It’s Now or Never

Preferably, never. Do you remember when I pointed out the shenanigans surrounding Luis Gutierrez’s decision not to seek another term as Congressional representative of Illinois’s Fourth Congressional District? Apparently, Mr. Gutierrez is considering a run for the presidency. WGN reports:

CHICAGO — Luis Gutierrez, who recently announced he would not be seeking a 13th term as congressman, might be considering a run for U.S. president.

On Wednesday, the former congressman told the website Politico he is studying campaign finance rules in advance of a possible Democratic bid in 2020.

“I’m going to continue to take my voice and make sure that we take on the Democratic Party, that we take on the Republican Party and that we build infrastructure across this country,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez announce he would not seek re-election on Tuesday and endorsed Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for his seat.

“My wife and I, we’re going to take a little quasi sabbatical, we’re going to cross the country together. We’re going to talk to leaders in LA and Atlanta, in Miami and New York, in Philadelphia and Lorain, Ohio. We’re going to talk about how we build the infrastructure for 2020,” Gutierrez said.

Before Gutierrez served on the city council and congress, Juan Andrade hired him at the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute. Andrade said at 63 years old Gutierrez is not going away.

“He would make an excellent candidate. He’s fiery. He has a great message. His voice resonates throughout the country,” Andrade said.

I can think of very little that would be a greater motivation for me to vote for whoever is running against him than Luis Gutierrez’s seeking the presidency.