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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:35 PM Original message |
I am so glad that Mark Warner is not running |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. They need someone to open the books on BushInc. and let the chips fall |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, that too |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Never going to happen. Ever. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I disagree. There are some who believe in open government and sharng |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. What I liked about Warner... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. As you yourself say, you're thinking game plan, not |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Granted. And, there are a couple others who meet those same criteria... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You make a good point - but how divided would the country be if they |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. And we need someone who is willing to put all the skeletons on |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. What makes you think Warner wouldn't? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Would he do it if he had the wrong team behind him, i.e. |
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hijinx87 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. and you can't govern if you don't win. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Four whole years? Wow. |
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hijinx87 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. well, it's not exactly his fault . . . . |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. when does it stop? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. Personal litmus test? |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. We need Al freakin' Gore. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. At this point, I don't know who we do need (I'm concentrating on 2006) |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. We don't have an FDR. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And why not? |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The latter I think. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. But also some of the former, from what I've seen |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. FDR did not run as FDR....if you take my meaning |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I haven't been able to google up any quick &dirty info on FDR's |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Well I agree with you in part... |
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PeaceProgProsp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. FDR was considered a lightweight when he ran. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. Edwards = another pretty boy with no experience. |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. Nonsense |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. I would take him over ANY puke out there...n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That's not a very high level of recommendation, is it? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Warner wouldn't be that terrible... |
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indygrl (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wish Bayh would drop out |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I wish Bayh would drop out, too |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. Richardson has charisma in gobs... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Richardson has charisma? |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Watch him work a room, sometime... |
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Jai4WKC08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Working a room doesn't mean a damn |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mark Warner was an incredibly competent and effective Governor... |
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hijinx87 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. well spoken. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, I lived in VA while he was gov., he did a fine job |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. One question |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Governing a state and governing the country are different things |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I don't think there is anything like governing the country... |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Great post. n/t |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. I respect him for doing what he needed to do early on. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Conviction and vision win votes. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. I consider Warner a real thinker with plenty of intellectual heft, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. But what would his vision for the country have been? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. He may actually have been a uniter... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. A uniter to do what, though? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. We won't know now, will we?... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
69. A fair question, one I can't answer without somehow knowing in |
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rep the dems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. At this point I'm not glad. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. "bumbles along with business as usual..." |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hopefully, he'll run for Senator Warner's seat in 2008..... |
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cnlst8 (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. just imagine Warner (D) v. Warner (R) for senate. |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's happened before... |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
66. I think he came surprisingly close and I really doubt John Warner will |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. Happy? PLEASE This is not good at all |
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Ninja Jordan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Don't want Hillary either |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. You're right - we wouldn't win with a senator. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. For the record, I am not happy with Kerry and I think that nominating |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. I completely agree |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. "The last thing we need in 2008 is another political lightweight" |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Only ONE Reason Gore and Kerry aren't in office - DNC failing to secure |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. When people actually got to hear Dennis, they liked him |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Hear, hear! Another media made candidate... |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
54. Did Warner rule out running for Vice President? That might be |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. I would accept that before I would his being at the top of the |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. That's a relief. |
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MattP (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
67. Warnet |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
70. This is really shallow but |
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