Bernie Sanders! Winner of New Hampshire?

Andy Marlette - Pensacola News-Journal @pnj.com

Is Bernie Sanders going to be the next president of the United States? He did well in 2016, coming in second among Democrats and gathering an army of dedicated fans.

And he’s running again in 2020! He is running as a democrat but the first campaign literature of his I have seen was from the The Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president of the United States last year even though he is running as a Democrat. In fact he signed a loyalty oath to the Democratic party! 

If you want to  support Bernie’s run for POTUS look here.

In a recent, poorly conducted caucus in Iowa, Bernie Sanders - and there were mixed results - received the most votes but Pete Buttigieg led with the most delegates, but only by .1 percent!  Bernie Sanders says Iowa “screwed up” caucus results.
No surprise that the vote is being challenged by both of them!

Moving on to New Hampshire, on September 11 they hold the first primary in the nation. Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire by 20 points in 2016. Will he win this year too? 

Will Mayor Pete be a challenge for him? Will Biden be a problem? Will the many others prove to be trouble?

Today is the 2020 Primary in New Hampshire.We predict that Bernie Sanders will win but we know that this primary will be extremely important for future success or failure for all the candidates and wish them good luck.

Spoiler Alert!

Howard Schultz  is a former Starbucks CEO hoping to run as an independent  for president of the United States.  Independent presidential candidates are considered, in election parlance, spoilers- a non-winning candidate whose presence on the ballot affects which candidate wins.

The most important thing to know about him is that historians say if he runs as an independent, Howard Schultz could re-elect Donald Trump!

When Howard recently appeared at a Union Square  Barnes and Noble, a book store patron shouted “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire •sshole!”

Bette Midler, just to name one of  many people, is not a fan of Howard. She says of him “Howard Schultz is a reminder of how wealthy, opinionated white guys are just like Starbucks: there’s one on every f*cking corner."

So if you see Howard Shultz on a ballot remember the possible dire consequences!

Seeing The Future With 2020 Vision

Who might run against president Donald Trump in 2020? Trump is a republican so he is not likely to be challenged for the presidency by his own party but John Kasich, former governor of Ohio is considered a potential republican primary challenger. 

We’ve already told you a bit about the potential front runner, Bernie Sanders and shown you several of president Obama’s staff and friends that could run for president of the United States of America in 2020. 

Even Beto O’Rourke, who we’ve mentioned before and who lost his senate race to Ted Cruz, is, for some reason, being encouraged to run for  president of the United States of America in 2020! 

Now let’s look at just a few more members of the class of 2020!

Elizabeth Warren!

Elizabeth Warren is a senator representing Massachusetts  and she is very likely to run for president of the United States of America in 2020.

Many people like her policies but she is best known for her  consumer advocacy work. 

She supports Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All bill-this seems to be a  very important policy for some democrats.

CNN ranks her at #1 in their 2020 rankings for candidate for president of the United States of America, and New York Magazine says Warren is already dominating the race for 2020!

But the Boston Globe newspaper says don’t run, Senator Warren, don’t run!

Now Elizabeth has proposed the Accountable Capitalism Act.  In essence her ACA asks 

“If corporations are considered to be legally equivalent to people, then shouldn’t they also have a legal obligation to consider the impacts of their choices on a broader set of stakeholders beyond their shareholders?” 

Not so long ago, corporate leaders understood they had a stake in the country’s prosperity. Will Warren’s ACA return the USA to those bygone days?

Something else to consider-Rolling Stone magazine asks why do many democrats have second thoughts about running a female candidate like Elizabeth Warren in 2020?

Interesting question-will this effect Elizabeth Warren in 2020? Will this effect all women candidates?

Here at the Strangest Adventures we wonder can Elizabeth become  president of the United States of America in 2020?

Tulsi Gabbard!

Speaking of women presidential candidates, Samoan-American veteran Tulsi Gabbard is also running for  president of the United States of America in 2020. 

