Speculation is stirring about a Seth Moulton presidential bid
He’s won praise from a neoconservative magazine editor, taken star turns on HBO and “This American Life,” and likened President Trump’s political ascendance to that of Adolf Hitler.
Just months into his second term, US Representative Seth Moulton has already demonstrated a knack for drawing attention. Now he is stirring speculation that he could run for higher office in three years – not just the US Senate, the frequent path of congressmen, but for the White House, a direct route from the House to the top job not taken since James A. Garfield in 1880.
The 38-year-old won his seat in 2014 by tackling a longtime incumbent of his own party. A decorated four-tour Marine veteran of the Iraq war with three Harvard degrees, he took out John Tierney in the Democratic primary.
But if his rare feat of unseating an incumbent in a primary drew notice, it has been Moulton’s persistent criticism of Trump that has elevated him to a national profile.
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