What type of President do we need at this time?

[kentuck]

We need a statesman. We need a person that is intelligent and knowledgeable about world affairs.

We need a person that can unite our country with uplifting words and optimism.

We need a person that can speak of the future, not just the recent past.

We need a compassionate leader that works for those at the bottom and not just those at the top.

Our country needs to be inspired.

[samnsara]

1. we need a QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED candidate...

...no more pretty faces....

[MineralMan]

2. One who has a different name than Trump.

That's the first qualification.

Your other ones are excellent, though.

[Corgigal]

3. Trust

I want to trust their judgement, so I don't have to watch the news daily. I want my regular daily life back.

I pick Presidents like I would choose a surgeon who is operating on someone I love. Trust due to their good judgement.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Your next President will be Mike Pence

There will be all kinds of backroom wheeling and dealing before the midterms.
Once it gets out what Mueller has on Trump and his family, he will negotiate a resignation that both parties will eventually go along with as long as Republicans are guaranteed no dirt gets on Pence.

[tonyt53]

5. I agree completely. Hopefully people will come to their senses and not vote for Pence in 2020.

Two years is more than enough of either trump OR Pence.

[bdamomma]

16. I have a feeling that

Corker may run too.

[L. Coyote]

6. We need a Very Stable Genius.

[kentuck]

7. +100

Unfortunately, it cannot happen.

[samplegirl]

8. We dont need another Republican

Who will further the wrecking ball agenda! And rubber stamp everything!

[marble falls]

9. But Barack Obama can't run again.

[Skidmore]

11. Yes. We had such a person

and did not give him a Congress to help him. Some still haven't learned the lesson.

[marble falls]

12. We think the White House is everything: Congress is the big enchilada. The Republicans get it....

A good President is miles better with the right Congress and a bad President is miles worse with a bad Congress.

[kentuck]

15. I agree with you.

I always felt that when the Democrats lost the House, it was a bad sign for our country. Someone has to guard the henhouse.

[TNLib]

10. We're going to need to a very experienced person to fix and shape public policy

and our international standing after the Trump dumpster fire is over.

[bdamomma]

13. Someone who believes in the Constitution

also someone who shows their tax returns. That would be a beginning.


Also we need to get some new blood in the Congress none of this GOP Man's club only.

[L. Coyote]

14. Someone needs to tell Trump that Obama can hold his breath for ten minutes.

The kind of President we need is one who would keep breathing!

[democrank]

17. This might sound crazy, but I'd like our next president to have some "street cred"

Someone with a certain down-home eloquence who can relate to people outside the beltway

Someone who knows the difference between compromise and selling out

Someone who has actually been inside a boarded-up factory or a school with falling ceiling
tiles

Someone who values diplomacy in foreign affairs

Someone who will walk the streets of Chicago or Flint and talk about outside-the-box
solutions.....and then DO SOMETHING

Someone who has concrete plans formulated to combat drug addiction, homelessness, poverty, outrageously high student loan debts

Someone who is dedicated to helping our veterans, including those with PTSD

Someone who is absolutely committed to civil rights, economic and social justice

Someone committed to ending voter suppression, overhauling our Foster Parent program

Someone with solid public works/infrastructure ideas

Someone who advocates saving things, like: our planet, money, our democratic ideals

Someone who doesn't need a political consultant to decide what he/she should stand for

Someone who would speak nationally about mentoring, volunteering, sacrificing

Someone who prefers honest conversation over talking points

Someone who puts country over party

[FSogol]

18. You just described Martin O'Malley. n/t

[Bayard]

19. Americans are desperate for someone

Someone who sounds sane, and middle of the road. Intelligent, politically experienced, globally savy, who can pass a totally nit-picking ethics test. Throw in some charisma and eloquence, and I think they'd coast into office. Sorry to say, he'd have to be an average white guy to get voters who hated Obama (yes, Repuglicans). We can re-address that issue next time, but first, we have to take back the White House. This person will have to be qualified to undo all the harm Trump has done. Its an emergency.

Not sure who that would be yet. But he could probably bring along a younger firebrand for VP.

[OhioBlue]

22. Obama won twice without the voters that hated him so I don't follow your

line of thinking that we need to run a white guy to get them back?

[Bayard]

24. Whole different kettle of fish now

Nine years ago, I think Americans were much more open minded. We were ready for a black president. To win now, I think we need a candidate who is the embodiment of "normal". Obama stood for hope and unity. This person will have to stand for sanity and the comfort zone of where this country is now.

[kydo]

20. Someone sane, speaks the truth, believes in the Constitution, and not under indictment.

In other words, not a republican.

[Skittles]

21. someone who isn't in it for the fucking APPLAUSE

[OhioBlue]

23. a Democrat that can win.

[ck4829]

25. Being POTUS should be like winning the lottery... Shirley Jackson's Lottery.

[Orange Free State]

26. A person of color

Would be OK but not orange.