affordable Care Act. Speaking at The New York Times
DealBook Conference on Thursday,
Cuban said that if he challenges Trump
in the 2020 race, he'll do so as an independent.
https://www.inc.com/emily-canal/shark-tank-mark-cuban-presidential-run-2020.html
November 13: Former Vice President
Joe Biden hasn't made up his mind about whether to run for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 2020, but he is "not closing the door," he said
today.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vice-president-joe-biden-closing-door-2020-presidential/story?id=51110056
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January 23: In a series of hypothetical 2020
one-on-one contests Trump trails Vermont Sen.Bernie Sanders by a 55% to 42%
margin [13 points] among registered voters. He lags further behind former Vice President Joe Biden by a wide 57% to 40% split
[17 points], and trails television personality Oprah
Winfrey by a 51% to 42% divide [9 points].
http://rpnewswire.com/politics/datalog/sanders-biden-outperform-trump-2020/
January 25: Oprah Winfrey is downplaying her
interest in a presidential run in a new interview, saying she doesn’t “have the
DNA” for a run.
“I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could
do and what I could not,” Winfrey explained to InStyle
Magazine. “And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA
for it.”
http://fox5sandiego.com/2018/01/25/oprah-winfrey-insists-shes-not-running-for-president/
January 27: Candidates of color get off the
sidelines in the age of Trump: 'The soul of America is at stake right now'
Run For Something, a national group started after the election to recruit and
train Democratic candidates, has recruited more than 15,000 potential
candidates, according to co-founder Amanda Litman, a former Hillary Clinton
campaign staffer. Two-thirds of those candidates are women, and one-third
identify as persons of color.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/27/politics/candidates-of-color-age-of-trump/index.html
February 21: Artificial intelligence could
supercharge hacking and election meddling, study warns ... AI programs can make
it easier for trolls with minimal technical skills to make fake videos, audio,
researchers warn
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/artificial-intelligence-could-supercharge-hacking-election-meddling-study-warns-n849601
February 27: Brad Parscale, Trump's tech
'genius,' tapped to be campaign manager for president's 2020 re-election bid
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/27/trump-names-brad-parscale-as-campaign-manager-for-2020-re-election-bid.html
February 27: Donald Trump 'to announce'
plans for 2020 election
Donald Trump will run for a second term as president and will name Brad Parscale,
his 2016 digital strategist, as his campaign manager for 2020.
News that Mr Trump is running for president may not come as a major surprise,
since the President
filed paperwork for his 2020 campaign on Inauguration Day, allowing him to
begin taking donations for the upcoming presidential race. But, the naming of Mr
Parscale as campaign manager marks the biggest step towards defining a framework
and strategy to take on the endeavour thus far.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-2020-re-election-us-president-campaign-manager-brad-parscale-white-house-russia-a8231061.html
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March 28: Could the president be beaten in a
primary? The short and easy CW is, lots of luck! Only two incumbent presidents
have faced serious primary opposition in the past 50 years: Ronald Reagan
challenged Gerald Ford in 1976, and Ted Kennedy took on Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Both lost after spirited contests. Two others faced less serious opposition;
George H.W. Bush dispatched Pat Buchanan in 1992, and Richard Nixon crushed the
two Republican congressmen — one from the left and the other from the right —
who challenged him in 1972. The sole president in memory knocked out of office
by the primary process was Lyndon Johnson, who abandoned his reelection campaign
after Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy stunned observers by finishing a close
second — 7 points behind LBJ — in the New Hampshire primary.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/28/how-to-primary-trump-in-2020-217717
April 19: Trump declared he's running again.
Many Republicans aren't ready to back him.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/19/politics/congress-republicans-trump-second-term/index.html
April 22: Demographic shifts show 2020
presidential race could be close
A new bipartisan report runs through some of the scenarios that would lead to
Trump’s reelection or a win for Democrats. The States of Change report, authored
by a long list of groups including the Center for American Progress and the
Bipartisan Policy Center, suggests there is a long-term structural advantage for
the Democratic Party but a much more complicated short-term picture.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/demographic-shifts-show-2020-presidential-race-could-be-close-n868146
May 21: Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders
said Monday he will run for re-election on an agenda that would prioritize
working families.
The campaign said Sanders would kick off his re-election bid with a series of
rallies across Vermont next month.
Sanders ... is among the list of possible contenders for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 2020 ....
