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From The Reporter’s Notebook
In an interview with CNN Thursday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) reflected on his failed campaign for the White House, saying that he knows he made mistakes and “people were interested in other things” in the 2016 election, TPM’s Sara Jerde reported. “I’ve learned to never say never. But this was my chance. This was the chance and I ran into a storm,” Bush said. “It just didn’t resonate—people were interested in other things this election.”
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall: “My read is that the SCOTUS blockade largely blocks off that route for this election. It’s really hard to cast yourself as ‘independent’, representing your state rather than a national political party, when you are not only doing something that is obviously and even explicitly for the national political party, but when you are obviously being damaged politically for doing so. So the fact that it’s damaging and obviously damaging makes it even more damaging, if that makes sense. If you’re willing to endanger your own reelection to avoid bucking your DC team, you’re pretty obviously not independent at all.”
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “With the Democratic nomination pretty well settled, let me throw out a name that SHOULD be seriously considered as Clinton’s VP: Former Senator and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. There are several obvious reasons why Salazar should be considered: He has both legislative and executive experience, he’s from a swing state, a swing state that also has a potentially competitive Senate race that his presence could help, and of course, he’s Hispanic. But there is an equally important historic reason why he should be considered, he’s from a state that is West of Texas, which would be a FIRST for ANY Democratic on a national ticket. Yup, that’s right, the Democrats have NEVER picked a Presidential or VP nominee from anywhere west of Texas. Don’t be fooled by the 1860 ticket of John Breckenridge and Joseph Lane (from Oregon). Breckenridge was from the newly formed “Southern Democratic” party, which we would probably now refer to as “Dixiecrats”. The “regular” Democratic party was led by Stephan Douglas, who picked Herschel Johnson from Georgia. The fact that the Democrats have ignored the West is one reason why many of us baby boomers read for decades about the GOP’s “electoral lock”.”
Related: Ken Salazar once seriously considered running for governor of CO.
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