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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDe Blasio May Run for President
https://politicalwire.com/2017/08/14/de-blasio-may-run-president/"SNIP.............
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is putting out feelers to run for president, spreading whispers that Bernie Sanders, 75, and Elizabeth Warren, 68, are too old, the New York Post reports.
De Blasio, 56, will claim hes the rightful standard bearer for the progressive wing of the Democratic party.
Said one Democratic insider: He thinks hes going to coast to re-election victory. His people are sending out overtures asking where he should go next and whom he should meet on a national level.
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De Blasio May Run for President (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2017
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Looks like there are going to be 20 or so Democrats running for the nomination. That is bad.
applegrove
Aug 2017
#2
We'll lose. He simply doesn't have the stature. Governor would make more sense, though don't know if he could win.
applegrove
(118,900 posts)2. Looks like there are going to be 20 or so Democrats running for the nomination. That is bad.
Remember 17 opponents were how Trump won. He was the loud obnoxious voice on the edge and beat out the mainstream republicans by having a base of 27% from the start.
Personally I hope Al Franken changes his mind and runs.
Phoenix61
(17,025 posts)3. Nope
I realize NY is a huge city but... no, just no.
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)4. No, No, a thousand times No.
kentuck
(111,111 posts)5. Democrats seem to do better when they run outsiders like de Blasio...
Like Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. All of them little-known outsiders.
Historic NY
(37,460 posts)6. Good grief............
he has dismal ratings in NYC.
vi5
(13,305 posts)7. Better than Cuomo (most are)....but still no.
I like his politics but he's quite frankly a bad politician. He always seems like his heart is anywhere else but where he is and in what he's doing. Not that I can blame him, but it's not a good look for a national level.