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    Why Howard Schultz's Independent Bid For President Is A Radical Idea

    The former Starbucks CEO has a better chance than most because of his wealth, but there are reasons George Washington was the nation's only independent president.
    by Domenico Montanaro Jan 29, 2019 4 minutes
    Then-Starbucks Executive Chairman Howard Schultz speaks at the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington on March 21, 2018.

    There's been no shortage of reaction to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's declaration that he is seriously considering running – as an independent – for president.

    Democrats have warned that he would get President Trump re-elected if he goes through with it. Trump seemed to be baiting him into running tweeting that he doesn't have the "guts" to do it. Former Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted that it would be such a "gift" to Trump that Trump should give Starbucks free rent in Trump Tower.

    For his part, Schultz believes there's an opening in the middle.

    "I can't think of anything that is a more quintessential expression of our democracy than providing the American people with a choice that doesn't in an interview that aired Tuesday on .

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