Washington Free Beacon: https://archive.ph/M4Xtl
Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) told House colleagues that he plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination, two sources told Politico. A third source who spoke to Phillips told Politico he seemed less resolved, replying, "We’ll see" when asked whether he'll run.
Of course, the first question that comes to mind is "Who?"
In short, he's a very generic "moderate" democrat who, as far as his voting record indicates, goes along with the party position nearly all the time.
One other thing he has going for him is some inherited wealth. He's not Mike Bloomberg rich, but he has one of the highest net worth values in congress. The inheritance comes from a previously big distillery business
In my opinion, he might make for a decent Biden copy, without the family/corruption controversy.
What may be interesting to watch for is if the floodgates open with more democrats wanting to fill in as the puppet figurehead of the country.
There's one problem that the Dems may face with this: lack of recognition.
It's one of the problems Desantis faced as he wasn't as recognised nationally compared to his state. Biden was known already as VP to Obama, Bernie from his previous run and Trump is Trump, he got buildings everywhere with his name in big gold letters.
You can't go from unknown to president, if people's first response is 'who?' and it's less than a year before the actual election, you're in trouble.
True but he had 3 things going for him:
Was black
Was charismatic
Wasn't Hillary Clinton
That last one was a really big deal
And that's partly why I'm curious if this move will open the door for more famous "moderates" to throw their hats in.
It's also kind of a strange situation since there may not be so much of policy differences to debate between Biden and Phillips, but just capacity to execute.
A bit risky right now, a lot of the really famous ones they could've counted on are either too tainted nowadays or too smart to get involved at an executive level considering Trump was at their level and they saw what happened to him.
That leaves the mid tier of your Megan Markle, actors, artists etc. They don't stand a chance in hell even after cheating. Because in the debates Trump would annihilate them or they would be starved of attention if Trump is too busy fighting court cases.
I'm not saying 'Trump is 100% going to win' but every decision the Dems have taken this year has been increasing his lead.
You really think there will be debates?
At this point up in the air. The 'use court orders to gag him so he can't rally support' is not only not working, it's having the opposite effect.
There were a few times during debates he slipped up that they might feel it's better to have them to get some 'gotcha' moments to broadcast on repeat (especially if it's not against Biden). They seem desperate enough that it shouldn't be discounted.
Doesn't matter if nobody knows who he is, just enough ballots will show up at polling stations late at night, police will force all republican counters out at midnight and the dems will go manufacturing enough votes to make sure they win. Republicans suck lmao and will continue to do so until someone grabs a rifle and says fuck off.
Probably intentional. Both parties always put up slate of contenders nobody has ever heard of to make Americans think there is a legitimate democratic process. The important signal here is that Dems aren't fully in support of their incumbent, or they want us to believe that.
I hear that people line up to run for president knowing they'll lose because they want some easy cash and "I ran for president" on their resumes.