If the primaries started today, who would you support?

[jgraz]

Since the real race is over, I thought it might be fun to see what results we'd get if we could choose our candidates again. So...knowing what you know today, who would you support if we were starting the race from scratch?

[ginchinchili]

1. Biden, still the best qualified and most electable of all the candidates.

[ribrepin]

2. Yep I'm still a Biden girl

Looks like old Joe's gonna have a big majority to work with this November.

[hokies4ever]

32. If you think that Obama's bitter gaffe damaged him

Just imagine tape recording Joe Biden 24/7. He would have dug himself too many holes after just a couple of weeks of being the frontrunner.

[ribrepin]

50. Actually I don't think Obama's bitter comment damaged him

I think he spoke the truth...

Funny how you are going after the supporters of a candidate that's long out of the race. I like Joe for his no holds barred comments, but will be voting for the democratic candidate come November.

The best thing about Joe is his so-called gaffes.

[napi21]

3. I agree, Joe would have been the most qualified, but if the primary

would have been winner take all, and all held on the same day, my guess was that Hillary would have won.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

6. I voted for Obama, but the point is well taken about Biden, he was

sharp and well spoken.

[Think82]

24. Biden was always my #1, Obama always my #2 ...

They are identical in their political philosophy, iimo, are both straight-shooters, pragmatists, don't pander, and are very, very smart. Biden's been creating change in D.C. for 35 years (Violence Against Women act, Biden Crime Bill, Bosnian intervention) but Obama is a more symbolic figure now.

Nothing Joe could do since the media completely ignored him and his superior debate performances. (I got sick everytime a pundit would say Hillary "won" a debate because she "seemed strong" even when she said absolutely nothing of substance)

[Crabby Appleton]

9. I agree. nt

[jillan]

10. In a heartbeat.

There is no one more perfect to be POTUS at this time.

[gateley]

27. "Most electable" -- You're SO right, ginchinchili!! He would have

clobbered McCain.

[rucky]

45. Biden. n/t

[ccharles000]

4. Hillary.

[emilyg]

20. So would I.

[WA98070]

5. In a Primary you should vote your values. 70% of the American people agree with.....

the Kucinich values.

Barrack and Hillary (and even Edwards before he stepped down) were slowly absorbing the Kucinich message. That is why they are here now.
The war, universal health care, negotiate for peace, environment, etc......

[democrattotheend]

7. Obama, but I really liked Edwards and Richardson too

It was a tough decision for me, and I did not make it fully until after Iowa. I thought we had a lot of great candidates but my gut said Obama the whole time...at first it was hard to articulate, it was just a feeling. But the more I read and saw the more I became convinced. I just can't believe I'm actually going to get my first choice on the top of the ticket...which is why I can't understand the Obama supporters who say they won't vote for him if he puts Clinton on the bottom of the ticket.

[Forkboy]

8. Still DK.

[harun]

37. It is because Dennis Kucinich is a Democrat that I can be a Democrat (n/t)

[Renew Deal]

11. Alan Keyes

:D

[Kittycat]

13. Oh lord, my neighbor had a couple of his signs in the yard

back when he attempted to run for the senate. The guy had a corner lot, and positioned them so you had to see it coming or going. There were actually several of them in my neighborhood (since moved). Total craziness.

[hokies4ever]

34. He actually has a good platform

if you're one of those conservative religious types. Plus he's great in debates and always looks smarter than his opponents. Just look at the debate in 2000 hosted by Larry King between Keyes, McCain, and Bush. He looked like a man debating with little boys.

[Steely_Dan]

12. Joe Biden...

How this great statesman was passed over for the likes of what we now have to pick from is completely amazing to me. No other candidate was more qualified or had more experience. I hope that we do not live to regret our choices.

-P

[ObamaKerryDem]

14. Defintely Obama..

He would've been my first choice at the beginning if I had known of him what I know now! :D Edwards would be a very close second, though! :) And Hillary? She was in my top 3 at first but if it were all starting today, with all I know now......more towards the bottom of the list..:/ lol

I would totally vote for Dennis if I thought he had a chance. :( He's a true fighter and patriot and I totally agree with his message...I hope that one day, he's given more credit and more of a chance than he has gotten in his tries thus far! *sighs* But he continues to accomplish so much in Congress!

[RiverStone]

15. Gore was my original number 1

And I'd still love to see him as president - in 2016!

[crickets]

29. Same here.

Since he decided not to run this time, I went with my first choice from the field: Dennis.

And I'd still love to see him as president - in 2016!

Oh, yes.

[Muttocracy]

16. kick for curiosity. nt

[mcctatas]

17. Richardson....

He has the best foreign policy chops out of the whole lot of them! (IMHO)

[Cali_Democrat]

18. Hillary Clinton in 3rd place

Why can't she close the deal?

[jgraz]

19. Actually, it's 4th place

With math skills like that, you could make a lot of money working for Hillary :P

[Cali_Democrat]

21. Oh shit...

I totally missed Biden. Is it ok if I edit?

*runs away crying*

[Muttocracy]

30. And here is what happened to Biden all along!

:grr:




;)

[ieoeja]

43. Well, she really *did* start in third place losing to both Obama and Edwards in Iowa. n/t

[last1standing]

22. It would still be Edwards.

He was right on the issues when he started this campaign and he's right today.

[Solon]

23. The only one who is a liberal on your list...

Dennis Kucinich.

[EFerrari]

25. I'd stick with Dennis.

:)

[gateley]

26. Biden! Still the best, in my book. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

28. Definitely Biden

more qualified than any other candidate, IMO. Second, Edwards because of his positions re poverty and corporate control.

[stlsaxman]

31. Joe, certainly.

still torn as to having him as VP...

he would have to give up as chair of Senate Foreign Relations Commitee...

yeah- that would suck!

Obama/Edwards '08!

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[mmonk]

35. Obama has gained great respect from me

especially in his organizational skills and choices of advisors such as Samantha Power. I would still start with Biden, Dodd, Kucinich and Richardson because that's just me. But I enthusiastically support Obama.

[DesertRat]

36. Kucinich, again. n/t

[bigwillq]

38. I would still go with Kucinich

The only real, true progressive in the field.

[WheelWalker]

39. Joe Biden rocks

[eridani]

40. Your signature file sez it all

I'm betting it reflects quite a large percentage of DUers. He was the only candidate even close to where most of us are on that political compass.

[TahitiNut]

41. Yup.

I have the same progression ... with different percentages. 99%... 65%... 60%... is more like it, I guess.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

46. It represents me as well

If either Kucinich or Edwards would have been in the running when the train came rolling through my state one of them would have gotten my support. As it was I went with my third choice.

[Tesha]

42. Same guy I supported since, oh, 1999 or so: Gore. (NT)

[MonkeyFunk]

44. Still Clinton

I like her more today than ever before.

[workinclasszero]

47. I gain more admiration for Obama everyday

He has run a awesome, grassroots and netroots race against the most feared pol on the dem side who had ALL the advantages in the world.

And her kicked her ass!

Obama will do the same to the thug party in the fall and usher in a new chapter in american political history.

The republican party will be decimated. They will crawl back into their holes for the next 30 years or so.

GOBAMA! YES WE CAN! :woohoo:

[redqueen]

48. Kucinich again.

Gotta show the liberal love. :)

[jgraz]

49. I think this is the first DU "full field" poll where Edwards didn't run away with it.

Back in January, Obama's and Edwards' positions would have been reversed.