"Our struggle to create a government which represents all of us and not just the
one percent — a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial
and environmental justice — must continue," Sanders wrote in a statement
released by the campaign.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article211577659.html
June 8: Mitt Romney predicts Donald Trump
will win in 2020 'solidly.' Is he right?
The simple fact is that there is no hard-and-fast -- or even close -- indicator
that, two and a half years out from a reelection race, can tell us whether a
president will win.
Mitt may be right. Or wrong. We just won't know which for another few years.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/politics/donald-trump-2020-mitt-romney/index.html
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July 5: Chinese company producing Trump 2020
flags despite looming trade war
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/china-trade-trump-2020-flags/index.html
July 30: The
president is running his re-election campaign precisely the way he
governs—playing three opposing power centers off each other, and listening
mainly to his own instincts. It’s going to get ugly, and soon. “We’re going to
call them out,” says Steve Bannon. “Kirsten Gillibrand, show us what you got.
Elizabeth Warren? Kamala Harris? Howard Schultz? He’s going to cut through these
guys like a scythe through grass.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/inside-the-trump-2020-campaigns-disorganized-attempt-to-keep-america-great
August 22: A much-too-early 2020 poll has
some bad news for Donald Trump
Fewer than a third of voters are sure they want to reelect him.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/22/17768342/donald-trump-2020-matchups
September 5: Trump on 2020: 'Nobody is going
to come close to beating me'
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/405254-trump-on-2020-nobody-is-going-to-come-close-to-beating-me
October 5: The effort to unseat Susan
Collins in 2020 is already underway
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/politics/susan-collins-2020-challenge/
October 11: Flake calls Trump supporters'
'lock her up' chants 'disturbing,' and fears for future of Republican Party
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said in a recent interview that he hopes somebody runs
against President Trump in the 2020 election ...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flake-calls-trump-supporters-lock-her-up-chants-disturbing-and-fears-for-future-of-republican-party
October 22: Rumor Mill: Progressive Duo
Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren May Have Something Up Their Sleeve
There is now
growing speculation that the two may come together to run against Trump. The
idea simple: they want to unify their base instead of fracturing the progressive
vote and allowing a more moderate Democrat to win the party ticket.
“I suspect that in the coming weeks and months, there will be discussions,"
Sanders said about a potential progressive unification.
Progressive voters seem to be fond of the idea, too.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/22/rumor-mill-progressive-duo-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-may-have-somethin-n2530503
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November 25: Senator Amy Klobuchar isn’t
confirming or denying a possible presidential run in 2020.
“I’ll just say that I’ll let you know if — I’ll let you know when I make any
kind of a decision ...
Senator Klobuchar is considered one of the potential candidates who will make a
bid for the White House in the next election. In an interview with ABC This
Week, she said people have been talking to her about a possible run.
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/11/25/amy-klobuchar-2020-presidential-run/
December 10: Comey calls on Americans to
'use every breath we have' to oust Trump in 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/09/politics/james-comey-donald-trump-2020/index.html
December 14: Here Are The 'Outside The Box'
Progressive Ideas 2020 Democrats Are Pitching
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/675655962/here-are-the-outside-the-box-progressive-ideas-2020-democrats-are-pitching
December 19: Poll: Americans don't believe
Trump has received the message from the midterms
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/poll-americans-don-t-believe-trump-has-received-message-midterms-n948721?cid=referral_taboolafeed
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February 15:
Beto O'Rourke says he
'absolutely' supports destroying existing walls on southern border
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-says-he-absolutely-supports-destroying-existing-walls-on-southern-border
February 22: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is
facing additional allegations of abusing her staff after a report Friday said
the presidential candidate berated an aide for forgetting to bring utensils —
forcing the lawmaker to eat a salad with a comb.
Klobuchar addressed the allegations when she announced her presidential
candidacy earlier this month in Minnesota.
"I love our staff — look at this incredible event they put together," Klobuchar
told reporters. "And, yes, I can be tough, and, yes, I can push people, I know
that. But in the end, there are so many great stories of our staff that have
been with me for years and have gone on to do incredible things. And I have, I'd
say, high expectations for myself. I have high expectations for the people that
work for me, but I have high expectations for this country. And that's what we
need. We need someone who is focused on getting things done for the country."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/klobuchar-ate-her-salad-comb-report-says-n974746?cid=referral_taboolafeed
April 29: A Brief Guide to the Joe Biden–Anita
Hill Controversy
What did [Joe] Biden do during the hearings?
