| For now, the Democratic Party is in the dark about a 2020 strategy. But you know what they say: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to have to catch up. Our latest poll tries to gauge the Democratic and independent sentiment for the next election ... and yes, we realize we're getting way ahead of ourselves. (If you think this is bad, you should see tomorrow's edition of FTR, where we take a look at which collegiate debate team captains have the best shot at a 2044 vice presidential nomination.) Happy Festivus, everyone! |
| Up next for the Democrats in 2020: ??? |
| USA TODAY and Suffolk University conducted a poll to find the favorite Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential election, and the response was "nope, nope, nope, nope, nope ... got anyone else?" Out of the five potential candidates in the survey -- 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick -- the winner was "someone entirely new," backed by 66% of Democrats and independents. |
| As for those five actual human candidates, the ones with names and faces: |
| • | 23% were excited about Clinton running again; 62% said she shouldn't. | | • | 43% were excited about Biden; 31% said he shouldn't run. | | • | 44% were excited about Sanders; 38% said he shouldn't run. | | • | 34% were excited about Warren; 27% said she shouldn't run. | | • | 10% were excited about Patrick; 15% said he shouldn't run. | |
| Sure, we could have read through the entire Cheesecake Factory menu of possible 2020 candidates, but it's clear that non-Republicans are looking beyond the usual crowd for the next go-around ... at least as of right now. In a separate question, 61% of respondents thought Michelle Obama should run for some sort of elective office in the future, something she says she has no interest in doing. |
| Divided we stand |
| Meanwhile, the poll says nearly a month and a half after the election, the country still isn't united behind Trump. But hey, it's still early. |
| "Obviously, he's going to be the president, and we have to give him a chance," said poll respondent Kathleen Hoynes, who backed Sanders during the Democratic primary and Clinton in the general election. "I'm willing to do that, but he's going to have to prove to a lot of us that he can do the job." |
| About 54% of respondents said they were either "hopeful" or "excited" about Trump's presidency, with 38% saying they felt "alarmed." Trump was viewed favorably by 41% of respondents and unfavorably by 46%. After an election with a surprising amount of distaste for the two front-running candidates, a 5% deficit counts as a post-election honeymoon. |
| Icahn take it from here |
| Wall Street picked up another voice in the Trump camp Wednesday with the addition of investor Carl Icahn as an adviser for regulatory reform. (Note: Until May, Icahn owned a stake in Gannett Co., publisher of USA TODAY.) As we noted yesterday , industry's primary goal during the Trump administration is reducing government regulations; the official announcement from the Trump transition team left little doubt that's what Icahn was brought on to do. |
| "Under President Obama, America's business owners have been crippled by over $1 trillion in new regulations and over 750 billion hours dealing with paperwork," Icahn said in the statement. "It's time to break free of excessive regulation and let our entrepreneurs do what they do best: create jobs and support communities. President-elect Trump is serious about helping American families, and regulatory reform will be a critical component of making America work again." |
| Because he's still an active player in the investment industry, the appointment of Icahn worries critics. "It is very disconcerting and troubling to people who take investor protection issues seriously," says Andrew Stoltmann, partner at securities law firm Stoltmann Law. "It's a little like asking the fox to guard the henhouse." |
| "The corrupt nature of this arrangement cannot be understated," said Democratic National Committee spokesman Eric Walker. "Voters who wanted Trump to drain the swamp just got another face full of mud." |
| More from the USA TODAY Network |
| • | Member of black Mississippi church arrested in 'Vote Trump' arson (The Clarion-Ledger) | | • | Undocumented students grapple with the uncertainty of a Trump presidency (USA TODAY College) | | • | Trump meets with Boeing, Lockheed so they can have a conversation longer than 140 characters (USA TODAY) | | • | Trump tried to release Lewandowski back into the wild, but Lewandowski just set up shop less than a block from the White House (USA TODAY OnPolitics) | | • | A few hundred thousand people just signed up for 29 days' worth of Obamacare (USA TODAY) | | • | Pence dispenser: VP-elect volunteers at an Indiana soup kitchen (Indianapolis Star) | | • | Eight gift ideas if you drew Trump in the Secret Santa pool (USA TODAY Opinion) | |
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| The latest Twitter flame war |
| If you wrote a letter to Ohio elector Richard Jones urging him to change his vote -- and if you're worried about the effects that open-air trash burning has on air quality in the Rust Belt -- we have some bad news. |
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