The national cry to put a Hindu in the White House may be close to immeasurable, but there is some talk about Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard moving in.

Ever since first appearing on the national political stage as the strong, articulate spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, Gabbard has been mentioned as someone who could run for vice president or even president as a youthful, hard-to-classify, new generation politician.

The most recent flirtation comes from Politico Magazine’s encyclopedic listing of all those perhaps mulling over a 2020 presidential bid.

Among the myriad names is Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii.

Contributing editor and political analyst Bill Scher starts off his piece cautioning that the listing is mostly a casting call, but he adds “anyone who wants to be president must make moves now. Beyond building a network of donors and volunteers, over the next 3½ years, those hoping to make it to the White House need to sell themselves to primary voters as leaders.”

About Gabbard, Scher says: “Those wanting a more dramatic shift may embrace Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

“Her foreign policy audacity has only elevated her standing among those opposed to any military involvement in Syria. … There is already a Run Tulsi Run website, which sells unofficial Gabbard gear for 2020. If she runs, she will force a grand debate over the party’s foreign policy direction.”

Social media helps with a sort of encouragement. Gabbard gets low-cost visibility from the random Internet listings, ranging from petitions calling for her to run, to speculation such as “Why Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Will Likely Be the Next President” and “Meet Tulsi Gabbard, Future President of the United States.”

Thanks to her frequent national news media interviews both supporting Sanders and her own comments on foreign policy, Gabbard has raised both her profile and her campaign treasury. She reports having slightly more than $2 million, according to the Federal Elections Commission files.

Looking in the morning mirror and seeing the next President of the United States is something that happens to nearly all in political office, but actually accepting that as a goal is something else.

Besides the simple desire, a lot of plans have to be made and Gabbard appears to be readying a road trip.

While she has said nothing except that she plans to run for her fourth term in the U.S. House, Gabbard has embarked on some interesting tangents.

The newest is a report from a blog dubbed “Veterans Today,” in which Gabbard announces that she is raising funds for a national tour.

“Will you contribute $5 to my campaign so that we can put together a national tour that will call out the hypo- crisy of the Trump administration and help build support for a sane foreign policy?” Gabbard asks.

A Gabbard campaign spokeswoman said “the details are still in the works” but called it a “national tour on peace and foreign policy.”

Gabbard further burnished her foreign policy credentials with an op-ed piece in the Washington-based newspaper “The Hill” last week stressing her interest in peacefully resolving both the North Korean and Syrian crisis.

“If the U.S. is serious about getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, we must end the regime change war in Syria and begin to restore our credibility,” Gabbard wrote.

All valid points and all strengthen Gabbard’s name in presidential politics.

Richard Borreca writes on politics on Sundays. Reach him at 808onpolitics@gmail.com.