Yeah, no.
Howard Schultz was the CEO of coffee chain Starbucks. He has owned a sports team, but has no political experience. His stated positions are indeed run-of-the-mill centrist, but the primary thing we can glean from Howard Schultz is that, even at this late date, he sees not quite enough difference between the Trump presidency and, quote, some "far-left progressive Democrat" to be able to pick a side, no matter how many constitutional crises the Trump administration has swerved through or, notably, how much pain Trump's racist rhetoric and action has inflicted on Americans not named Howard Schultz. As is expected from a political neophyte whose policy opinions rely heavily on arguments he has seen on the teevee, he is also a bit of a tool.
“When I hear people espousing free government-paid college, free government-paid health care and a free government job for everyone — on top of a $21 trillion debt — the question is, how are we paying for all this and not bankrupting the country?” Mr. Schultz said.
Instead, Schultz seems to prefer to believe that the true answer to America's problems is another fabulously wealthy businessman with no apparent political skills but with, you know, 48 billion dollars to toss around. One who can find a middle ground between child detention camps and the "far-left" people who have been muttering a bit too much about rescinding tax cuts granted to people like Howard Schultz.
That announcement is not, in taking a quick glance at the Twitter replies and ratios, going well.