{"id":1992592,"date":"2023-08-06T17:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-dean-phillips-says-hes-well-positioned-to-be-democratic-presidential-nominee-but-is-undecided-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T17:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:32:49","slug":"rep-dean-phillips-says-hes-well-positioned-to-be-democratic-presidential-nominee-but-is-undecided-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-dean-phillips-says-hes-well-positioned-to-be-democratic-presidential-nominee-but-is-undecided-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Dean Phillips believes he has a strong chance to become the Democratic presidential nominee, but remains undecided about running in 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-dean-phillips-says-hes-well-positioned-to-be-democratic-presidential-nominee-but-is-undecided-for-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips: &#8220;Well Positioned&#8221; for Presidency<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips made a bold\u200b statement\u200b on Sunday, declaring\u200d that he is &#8220;well positioned&#8221; to become the President of the United States. However, he has not yet\u2062 decided whether he will challenge\u200b President \u200cJoe\u200c Biden for \u2063the Democratic nomination. In a recent appearance on CBS&#8217; Face the Nation, Phillips called on other members of the party to join the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m\u2064 well positioned to be \u2062president [of] the\u200b United States \u2026 I do not believe\u2062 I\u2019m well positioned to run \u2062for it right now,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phillips, a moderate\u200c Democrat, \u200cmade this statement in response to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-great-politically-for-republicans-to-talk-arizona-election-audit\/\" title=\"Trump: 'Great Politically' for Republicans to Talk Arizona Election Audit\">polls showing<\/a> that \u2063a majority of his party prefers a different candidate for the 2024\u2064 presidential race. He believes that those \u2063who are currently in \u2062a better \u2063position to run against the incumbent should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kushner-and-3-trump-era-officials-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Kushner and 3 Trump-Era Officials Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize\">step forward<\/a>, as that is what the country is asking for.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t heed that \u2062call, shame on \u2063us, and the consequences, I believe, are going to be disastrous,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cSo my \u200dcall\u2062 is to those who are well positioned, \u200dwell prepared, of good\u200b character and competency \u2014 they know who they are \u2062\u2014 to jump \u2062in because Democrats and the country need competition. It makes everything better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden\u2064 is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-todays-boys-could-use-an-old-fashioned-war-movie\/\" title=\"Why Today\u2019s Boys Could Use An Old-Fashioned War Movie\">facing challenges<\/a> from various candidates, including \u200bauthor Marianne Williamson and lawyer and medical activist Robert F.\u200c Kennedy Jr.\u2063 According to a recent New York Times\/Siena College poll, 64% of \u200bDemocratic \u200cvoters would prefer someone other\u2062 than the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips expressed skepticism about \u2063certain candidates, such as Kennedy, whom he does not consider \u2064to be\u200c a true\u2062 Democrat. He also questioned the viability\u2062 of a third-party \u2063ticket from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-california-recall-election-approaches-hollywood-goes-on-attack-against-gop-frontrunner-larry-elder\/\" title=\"As California Recall Election Approaches, Hollywood Goes On Attack Against GOP Frontrunner Larry Elder\">notable names<\/a> like Cornel West.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Phillips met with donors\u2062 in New York to discuss the possibility of a primary match-up against Biden. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-dean-phillips-says-hes-well-positioned-to-be-democratic-presidential-nominee-but-is-undecided-for-2024\/\" title=\"Rep. Dean Phillips believes he has a strong chance to become the Democratic presidential nominee, but remains undecided about running in 2024.\">business-friendly moderate<\/a> and \u2063member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, Phillips is\u200b concerned about the &#8220;tone deaf&#8221; bubble \u200bin Washington, D.C. He believes that \u2062the overwhelming number of Democrats seeking \u200calternative candidates\u2064 is a clear sign \u2063that action \u200dis needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The moment is now. That is what \u200cthe \u2063country is asking,&#8221; Phillips said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to challenge President Biden for the Democratic nomination at this time,&#8221; said Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota. He urged fellow party members to consider running and emphasized the importance of a competitive primary race. Phillips expressed confidence in his own abilities but stopped short of announcing his candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}