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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. I'm a Baby Boomer myself,

Tue Dec 12, 2017, 02:06 AM

Dec 2017

and I do not want to see anyone over the age of 60 running for President in 2020. Which would for me eliminate all but Gillibrand (who'd tainted by her involvement in making Franken resign so I won't be voting for her) Cortez-Masto and Baldwin will be young enough. You and everyone else may disagree.

I also think it's totally stupid to be focussing at this point, some three years before the next Presidential election, on who our candidate will be. Especially as the 2018 mid term ought to be the only thing we are now paying attention to.

But every single election year cycle it's the same thing. Twenty minutes after the results are in, people here start promoting or quizzing as to who the next candidate should be.

I really, really wish people would instead look to the next election instead.

And maybe run for office themselves.

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If one of these women from the Senate would run for President in 2020, who'd have your primary vote? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 OP

They all sound good to me 4now Dec 2017 #1

Most of them are too old. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #2

Duckworth is 49 Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #4

I'm a Baby Boomer myself, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #6

Actually, I'm hoping Tammy Duckworth will run, and she's the youngest of the bunch. Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #8

What would the case for Klobuchar be? Ken Burch Dec 2017 #3

Off the top of my head Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #5

I think she does have a very low national profile. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #7

Thanks for the info. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #12

I'm not really a fan... Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #10

She was in the CNN debate JonLP24 Dec 2017 #11

No flippin way on Sen Mc Caskill irisblue Dec 2017 #9

No senators. No women leftstreet Dec 2017 #13

I agree with you Awsi Dooger Dec 2017 #15

Oddly, to me, all of these posts seem to assume "normal" politics. susanna Dec 2017 #17

HRC won the popular vote. That suggests to me that the right female candidate could CTyankee Dec 2017 #31

It is too early to begin speculating about 2020. murielm99 Dec 2017 #14

It is too early to begin speculating about 2020. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #26

omg, seriously ... we haven't even started the 2018 mid-terms season yet. Way. Too. Early. n/t SFnomad Dec 2017 #16

Never too early Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #19

No. It. Does. Not. n/t SFnomad Dec 2017 #23

Sorry. It does Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #24

No. It. Does. Not. It's only the "new reality" if you allow it. SFnomad Dec 2017 #35

We haven't even started the 2018 mid-terms season yet. Way. Too. Early. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #27

Incomplete question DFW Dec 2017 #18

I don't want to vote based on gender flamingdem Dec 2017 #20

You apparently missed the word "if" in the OP Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #21

The most progressive one of the bunch always gets my primary vote and always will. Iggo Dec 2017 #22

I voted for Harris but it's a tie between her and Duckworth. PragmaticLiberal Dec 2017 #25

I like Tammy Duckworth murielm99 Dec 2017 #29

Duckworth was born in Thailand. CTyankee Dec 2017 #32

None of them..... brooklynite Dec 2017 #28

not sure, but i'm not thrilled with losing good senators to presidential ambitions. unblock Dec 2017 #30

!!! Alice11111 Dec 2017 #33

It's hypothetical Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2017 #34

I don't think our candidate has to be a sitting senator Bettie Dec 2017 #36