I'd like to put this out here - I'm 100% whomever the Democrat Candidate is in 2012 Prez race....

[LynneSin]

Mind you, I suspect that 99.99999999995% chance that it will be Barack Obama, a candidate I'm about 99.99999999995% supporting in the primaries. (There's a chance I could fall off the bandwagon if something extreme happens).

But what annoys me is this - for those of you who feel "I Can't Vote for Obama" I'd like to ask a simple question - who will you vote for should Obama win the primaries?. I welcome all discussions and debates from all the democratic presidental primary candidates in 2012 because that is something that will be something we can all expect during the primaries.

But seriously, if Obama wins that primary then what?

EDIT NOTE:

I guess I would have to say I'm 99.99999999995% for the democratic candidate. Say some bizarro twist of fate we end up nominating someone like Donald Trump or Rush Limbaugh as the democratic candidate, I won't vote for them because I know that somehow our voting system was tampered with.

[shraby]

1. It's Obama all the way without a doubt.

[TTUBatfan2008]

6. Yeah...

With his fundraising ability and the fact that America's bogeyman was killed on his watch, there won't be a Primary unless the economy completely collapses in the next few months.

[JuniperLea]

2. The unrecs are telling...

People cut their noses off to spite their faces.

[LynneSin]

5. But they won't reply because they know it is against DU rules

to support someone other than the dem candidate in the election especially with the primaries.

And I'm ok with that - for those people this is more of a rhetorical question I guess.

[leftstreet]

13. I unRec'ed. Only because this stuff should be in GD:P

LEAVE GD ALONE !!!!!111111

:cry:

[LynneSin]

20. Awwww you meanie....

:pals:

:loveya:

[leftstreet]

22. LOL Well Obama does have an entire forum here

GD has to cover everything from Politics to Sarah Palin to the Economy to Royal weddings to Libya to Wisconsin to how Chavez is ruining the world this week.

It's daunting

:o

[LynneSin]

27. Sarah Palin should be in the DU Lounge, she's not a politician

Just a reality TV star and a bit of a novelty

[11 Bravo]

18. Some trolls live under bridges, others inhabit message boards.

[madinmaryland]

23. Un-recced for whining about un-recs.

:P

[JuniperLea]

29. LOL!

Yeah, this could be a vicious circle!

:P

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. I'll vote for the most progressive, anti-war, candidate on the balllot ..or write one in.

[On the Road]

4. Who Would They Vote For?

Maybe Nader -- is he going to run again?

:)

[Liberal Veteran]

7. I prefer to call him "periodic cicada Ralph Nader"

[On the Road]

9. Well if That Were True

He should have a cycle based on a prime number (17, 13, 11 years, etc). Guess he's atypical.

[JuniperLea]

11. One write in vote is as good as another...

I guess diluting the vote is a gotcha for some.

[madinmaryland]

24. A Kucinich-Nader ticket or Grayson-Nader ticket?

:shrug:

[coccom]

26. I hope both of those guys sit this one out

And I think they will. Losing an election is a death sentence in US politics, just look at Dean and Gore, two of the most solid people to run for president in the past few decades. Love me some Kucinich, though.

[coccom]

8. When has an incumbent president ever lost a primary?

That being said, I'll be happy to campaign against Obama in the primaries in whatever limited capacity I can. I hope a real progressive candidate steps up (Warren/Sanders 2012?). But obviously when it comes down to brass tacks I'll put in a vote for Barack over Newt Gingrinch or whoever the other guys run.

[LynneSin]

17. Here you go:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Has_an_incumbent_president_ever_lost_the_nomination_to_run_for_a_second_term


Four incumbent presidents have been denied a nomination to run by their own party. Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson (sort of), and Chester A. Arthur; but only Pierce had actually been elected president. The rest were vice presidents who who ascended to the presidency after assassinations or deaths in office.
Pierce was our 14th President and served from 1853-1857. John Fremont defeated Pierce in his bid for renomination, making Pierce the only elected President (rather than a Vice President who succeeded to the position) to not gain his party's nomination for a second term.



____________________________

But to be fair, in modern times I don't think it's happened. Kennedy came close in 1980 but Carter pulled it out.

[quinnox]

10. Why so curious?

Do they have to explain to you why they vote the way they want to? Isn't that their own private business, and also, its against official rules to say you won't vote for Obama anyway.

Bizarre OP.

[LynneSin]

12. Well then why do we get threads everyday about how DUers won't vote for Obama

:shrug:

[quinnox]

14. Well, it will be clamped down on in time probably

maybe not close enough to the 2012 election season yet, so its still ok. I may have spoke too soon about that rule.

[LynneSin]

15. I understand where you're coming from - it is a strange post

But When I see these anti-Obama posts I wonder 'who are they voting for should he win the nomination'.

I highly expect few answers from those who post that type of thread.

But thank you for your feedback :D

[coccom]

25. I assume nonvoters

the US has a pretty high rate of voter apathy

[emulatorloo]

31. To me it seems some of those posts are more about discouraging other DU'ers to vote rather than

to talk about an alternative.

We have to face the highly likely possibility that Republican operatives are posting here and attacking Obama from the left.

Those operatives' goal is to suppress democratic turnout.

However in more serious posts, I have seen these names floated

- Russ Feingold
- Howard Dean
- Dennis Kuchinich
- Alan Grayson

However none of those people have any interest in running, and I beleive all of them support Obama's re-election.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[former9thward]

16. There will be no primaries.

No one is running against him.

[LynneSin]

21. There will be a primary and I think there will be those who run against him

But I highly doubt it will be any truly serious candidate that could give him a run for the money even if they have hardcore progressive values.

[former9thward]

28. No candidate will run against him.

The primaries are only about 8-9 months from now. Any candidate would have to be raising money, and a lot of it, right now. Everyone would know about it. There is nobody. There are a few states where a nobody can get on the ballot for a $100 filing fee just to say they did it but those types are not serious and no one cares about them.

[JuniperLea]

30. They must know it would be a big waste of a LOT of money...

I would think money alone would be a deterrent.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Of COURSE I'm voting for him.

Honestly, despite the disappointments- really, Holder's asinine DOJ behavior towards medical marijuana is the worst of it- obviously, it's no contest.