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, it fell on Biden to
preside over the [Clarence Thomas] hearings. Critics of his performance tend to
hone in on three things.
First, he did little to stop members of the committee from attacking Hill. The
Republicans
were the most relentless. Arlen Specter asked her why she didn’t report the
behavior to HR and said that discussing “large breasts” at work was common.
Howell Heflin asked if she was a “scorned woman” and if she had “militant
attitude relative to the area of civil rights” or a “martyr complex.” Charles
Grassley accused her of lifting the pubic hair story from The Exorcist.
Second, Biden failed to call additional witnesses who could have corroborated
Hill’s testimony. One of those women, Angela Wright Shannon,
told Roll Call in 2016 that it was probably a good thing that she
didn’t testify. “I don’t think I could have maintained the grace and dignity of
Anita Hill,” she said. Hill, in 2014, said Biden declining to put the other
witnesses in front of the committee was “a disservice to me” and “a disservice
more importantly, to the public,” as allowing those women to testify would have
“helped the public to understand sexual harassment. He failed to do that.”
Lastly, Biden’s critics say that his own questioning of Hill was unfair, blaming
him for “setting an accusing, skeptical tone and losing control,”
the Washington Post reports. Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law
professor and Hill’s attorney at the time,
told Politico he still blames Biden for mishandling the hearing:
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/guide-joe-biden-anita-hill-controversy.html
June 12:
Trump Tells ABC: Sure, I’d
Collude Again
In a new interview released this afternoon by ABC News, President Trump tells
George Stephanopoulos that he’d take information from a foreign government if
one offered dirt on his 2020 opponent. “I think you might want to listen, there
isn’t anything wrong with listening.”
President Trump rejected the idea that such foreign government interventions
amounted to election interference. “It’s not an interference, they have
information — I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong, I’d
go maybe to the FBI — if I thought there was something wrong. But when somebody
comes up with oppo research, right, they come up with oppo research, ‘oh let’s
call the FBI.’ The FBI doesn’t have enough agents to take care of it. When you
go and talk, honestly, to congressman, they all do it, they always have, and
that’s the way it is. It’s called oppo research.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-tells-abc-sure-id-collude-again
June 13:
Pelosi: At Best, Trump Doesn’t Know ‘Difference Between Right And Wrong’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday chalked up President Trump’s
foreign dirt remark to the President simply not knowing the difference
between right and wrong.
“What the President said last night shows clearly once again, over and over
again that he does not know the difference between right and wrong. And that’s
probably the nicest thing I can say about him,” she said. “If he doesn’t know
the difference, it could explain some of this ridiculous behavior.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pelosi-trump-right-wrong
June 13:
Republicans lash Trump for being open to foreign oppo
GOP senators vowed they would immediately turn to the FBI if approached with
foreign dirt.
Soon after Donald Trump sparked his latest all-consuming controversy, Lindsey
Graham spoke to the president and urged him to rethink his willingness to use
foreign opposition research against his political opponents.
“The law is pretty clear. You can’t take anything of value from a foreign
government,” Graham said he told Trump. “He says, ‘I didn’t say I did.’ I said:
‘Sitting down and talking to somebody’s not a crime, but it’s probably not a
good idea. … I don’t agree with you.’”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/republicans-trump-foreign-interference-remarks-1364220
June 13: US President Donald Trump
has caused a splash on Twitter after he tweeted to say he had met the "Prince of
Whales".
Referring to his recent UK state visit, the president initially wrote on
Twitter: "I meet and talk to 'foreign governments' every day.
"I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of Whales, the P.M. of
the United Kingdom, the P.M. of Ireland, the President of France and the
President of Poland.
"We talked about "Everything!" Should I immediately call the FBI about these
calls and meetings? How ridiculous! I would never be trusted again.
"With that being said, my full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media.
They purposely leave out the part that matters."
In a tweet on Thursday night, the head of the Federal Election Commission
rebuked the president without naming him.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48622001
June 13: The head of the Federal Election Commission released a statement on
Thursday evening reiterating, emphatically, that foreign assistance is illegal
in U.S. elections.
“Let me make something 100% clear to the American public and anyone running for
public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive
anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election,“
wrote Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the FEC. “This is not a novel concept.“
She also sent the statement
via Twitter with the introductory line: “I would not have thought that I
needed to say this.“
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/13/fec-election-foreign-trump-1364598
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