Smartt Takes Issue #5: Turns Out Running For President Takes More Than Just Having An Instagram

Issue #5

Welcome back to Smartt Takes: Round 5!  We’ve got 2 new last minute entrants to discuss—welcome Joe Sestak and Tom Steyer— a drop out (👋Eric Swalwell) and a couple of new R candidates that are thinking of taking up the 2020 challenge.

Finally, we’re gearing up for the next set of debates July 30/31. The game plan is to recap them once again, but we’ll need to see how reliable Northern Spain’s internet is.🤷🏻‍♀️It's also the Bachelorette finale...consider me not impressed with the person in control of the debate schedule. 🙄 

Alright, let's hit it.

Breaking: Candidates Hit with Wave of Summertime Sadness as They Realize Running for President Takes More Effort Than Just Posting on Social Media

...Just ask Eric Swalwell. On July 8, Swalwell became the first person to announce that he was dropping out of the race. The 2020 election can be likened to The Bachelor, a lot of people enter for the “wrong reasons,” namely to introduce themselves to the public and then capitalize on that n…