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We could soon have four people with Massachusetts ties running for president

By adamg on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 5:50pm

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio - who grew up in Cambridge - looks set to run for president, joining current Massachusetts residents Warren, Moulton and Weld.

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By StillFromDorchester on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 5:58pm.

Go for it dude.

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By anon on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 7:47pm.

How so?

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By StillFromDorchester on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 8:32pm.

Isn't my best skill

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By anon on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 1:28pm.

I had no problem with it. Some people hardcore literal thinkers. I always add 'sarcasm off' on my sarcastic posts.

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By david george on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 6:34pm.

These four are kidding themselves - they don't have a snowballs chance in hell of becoming President.

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By anon on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 6:54pm.

Sarcasm off.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Fri, 05/03/2019 - 8:30pm.

Still waiting for Bloomberg to announce.

Maybe he's content to fund Weld.

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By Ron Newman on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 7:37pm.

(NYTImes) Michael Bloomberg Will Not Run for President in 2020

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By anon on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 1:12am.

A suit with a good resume...Wholly owned by his Financial and Real Estate Backers. He really should be challenging Trump as a Republican.

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By Murkin on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 7:01am.

There is a fifth choice:

E. None of the above

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By markg on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 10:36am.

Not a surprise, this will not work out well for De Blasio. Number 23 in an already packed field. From an April 3, 2019
Quinnipiac University Poll

Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Say 4-1 De Blasio Should Not Run For President

De Blasio should not run for president, New York City voters say 76 - 18 percent. Every listed party, gender, racial, borough and age group agrees that the mayor should not hit the campaign trail.

It would be bad for New York City if de Blasio runs for president, voters say 47 - 32 percent, including 43 - 35 percent among Democrats.

"Mayor Bill de Blasio's flirtation with a 2020 White House bid is prompting a rare moment of unity among New Yorkers. Three-quarters of them say, 'Mr. Mayor: Don't do it,'" said Mary Snow, polling analyst for the Quinnipiac University Poll.

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By anon on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 2:46pm.

When was the last Presidential election to NOT have a Massachusetts raised/educated person in the race?

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By Don't Panic on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:25am.

I think Weld will get the Republican nomination.

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By JonT on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 10:47am.

I don't think Jill Stein counts.

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By anon on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 2:57pm.

Hillary graduated from Wellesley

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By Pref Anon on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 4:03pm.

Going by just major ticket presidential nominations, 1996
If we're including VPs 1976 (Gore was a Harvard man, H.W Mass Born)

Of course if we're including major primary contendors who werent nominated, we can get rid of 1976, and I'd say the last would be 1964 (Cabot Lodge ran for nom here but im not sure if i should call him "major" in 64)

Going by the strictest of nobody running in the primaries (or VP nomination) being Massachusetts born educated or elected, first one I see is 1928. Granted, that's mostly thanks to Harvard.

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