She represents Hawaii in the house of representatives. We’ve mentioned her experience and her potential as a president of the United States before. 

A reminder-Tulsi Gabbard is considered a progressive candidate-she quit working for the DNC in 2016 so she could endorse Bernie Sanders. In fact she also supports his Medicare for All act.

Some people are all ready for Tulsi Gabbard to become president of the United States in 2020.

She  has a few obstacles to overcome, especially her previous background as a very conservative republican seemingly obsessed with stopping gay marriage. 

She has turned her back on those beliefs though and changed her stance to support same-sex marriage in 2012.

In fact Tulsi Gabbard began her 2020 presidential campaign by apologizing for past LGBTQ remarks.

New York representative  Sean Patrick Maloney,  the first openly gay member of Congress, came to the defense of Tulsi-is that and her apology enough? 

Could Tulsi become president of the United States in 2020? Will she become president of the United States in 2020?

John Delaney ?

Yes John Delaney! John Delaney is the first democrat to declare he will be running for president of the United States of America in 2020.   He represents Maryland’s sixth district in the US house of representatives.  The 2020 presidential campaign of John Delaney, the U.S. Representative representing Maryland's 6th congressional district, was announced on July 28, 2017. 

Most people missed this but John Delaney was the first prominent Democrat to announce a campaign for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

John explains why he wants to run for president and you if you like civility and bipartisanship you might like Delaney. 

John prefers universal healthcare over Medicare for All. He says all Americans should have healthcare as a right.

Will John Delaney become president of the United States of America in 2020?  Maybe not but he is the first declared candidate-we will discover if that gives him any edge towards victory. 

Richard Ojeda!

Richard Ojeda,  a highly decorated 24 year veteran of the US army, previously served one term in West Virginia’s senate; he lost his election bid for the West Virginia’s 3rd congressional district in the 2018 midterm election.

After he lost he declared he was running for president of the United States of America in 2020, on November 12, 2018. That makes him the second democrat to declare his candidacy. 

You can see Richard Ojeda’s platform here.

As for healthcare, Richard believes in a public option.” I think we should give people the ability to buy into Medicare”.

Richard rose to prominence after he aggressively supported a teacher strike in West Virginia. 

Nearly a year later, in 2019, Ojeda got involved in another teacher’s strike, this time in Los Angeles California, and wrote in the Intercept about his thoughts on the subject of teacher’s strikes.

Ojeda has taken positions that were not popular in West Virginia, a state that overwhelmingly elected Donald Trump. For instance, he voted down an anti-abortion bill and he was instrumental in passing  the state’s medical marijuana law. 

But Richard Ojeda has one huge problem-he voted for Donald Trump. Will being the only democrat to vote for Trump cause problems for his campaign? Can voters forgive that vote? Should they forgive that vote?

Richard Ojeda was the second democrat to declare his candidacy for president of the United States of America in 2020. Can his early start help him win?  No one knows the future, anything is possible but his presidency seems highly unlikely.

Vermin Supreme!

Vermin Supreme was born in Massachusetts and represents no one. Vermin is a performance artist known for “running for office” since 1987.

CNN calls Vermin Supreme the protester who would be president.

Vermin Supreme says He 'Paved The Way For Donald Trump' 

All indications are he is a fake candidate that seems to be calling attention to the absurdities of politics and is also know for his distinctive headwear-a rubber boot.

One of Vermin’s most famous promises-a pony for all Americans.

Will this perennial candidate for president of the United States of America “run” in 2020? Probably. Will Vermin Supreme remind the USA that politics can be absurd? Probably. 

Vermin Supreme seems interesting but here at the Strangest Adventures we are glad that he never won an election. The USA could do better. 

Is This True?

Is This What Happened? Did Russia provide Wikileaks with stolen data which Jerome Corsi told Roger Stone about and Roger Stone told candidate Donald J.Trump about? We believe we will find out in 2019! 

Jerome Corsi writes seriously crazy books-this is one.

Obama’s People!

