Early standouts from the first debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary with the first 10 candidates jousting for the eventual prize appear to have been Cory Booker, Julian Castro and Amy Klobuchar.
Julian Castro, 16 September 1974 2.40 am (memory) San Antonio, Texas, is a New Moon in Virgo with a ferociously determined Mars Pluto in Libra. He’ll have highs and lows later this year with a lucky-break Solar Arc Jupiter opposition his Uranus in four months’ time, but also a couple of Neptune sinkers. Into 2020 he has tr Pluto conjunct his Jupiter/Neptune midpoint which is generally a no-no for elections – losses, plans not working out.
Cory Booker, 27 April 1969 1.10 am (memory) Washington, DC, is a Sun Taurus conjunct Saturn with a heavyweight Jupiter Pluto plus Uranus and Virgo Moon all in the 8th – JFK and Merkel had/have full 8th houses. He’s not looking happy at all through this year with disastrous missteps and failure in October/November. He’ll bounce more enthusiastically from early 2020 onwards.
Amy Klobuchar, 25 May 1960 Plymouth, Minnesota, is a New Moon in Gemini with a confident Jupiter in Capricorn trine Pluto and a disciplined, hard-edged Saturn in Capricorn square Mars in Aries. She has some lift across the New Year and will be pushing confidently in 2020; but she’s got the loss-making tr Pluto conjunct her Mars/Neptune midpoint this year and next as well as the dashed-hopes tr Neptune conjunct her Sun/Jupiter through till late 2020 as well.
Patrick: You say Kamala Harris has an abundance of solar arcs on election day. What does that mean? Is that good or bad? Would appreciate your explaining. Afraid I’m not up on the nitty-gritty of astrology, knowing just the basics. Thanks in advance.
20 candidates at this stage is insane! I come from a country which typically has 8-9 Parliamentary Groups, and have always found our General Election debates with “full field” absolutely unbearable. So I don’t blame US voters for feeling overwhelmed at this stage, either. So, it’s obvious these debates do not have that big of an impact to single voters’ decisions, they are more of fundraising events, really. And if you look at them like that, the biggest winner seems to have been Harris. She already has an impressive fundraising record, even for someone from California, but now I read Biden staff has gotten worried.
So, I’m going to “upgrade” Harris from a likely VP nominee to a very serious contender for Presidential Nomination. I’d like Warren to be the last woman standing with her, she is eating into that “Bernie Base” that’s actually allowed to vote in Democratic Primaries.
I like your hopeful spirit Solaia! You go girl!
The latest Democrat polls (after the debates) have Biden 32%, Sanders 17%, Harris 17%, Warren 14%, Buttigieg 5%. Harris gained 8 points after the debate.
IMHO, strong: Pete B, Bernie, Bennet, Eric S (sometimes a smart-azz), Biden. Kristen G, too strong at first, wanting to jump in on every question, but she has extensive, good qualifications for President, and it took that kind of push to get it out there.
Harris: The Internet is calling her the breakout candidate.
Marianne W seemed like a nice person, but obviously hasn’t got government experience. We already have a non-government experienced President, and it’s not good. In her final statement, I thought she was going to throw some kind of witches curse on Trump, but she’s going to throw “Love” at him and defeat him on the battlefield with Love. Good luck with that.
John H was buried under the rest, and he has excellent qualifications, so I hope he gets another chance in future debates. Yang, loved him, but he too was buried by the herd. He was the most in touch with reality, and was succinct. Plus, I need that $1,000 a month! Vote Yang! (lol)
For tonight, Perry predicts (again, no disrespect to our Lady. He has a little site and is not the powerhouse that Marjorie is, yet he did well with his first debate predictions):
Bernie Sanders is sticking to his 2016 platform, and it will will not seem fresh tonight. “Competing with younger people saying pretty much the same thing but without the frizzy grey hair”. Kamala does well but has to deal with an unforeseen criticism that throws her a bit. Biden comes out strong and meets his critics head on. Pete B. Will be at the top of his game. Bennet needs to be careful or he could be this years Rick Perry. Marianne W. will deliver a successful spiritual message. Eric S may push too hard. Kristen G will come off as energetic. Yang will come on strong but his ideas will face serious criticism. John H will be effective, calm, and aggressive against the attacks on him.
Wendell Perry.
From what I have looked at Harris and Warren have the best outlooks with these 3 after that and could be Vice Presidents or Attorney Generals. I think all 3 make the September debates. Kamala has an abundance of Solar arcs on Election Day. I saw Biden and Sanders getting slammed by so many harsh influences. They are getting really old. Yang has Transiting Pluto conjunct his Sun, but people are wary of business people.
So, where are the young’uns? The minimum age to become president is 35, along with:
* The Constitution gives three eligibility requirements to be president: one must be 35 years of age, a resident “within the United States” for 14 years, and a “natural born Citizen,” a term not defined in the Constitution.
I’d venture to suggest that the phrase “natural born citizen” is grounded on demographics from the 1700’s, allowing for someone whose parents “came off the boat” yet was born in the Colonies.
Thoughts?
My vote will likely be for Kamala Harris.
“So, where are the young’uns? The minimum age to become president is 35.”
That said, there have only been two US Presidents who took the office before their 45th birthday. And only 9 who were under 50.
Of the people mentioned at Marjorie’s post, Julian Castro would be come the 3rd youngest POTUS ever, at 46 years and 125 days circa. Bill Clinton was 46 years and 154 days old, Obama
Pete Buttigieg would become the second youngest POTUS ever – one day past 43 and only 40 or so days older than Teddy Roosevelt, who was the youngest President ever taking office – in 2025 and the 4th youngest in 2029. That’s how young he is!
I don’t think either of them is going to win this time around, but Castro especially is a strong VP contender, with his experience from Obama Administration. I wouldn’t count Buttigieg out as a VP Candidate, either, because he seems to be, “strangely” enough given he is an openly gay, married man, appealing to more moderate Independents and Democrats in Midwest. I don’t, personally, find his appeal that strange, at all, because just like with Obama, if you take that one “being minority” aspect out of the equation, they definitely have a very “Middle American” appeal, they are smart, but seem decent (I still leave “seem” there for Buttigieg, Obama is, without a question, decent) and not elitist.
At the end of the year, how many of those 20 will remain? 😉 I’ll be happily watching for a breakaway candidate. Even a Far Left candidate.
I’m actually agreeing with you on this, Patrick. Sanders and Biden seem ancient even by ancient white male standards. But out of the other candidates, Harris or Warren are likelier, and this “batch” are VP worth.
Warren, of course, just turned 70, too. But I think that more general US public gets to know her beyond these “Pocahontas” comments, more they like her. She is very relatable in that most of us have a “busybody” older aunt, co-worker, mother-in-law or what ever, who makes us feel like complete disorganized slackers, but we can’t manage without, that she reminds us of.
Thanks, Marjorie. As a Dem, I was pleased with the way the candidates as a whole came across last night. Looking forward to Part 2 this evening. Based on your post, Booker looks the strongest of the three, albeit with a rough patch this fall. As a Taurus, he’ll hang in there come hell or high water.
I read an opinion summary from AOC. She was pleased and “amused” with some of the candidates’ efforts to speak Spanish in attracting Latino votes. “Amused” in that the candidates did confuse the genders of some words – using the incorrect masculine / feminine form of the nouns. But they tried!