Is Justin Amash going to run for president in 2020?
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I'm 99.9% sure one of Rand, Massie or Amash will run, I just am debating with myself which one
under what party? Libertarian is now a viable choice. and anyone running for president must win statewide office. Congressmen don't win. only Lincoln had been a congressman as his highest office. Ron tried, Kemp tried. Governor of MI is open in 2018. serve one term, and then step down and run in 2024. Jimmy Carter did this. so did Reagan.
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Why would Bill Kristol choose Amash for VP?
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Have all three run. All three have compelling stories, and can bring up the positive attributes of the other if asked to attack one of said others.
Additionally, unlike Gary Johnson in 2012, each of the three can reasonably articulate a libertarian message. For further bonus points, it may push Rand towards libertarianism rather than the GOP establishment.
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Uh no.... Rand will not be successful next time either without taking a massive turn to mimic his father in certain ways. And knowing Rand, I am betting that he has no intentions to ever run for President again.
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Agreed. Get all three into the race. They can create a coalition at debates and then, as polls dictate, throw their support to one or the other.
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As others have said, Amash is too green to run for POTUS.
Rand is the only viable option for 2020.
And I hope he's willing to run, after the backstabbing he received this cycle from supposed allies.
If not, we'll have to more or less sit out 2020 and focus on Senate and Gubernatorial races.
...which should get more attention than they do, in any event.
Rand is the only viable option for 2020.
And I hope he's willing to run, after the backstabbing he received this cycle from supposed allies.
If not, we'll have to more or less sit out 2020 and focus on Senate and Gubernatorial races.
...which should get more attention than they do, in any event.
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Amash has more experience than Rand, as he was in the state legislature before the house. he is also a veteran and a lawyer, but he needs statewide win. as would Massie. Rand has the name, but I don't think his heart is in it. he pulled the plug early this time.
whoever tuns has to seek both the GOP and Libertarian nomination , ideally getting 2 lines, but also to use the Libertarian line as a threat, that would make it impossible for any other GOP candidate to win.
whoever tuns has to seek both the GOP and Libertarian nomination , ideally getting 2 lines, but also to use the Libertarian line as a threat, that would make it impossible for any other GOP candidate to win.
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Bad advice, it doesn't work this way.
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What seats did Trump hold?
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I think Amash should run. He is pretty aggressive and well-spoken. He gives people someone to vote for.
I think it is important to have representative of freedom views. I see his campaign similar to Ron Paul's in that he is a minor House Rep with no chance of winning. But assuming he is confident in keeping his House seat, he can be pretty loose about what he says which might fire people up. I don't see Rand running again and Massie isn't great for this kind of thing. If it isn't Amash, there really isn't anyone else. So I suspect Amash will take a crack at it.
And the odds of Amash ever being Governor or Michigan are 0.0000% and I don't think he could win a Republican primary for Senate let alone beating a Democrat. It would require some sort of really good luck like a scandal that took the Democrat of the running. He was built to be a House Rep.
I think it is important to have representative of freedom views. I see his campaign similar to Ron Paul's in that he is a minor House Rep with no chance of winning. But assuming he is confident in keeping his House seat, he can be pretty loose about what he says which might fire people up. I don't see Rand running again and Massie isn't great for this kind of thing. If it isn't Amash, there really isn't anyone else. So I suspect Amash will take a crack at it.
And the odds of Amash ever being Governor or Michigan are 0.0000% and I don't think he could win a Republican primary for Senate let alone beating a Democrat. It would require some sort of really good luck like a scandal that took the Democrat of the running. He was built to be a House Rep.
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Trump isn't going to win the general. He won the primary because 17 candidates fractured the field. In the process he destroyed the GOP viability for a generation and may lose them the house. This election should have been a cake walk for the GOP with how crooked the Clintons are. Any number of the other primary candidates would have easily had a double digit lead on Clinton and the email leaks would be a real story, not pussygate. Trump being where he is was a perfect storm.
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I was referring to the primary and your position that a candidate must hold a senate seat. That being a Congressman wasn't enough to get them the primary. Trump has never held an elected position, not even dog-catcher, and he is the nominee.
Trump was an anomaly. Too many viable mainstream republicans got too greedy and all ran the same year taking each other out. In any other election, this never would have happened. I'm sure the GOP will never make this mistake again. The jump from congressman to potus just doesn't happen.
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to think Thomas Massie will never run for president or vice president is kind of ridiculous in my opinion.
I see no problem with Massie/Rand/Amash running as the LP nominee, if the GOP hypothetically allowed them too, if they don't win the GOP nominee
I see no problem with Massie/Rand/Amash running as the LP nominee, if the GOP hypothetically allowed them too, if they don't win the GOP nominee
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Trump is a billionaire who has high name recognition for decades.
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Debatable, but he probably has more money than Amash...
Name recognition though, certainly.
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