Many people seem to miss president Barack Obama. Even conservative Max Boot says “How I miss Barack Obama.  His presidency appears to be a lost golden age when reason and morality reigned. All of his faults, real as they were, fade into insignificance compared with the crippling defects of his successor. And his strengths — seriousness, dignity, intellect, probity, dedication to ideals larger than self — shine all the more clearly in retrospect.”

And Max is not the only one to miss Obama. 

Now that the midterms are over, people are considering running for president of the United States and some of those people are friends of Barack Obama-here are a few to consider.

Eric Holder!

Eric Holder was Barack Obama’s Attorney general from 2009 to 2015. 

Holder says he will decide if he will run for president by early 2019. 

With former president Barack Obama's backing.  former Attorney General Eric Holder is leading a new party effort to redraw the jurisdictional lines, thus ending  gerrymandering, 

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee-the NDRC,  is building a targeted, state-by-state strategy that ensures Democrats can fight back and produce fairer maps in the 2021 redistricting process.

Great work! The USA needs fairer elections. 

Will Eric Holder run for president of the United States in 2020? He has not yet announced but we wish him luck if he does.

Joe Biden!

Joseph Biden was Barack Obama’s  vice president from 2009 to 2017. 

Biden had family issues in 2016 but if he had ran for president in 2016 many people think he would have won. Will Joe run in 2020?

Slate says Democrats can do better than Joe Biden in 2020. Paste Magazine agrees.

Vanity Fair thinks a Biden presidency is worth  considering. Spoiler alert Biden is not ruling out 2020. Trump claims he would love to run against Biden in 2020.

Here at the Strangest Adventures  we like Joe Biden for president of the United States but wonder if the US needs younger leadership now.

John Kerry!

Speaking of older leader ship, John Kerry was Obama’s second secretary of state. 

John Kerry ran for president in 2004 but he was swift-boated and  lost to George W. Bush.

Obama made Kerry his second SOS and he did his job well but Trump is not a fan. 

But now Kerry sounds like a 2020 candidate according to Politico. 

Kerry was quite angry after Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris climate accord, 

Kerry once told the British newspaper The Guardian  “People are going to die because of the decision Donald Trump made.”

Obama has other friends too but perhaps they are long shots to run for president of the United States of America. 

The Rock!

Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, is multi-talented and has played college football  for the University of Miami. He has also been a professional wrestler and still is an actor and producer.    

Will he run for president of the United States in 2020? Maybe. 

We say his lack of political experience rules him out but then Trump had no political experience either.

Oprah Winfrey!  

Oprah Winfrey  is possibly one of the most famous women in America.

She turned a job as a TV news anchor into  a career hosting a talk show. then transitioned her hit talk show into a media and business empire. 

Oprah supported Barack Obama as a presidential candidate.

One year Oprah Winfrey gave a rousing speech at the Golden Globes, afterwards many people thought she should run for president. 

At the Strangest Adventures we also know that everyone should consider the irrational, pseudoscientific fantasy land Oprah helped create in the United States Of America.

We do not approve of Oprah promoting scientifically dubious theories.

Some people have suggested that Oprah Winfrey  should run to become president of the United States. We disagree but who knows who will run in 2020? We can hardly wait to find out.

Vote 2018!

It’s election time in America-midterm elections are on Tuesday the 6th of November.That's tomorrow! They are midway between presidential elections and people often ignore them but this time they are important. If one or both houses of congress get controlled by democrats (president Trump is a republican) then congress can start holding the president responsible for his actions and maybe even his words. In the last big election, in 2016, Trump became president and the world was shocked: this time the world could be just as shocked, by change. The United States House of Representatives has 435 seats and all are contested but only 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested.

Most political analysts believe that democrats will take the house and republicans will keep the senate.

Also 35 governorships are being contested, the democrats expect to take the majority there as well because Trump seems to be very unpopular.

