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The author of Later in the speech, Diaz said that there were several factors he is considering when thinking about a campaign. Despite evidence to the contrary, there exist signs that Diaz may begin a campaign. Newsweek reporter Harry Lichler notes that \u201cDiaz has been in contact with several union leaders. In addition, Diaz really doesn\u2019t seem to like Rafael Trujillo all that much, so he clearly is quite invested with politics.\u201d<\/p>\n Some have already begun measuring his odds. \u201cAt this point, it\u2019s increasingly unlikely that Diaz will be able to win an election,\u201d reports pundit Ra\u00fal Kaplan, \u201cBarack Obama announced his campaign in February, and George W. Bush announced his in June. \u201cHe had his chance to run, and he wasted it.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Daniel Ruttenberg Oct. 23, 2015 In a shocking turn of events, during his Monday talk and book signing at Mandel Hall, Junot Diaz revealed that he still has not decided whether he would run for president in 2016. The author of \u201cThe Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u201d and \u201cDrown\u201d spoke in depth about the state of university education, his process as a writer, and his advice to prospective authors at the University of Chicago. Near the end of the debate, he reported that \u201cI understand that many of you are wondering about my plans for the 2016 election, and I am listening to all of them. There are still a lot of considerations I need to make before deciding whether or not I will run.\u201d Later in the speech, Diaz said that there were several factors he is considering when thinking about a campaign. \u201cI was not born in the United States, so it will be an uphill battle to convince the public to let me serve in the nation\u2019s highest office. Before running, I also will need to read up on my economics, foreign policy, constitutional law, and general civics.\u201d Despite evidence to the contrary, there exist signs that Diaz may begin a campaign. Newsweek reporter Harry Lichler notes that \u201cDiaz has been in contact with several union leaders. In addition, Diaz really doesn\u2019t seem to like Rafael Trujillo all that much, so he clearly is quite invested with politics.\u201d Some have already begun measuring his odds. \u201cAt this point, it\u2019s increasingly unlikely that Diaz will be able to win an election,\u201d reports pundit Ra\u00fal Kaplan, \u201cBarack Obama announced his campaign in February, and George W. Bush announced his in June. \u201cHe had his chance to run, and he wasted it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}