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Trump Responds to Ex-Starbucks CEO's 2020 Announcement

'Howard Schultz doesn't have the 'guts,'" says president

(Newser) - Democrats aren't happy with the idea of former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz running as an independent in 2020, and President Trump himself doesn't seem too worried. "Howard Schultz doesn't have the 'guts' to run for President!" Trump tweeted Monday morning. "Watched him on...

New POTUS Contender: This Is 'a Season for Boldness'

Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg would be first openly gay US president if elected in longshot candidacy

(Newser) - A new presidential exploratory committee has been formed, with the candidate telling supporters it's a "season of boldness." That's per an email sent by Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend., Ind., who, although a long shot for the Oval Office, would be the first...

Elizabeth Warren on Her Next Big Move: 'I Need You With Me'

Massachusetts senator announces she's launching exploratory committee for presidential run

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren changed her Twitter handle over the weekend from @elizabethforma to simply @ewarren, prompting whispers that the Massachusetts senator had plans in the works. Those plans came to light early Monday, when Warren, 69, made an announcement that the Washington Post calls a "legal precursor" to a presidential...

Joe Biden: I'm the 'Most Qualified' to be President

Says he'll decide on a 2020 run on the coming weeks

(Newser) - Joe Biden says he knows who should be the next president: himself. But the former VP says he's not ready to commit to a 2020 run. The comments came Monday during a stop in Montana to plug his book Promise Me, Dad, reports CNN . "I'll be as...

Chance of Hillary Running? &#39;Not Zero&#39;
As Hillary Re-Emerges,
Some Democrats Worry
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Oct 19, 2018 11:16 AM CDT

As Hillary Re-Emerges, Some Democrats Worry

Former adviser Reines, however, says the party would be foolish to disregard her

(Newser) - "No, I'm not going to run again." So declared Hillary Clinton this week in an interview with BBC Radio. Clinton, however, said she planned to remain in the public eye criticizing President Trump, reports CNBC . One thing that seems clear: Given her re-emergence on the national stage,...

Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Is in Iowa, Eyeing a Bigger Job

Michael Avenatti says he's exploring a run for president

(Newser) - Michael Avenatti has become a familiar name as a legal foe of President Trump. Now the attorney for Stormy Daniels says he's considering turning into a political foe as well. "I'm exploring a run for the presidency of the United States, and I wanted to come...

With One Paragraph, Oprah Shuts Down 2020 Buzz

'It's not something that interests me,' she tells 'InStyle'

(Newser) - "Not for me." Three words buried in an InStyle interview, but enough to quash the overwhelming buzz about a possible presidential run by Oprah Winfrey in 2020—at least for now. Winfrey, who appears on InStyle's March cover, spoke to the magazine three weeks before her Golden...

Oprah's Rousing Golden Globes Speech Re-Ignites Old Whispers

Could an Oprah 2020 campaign emerge out of this?

(Newser) - It started with a half-kidding plea at the beginning of the Golden Globes for Oprah Winfrey to run for president, but by the end of the night, that thought was gaining steam. As the awards show opened, host Seth Meyers joked that if his stint as host at the 2011...

Leftist Who Uses Holograms Rising Sharply in French Polls

Surprising ascent of Jean-Luc Melenchon in presidential race is rattling France

(Newser) - Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and independent Emmanuel Macron have been drawing the lion's share of attention as the French presidential election nears (the first round is April 23 ), but a leftist candidate who has used a hologram of himself to stump at campaign rallies is now gaining...

Gary Johnson Doesn't Know What Aleppo Is

#Fail

(Newser) - The city of Aleppo has long been at the center of Syria's civil war—most recently in claims that the Syrian regime dropped chlorine gas bombs on its own people—so one might think presidential candidates would be pretty familiar with it. Not Gary Johnson. "What would you...

David French: 'I'm Not Going to Run' for President

'I'm not the right person,' French says—but he thinks 'path remains open for others'

(Newser) - Election 2016 still has a good five months or so to tick off the calendar, but David French isn't going to be part of it. The Iraq War veteran and National Review writer hand-picked by Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol to be the third-party savior against Hillary Clinton and...

Philippine Prez Candidate: Rape Comment Is 'How Men Talk'

Rodrigo Duterte (aka 'Duterte Harry') isn't sorry for shocking remarks

(Newser) - Some men talk sports and politics. But the front-runner for May's presidential election in the Philippines has different ideas about how guys shoot the breeze—and he's taking heat for it. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte made a campaign speech Sunday, and in it he referred to the...

Ben Carson Backs 'Cerebral' Trump

Ex-presidential candidate calls Trump a 'leader with an outsider's perspective'

(Newser) - Donald Trump may have once called out Ben Carson's "pathological temper" and likened him to a child molester , but in the world of campaign politics, rivals often have short memories—or extremely forgiving ones. Proof positive: Ben Carson's official endorsement of the GOP front-runner, which he announced...

Trump: I Would Have Prevented 9/11 Attacks

The Donald inspires new round of sniping

(Newser) - Donald Trump continued his recent attacks on the Bush family by implying today that he would have prevented the 9/11 attacks, CNN reports. The Republican presidential contender said on Fox News Sunday that he's "extremely, extremely tough on immigration," which may have thwarted the 9/11 terrorists. "...

There Are Actually 1,200 People Running for President

Tom Brady Sketch and Mickey Mouse among them

(Newser) - Deez Nuts may be the most notorious of this year's alternative presidential candidates, but he's not the only one. In fact, there are more than 1,200 "solitary fringe presidential aspirants," as Kevin Hogan calls them in the Atlantic , even though most of them will...

Muslims Demand That Ben Carson Quit the Race

Critics stunned by his comment against Muslim presidents

(Newser) - Ben Carson's camp is playing defense today after his remark that a Muslim shouldn't be US president sparked some criticism, NBC News reports. "He did not say that a Muslim should be prevented from running, or barred from running in any way," says campaign spokesman Doug...

This Poll Might Be the One Hillary Needs to Worry About

Support among women drops sharply

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is currently holding several weeks of "Women for Hillary" rallies ... but in a span of just eight weeks, support for Clinton among Democratic-leaning female voters dropped 29 percentage points. A Washington Post - ABC News poll back in July found that 71% of such voters expected to...

GOP Presidential Field Just Got Smaller

Rick Perry drops out of the 2016 race

(Newser) - Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is dropping out of the race for president, ending his second bid for the Republican nomination and becoming the first major candidate of the 2016 campaign to give up on the White House. His struggling campaign has been strapped for campaign cash and stuck polling...

Rand Paul Does His Best Trump Impression

'You're stupid, you're fired, you're a pig, you look terrible, you only have half a brain'

(Newser) - In the ongoing tennis match/trainwreck between Donald Trump and Rand Paul that started with last week's GOP debate and continued this week , the two presidential candidates aren't showing any signs of slowing down the political attacks, insults, and even comic impressions. First Rand Paul released a digital ad...

'I'm in': Scott Walker Joins Crowded GOP Field

Wis. governor says 'Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them'

(Newser) - Make room, GOPers: Scott Walker is running for president. "I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them," he tweeted ( this time for real ) today. But for the Wisconsin governor—who dropped a "barn-burner...

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