No matter what the outcome on November 6, there is only one
certainty. This is Barack Obama’s final
campaign. As the Democrats assemble in Charlotte this week, it
shouldn’t be lost on anyone that there will be a number of party members that
will be laying the seeds for their own campaign four years down the road – a
campaign which might start as early as November 7th.
There will be some obvious contenders but looking at the
Democratic bench, it simply doesn’t have the depth that the Republican one
has. There are no stand-out rising stars
which, quite frankly does not bode well for the party in 2016. There needs to be a nominee, of course and we
here at I Need Politics feel that it could be anyone of the following:
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Joe Biden: As the Vice President, he is an obvious
choice to run for the nomination. He’s
had Presidential aspirations since 1998 but he has a reputation of acting less
than Presidential. While those that
support him love that he speaks from the heart and shoots fro the hip, this
will be a liability overall. Given that
he’s already in the White House however, the chances of him securing the
nomination are almost a lock.
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Hilary Clinton: Another obvious contender though she has not
officially stated that she plans to run in 2016. Clinton
gave Obama a run for his money in 2008 and she was looking as good to win as he
was. She plans to step down as Secretary
of State within the next year, which would leave her open to prepare for a 2016
run. If anyone can take it away from
Biden, it’ll be Clinton .
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Martin O’Malley: Currently the Governor of Maryland and the
former Mayor of Baltimore, O’Malley has not been secretive of his Presidential
aspirations. He’s a moderate and a sort
of rising star. Expect him to throw his
hat in the ring.
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Andrew Cuomo: Succeeding his father Mario at being the
Governor of New York, Cuomo is expected to make a run as well. He was secretary of Housing and Urban
Development in the Clinton Administration and the Attorney General of New York
State. He comes from a political family,
married into the Kennedy’s and is familiar with Washington .
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Mark Warner: Currently the junior Senator from Virginia , he is the
former Governor of that state. He’s a
moderate Democrat that can have the appearance of a southerner if needed. He could have some electability on the
national stage of he breaks through during the primary season.
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Julian Castro: This is the closest thing the Democrats have
to a Marco Rubio in their party. He is
the young Mayor of San Antonio, TX, a Harvard educated Hispanic lawyer that is
incredibly popular there. What’s going
to help Castro’s rising star is that he is giving the Keynote address at the
DNC this week – the same slot that Obama had in 2004. If he knocks it out of the park, his name
will be all over the media. He might not
be politically strong enough to slog him through campaign machines like those
of Biden or Clinton, but then again, he might if he can nationalize the
popularity he has in southern Texas .
This is not to say that these are the only people that can
potentially be the Democratic nominee in 2016.
One never knows who can crop up after the election, during the midterms
in 2014 or afterwards. No one really had
heard of Bill Clinton in 1989 or of Barack Obama in 2003 and for all anyone
knows, some dark horse could emerge that the last moment. It will be interesting to watch how things
unfold, especially who ill begin to position themselves soon after the next
election.
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