These are not normal political times....

Consider that America has only had 45 presidents total, but in the last two presidential elections, 53 different people have sought the office.

20 Republicans and 33 Democrats.

1. John Kasich

2. Ted Cruz

3. Marco Rubio

4. Ben Carson

5. Jeb Bush

6. Jim Gilmore

7. Carly Fiorina

8. Chris Christie

9. Rand Paul

10. Rick Santorum

11. Mike Huckabee

12. George Pataki

13. Lindsey Graham

14. Bobby Jindal

15. Scott Walker

16. Rick Perry

17. Donald Trump

18. Bill Weld

19. Joe Walsh

20. Mark Sanford

21. Bernie Sanders

22. Martin O'Malley

23. Lawrence Lessig

24. Lincoln Chafee

25. Jim Webb

26. Hillary Clinton

27. Richard Ojeda

28. Eric Swalwell

29. Mike Gravel

30. John Hickenlooper

31. Jay Inslee

32. Seth Moulton

33. Kirsten Gillibrand

34. Bill de Blasio

35. Tim Ryan

36. Beto O'Rourke

37. Wayne Messam

38. Steve Bullock

39. Kamala Harris

40. Julián Castro

41. Marianne Williamson

42. Cory Booker

43. John Delaney

44. Andrew Yang

45. Michael Bennet

46. Deval Patrick

47. Elizabeth Warren

48. Tom Steyer

49. Amy Klobuchar

50. Tulsi Gabbard

51. Pete Buttigieg

52. Michael Bloomberg

53. Joe Biden

And if Trump is re-elected in 2020 and we have an open seat, no doubt we will see the mother of all presidential elections in 2024 with at least 60 candidates seeking the White House.