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POTUS 2020

We’ve been fantasizing about the identity of the next President almost since the inauguration of the present one.  Conducting a friendly POTUS 2020 prediction dinner party auction competition amongst friends provided an opportunity to indulge our fantasies.

The rules of the game:

Each participant has $20 to spend, in increments of $0.25, auction-style.  The winning participant will be the one whose group of candidates collectively has the most points after the November 2020 Presidential election.  Points will be awarded as follows:

500 points to the owner who “buys” the candidate with the most electoral votes in 2020.

250 points to the owner who “buys” the candidate with the second most electoral votes in 2020.

100 points to the owner who “buys” any other candidate who receives at least one electoral vote, but does not come in first or second.

200 points to the owner who "buys" the candidate selected to be vice president by the winning Presidential candidate.

100 points to the owner who "buys" the candidate selected to be vice president by the Presidential candidate with the second most electoral votes.

50 points to the owner who "buys" a candidate who is invited and actually appears in a nationally-televised Presidential (not vice-presidential) debate hosted and/or aired live by CNN or NBC; provided, however, that (1) no candidate may receive more than 50 points for participation in debates, and (2) no candidate who subsequently receives any electoral votes may receive any points for having appeared in a debate.  

Participants shall each nominate candidates and include with such nomination at least a $0.25 bid, until such time as no participant wishes, or is able, to make any further nominations, or no participant has any money left.  The participant who bids the most on any nominated candidate “wins” that candidate.  The “Presidential Field” and the "Vice Presidential Field" shall each be recognized candidates, and shall include all people in the world who are not otherwise “bought” by another participant.  In order for either Field to earn points, a person not otherwise “bought” during the auction MUST WIN the Presidency or Vice Presidency.  No points will be awarded to the Field for debates, electoral votes, or second-place. 

If you find yourself confused by the rules outlined above -- fear not -- most of last night’s participants were as well, and their confusion did not seem to adversely affect their enjoyment of the auction.  Despite the byzantine and wholly arbitrary rules, and the fact that the winner won’t be determined for nearly two years, seven intrepid dinner party attendees took the plunge.  Here are the results:

ANTHONY:  Bernie Sanders (8.25), John Kasich (2.75), Sherrod Brown (2.00), Adam Schiff (0.75), Mark Cuban (0.75), Tom Steyer (0.50), Ted Cruz (0.50), Chuck Schumer (0.50), Julian Castro (0.50), Jay Inslee (0.25), Lincoln Chaffee (0.25), Mitch Landrieu (0.25), Jason Kander (0.25), Pete Buttigieg (0.25), Tim Ryan (0.25), Jeff Merkley (0.25), Seth Moulton (0.25), Martin O’Malley (0.25), Howard Schultz (0.25), Eric Swalwell (0.25)

CHU:  Kamala Harris (7.25), Andrew Cuomo (4.75), John Hickenlooper (2.75), Condoleeza Rice (1.25), Hillary Clinton (1.00), Gavin Newsom (1.00), Paul Ryan (0.75), Michael Avenatti (0.75), Stephen Colbert (0.25)

FOX:  Beto O’Rourke (6.50), Elizabeth Warren (5.75), Eric Holder (3.25), Jerry Brown (1.50), John Delaney (0.75), Elon Musk (0.75), Andrew Gillum (0.25), Ellen DeGeneres (0.25)

KIRK:  Kristen Gillibrand (7.00), Joe Biden (7.00), Cory Booker (5.75), Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson (0.25)

LEE:  Donald Trump (11.00), Deval Patrick (2.50), Amy Klobuchar (2.50), Tulsi Gabbert (1.75), Michelle Obama (1.25), Sarah Palin (0.50), Kanye West (0.50)

SABO:  PRESIDENTIAL FIELD (7.00), Mike Pence (5.50), Bill de Blasio (1.75), Michael Bloomberg (1.75), Mitt Romney (0.75), Oprah Winfrey (0.75), Bob Corker (0.75), Jeff Flake (0.50), Tim Kaine (0.50), Ben Sasse (0.25), Maggie Hassan (0.25), Jamie Dimon (0.25)

SIEVERS:  VICE PRESIDENTIAL FIELD (8.75), Eric Garcetti (2.25), Terry McAuliffe (1.75), John Kerry (1.00), Steve Bullock (1.00), Marco Rubio (0.75), Roy Cooper (0.75), Nikki Haley (0.50), Joe Kennedy III (0.50), Mark Zuckerberg (0.50), Chris Murphy (0.50), Rudy Giuliani (0.50), Ben Casey (0.50), Luis Gutierrez (0.25), Jeff Bezos (0.25), Bruce Springsteen (0.25)

My team didn’t come together as planned.  Mistakes were made, opportunities were missed.  I blame the Sierra Nevadas (a common refrain of mine recently) and the unexpected skill of my competitors.  Women are turning out to vote in record numbers.  Last November brought record numbers of women candidates, many (most?) of whom won.  The chances of a woman becoming president in 2020 are quite good, and yet a survey of my team’s roster the morning after the auction reveals no women, while everyone else has at least one.  FeeltheBern I guess?  Looks like I won’t be banishing this t-shirt to the rag bag for at least another two years.

--RFA