Friday 23 November 2018

Who is leading the glamour stakes to take on Trump in 2020?

Predicting who might be chosen to be the Democratic candidate to challenge Trump for the presidency in 2020 is a mug's game, with two years to go. However, with a whole bunch of potential names now moving into the speculation phase of the presidential race, I think it's time to look at who are on the short list in the glamour stakes. Who has the Hollywood potential for throwing Trump out of office. A few months ago I would have said that Trump was almost a dead cert for winning a second term of office. But his popularity ratings are very poor, he has angered a lot of people by refusing to accept the CIA's belief that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was authorised by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (who has denied all prior knowledge of the assassination plot), he is threatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get money from Congress to build his border wall and he is having a very public spat with the chief justice of the US Supreme Court over lower courts' judgments against the president's asylum policies. All in all, the Trump brand is beginning to look like his famous golf courses, full of holes, bunkers and heavy rough. So it's timely I think to peek at the Democrats who might have gold dust on their shoulders. This is not an intellectual exercise, it's based on good looks, nice hair, shiney teeth and that indefinable star quality. Here are my choices: Kamala Harris, 54, California senator, lawyer, Julia Roberts-like smile, big teeth; Tulsi Gabbard, 37, Hawaii Representative, gorgeous looks, a major in the army national guard and a fantastic name; Beto O'Rourke, 46, Texas Representative, celebrities love him, and with a name like Beto he has to be given a chance; Steve Bullock, 52, governor of Montana, very nice hairdresser's hair; Andrew Cuomo, 60, Big Cheese governor of New York with Mafioso looks; Jay Inslee, 67, governor of Washington state who has that hard slightly scary stare which could be seen as tough-cool; Martin O'Malley, 55, governor of Maryland, who looks healthy and fit, obviously eats his five fruit and veg pieces every day; and Julian Castro, former secretary of housing and urban development under Obama, super cool and articulate dude and an American President Castro would be to die for. All the rest have marks against them. For example: Hillary Clinton, oh please not again, Joe Biden, nice guy but Trump would eat him for breakfast, Bernie Sanders, looks too old and tired and dishevelled, John Kerry, great height and hair but, like Biden, would be eaten alive by the Trump machine, Elizabeth Warren, too worthy and too boring, and Michael Bloomberg, far too rich. So after that comprehensive study of the most likely candidates from the Democratic Party to challenge Trump, my choice on glamour stakes alone would be Julian Castro. You read it here first!

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