Republicans seem to be only too aware of their own unpopularity. Though Trump has the white house and his party controls congress a majority of voters are unhappy with this situation. Because of this some fairly substandard republican candidates are running this time. 

Here at The Strangest Adventures we already told you about Nazi republican Arthur Jones.

His "secret" identity" is Jack Justice

Steve West is another troubled republican. 

Steve West is running for the Missouri House of Representatives District 15   and is such a bigot that two of his children are speaking out against him. 

Even the republican party is denouncing him. 

He plays a character on radio and the internet, Jack Justice. Here is a taste of his antisemitism and hatred of other groups on his youtube channel.

Is he too extreme? You decide.

Neoconfederate Corey Stewart

Corey Stewart is another bigot republican running. Corey Stewart was Donald Trump’s Virginia campaign chairman In 2016 Corey said “I was Trump before Trump was Trump.” He is a favorite of white supremacists and he is trying to get elected to the US senate from Virginia. 

Is Corey Stewart too extreme? Read this and decide.

One aspect of this election is extreme republicans but another aspect of this election is women running for office. Why are so many women inspired to run for office this year?

Is it because the president bragged about grabbing women-his sexual misconduct?

Are women angry about the Kavanaugh supreme court hearing? And how it reminds them that they are not being heard?

Are they angry about how little has changed since the supreme court hearing for Clarence Thomas in 1991?

Keep in mind the reaction then was president George Herbert Walker Bush lost his reelection bid in 1992 and many women got elected to congress.1992 was called the Year of the Woman.

The class of 1992

Women that won in 1992 discuss the midterms of 2018 here.

A historian explains the striking parallels between 1992’s “Year of the Woman” and 2018.

2018 is also becoming known as the  Year of the Woman because a record number of women are running for political office in 2018.  Sixteen gubernatorial candidates,  twenty three senate candidates, and 237 house of representatives candidates are woman. Maybe 2018 should be called Year of the Women!

Alyse Galvin who is running for the open seat representing Alaska in the US house of representatives as a democrat against republican Don Young, exemplifies these times.

Alyse is a first time candidate running against the house’s longest serving member, Don King. A woman replacing a man is a recurring theme this year.

Woman replaces man?

Alyse Galvin thinks  it is time for a new Alaska voice in Congress. Is it?

Good luck Alyse, she may get elected: she is leading Don Young by one point in a recent poll.

Amy McGrath celebrates becoming the nominee

Retired Fighter Pilot Amy McGrath  is running for Kentucky's 6th congressional house district. Amy has been mentioned here on The Strangest Adventures before.

Once again a woman that has held no other elected office before hopes to replace a man. Can Amy McGrath win? 

Real Clear Politics says Amy is polling one point behind her republican opponent, Andy Barr.

Will she win anyway? Tuesday will tell the tale.

The future of Georgia?

Stacey Abrams is running for governor of Georgia. If Stacey wins she will be the first black woman governor of Georgia, or of any state in the United States. she was in the Georgia General Assembly, 2007–2017 and she was minority leader there from 2011 to 2017. 

Here she is on the Daily Show.

Former US President Barack Obama endorses Stacey

She seems very charismatic and she may have great potential on the national stage someday.

Her opponent, Brian Kemp, is current Secretary of State for Georgia- he has been scrutinized in the wake of a report from the Associated Press that he had stalled more than 50,000 voter registrations by disproportionately black voters under the state’s exact-match requirements.

Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter endorses Stacey

However, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ruled Friday that the procedures were likely to result in the violation of voting rights for a large group of people and needed to be halted immediately.

This has focused national attention on this governor’s race.

Is it patriotic to burn this symbol of the confederacy?

By the way Stacey burned the old Georgia state flag, featuring a confederate battle flag in it’s design when she was a college student in 1992-will this destruction  of a confederate symbol hurt or help her?

Many people were unhappy to see Trump elected in 2016-will 2018 be a backlash? For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.Will 2018 be a reaction to 2016 or will the current status quo be maintained? Time will tell but we urge every American to vote!