mtnsnake
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Sun Jan-20-08 02:58 PM
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Other than Gore, who do you think is the best Dem not running for President who could have run? |
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Who would have been qualified and electable at the same time, maybe even as much as, or more so, than anyone we have running right now?
In retrospect, is there someone who fits the bill?
(on edit: changed should to could in the title)
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He would have had my absolute support in the coming election campaign.
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only because Bill can't run again
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:41 PM
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41. Dean is the reason I became a full-fledged Democrat... |
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...but I think he likes being chair of the DNC too much to consider giving it up for another run at this point in time. It's that Aesop fable of giving up a sure thing for a possibility.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:00 PM
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up until Hillary threw him under the bus along with fellow republican John McCain for botching a punchline about her husband's best friend Poppy's idiot son
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:00 PM
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3. Russ Feingold. period. maybe next time?!? nt |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:01 PM
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5. RFK, Jr on name recognition alone |
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could probably walk away with it.
Do a damn fine job of it, too.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:20 PM
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38. He would be excellent |
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Kerry wouldn't have run in 2004 and would have in 2008, when I think he would have been better positioned to win the general.
Other than that, I would have like to have seen how a Warner campaign would have played out....most of the folks I have my eye on are a little green for 2008.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:03 PM
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8. Brian Schweitzer, Governor of Montana |
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Check him out some time. He ran as a populist progressive in one of the reddest states in the country and won a large victory. He is plain spoken and avoids the nuance that gets east coast Democrats into so much trouble with the party base.
He represents what should be the party's future. We've had enough of its past.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:13 PM
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30. Definitely one of the more interesting choices. I don't know much about him |
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but these are the kinds of poeple, the lesser known ones, who can come right out of no where sometimes if they've got what it takes.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:04 PM
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12. He would have been my choice after Clark and Gore n/t |
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But I have no need to revisit that path not taken now. We have several good candidates who are running who we still have to choose between. If a Republican ends up in the White House after the 2008 elections, that is when I will be interested in having a long discussion on this topic.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:03 PM
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11. John Kerry or Wes Clark. |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:05 PM
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13. Kerry would have been fine by me also n/t |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:06 PM
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15. I think Kerry or Clark would have been in the top three. |
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He should have been the nominee in 2004. And FUCK the DLC and Whore Media for setting him up the way they did. :grr:
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:09 PM
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18. Howard Dean is where he needs to be in 2008. |
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He's making us proud as DNC chairman.
A breath of fresh air compared to Terry McAwful.
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But I believe the country as a whole would be much better off right now if he had been President since January 20, 2005. And he would have crushed Chimp in the General.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:12 PM
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I supported John Kerry in 2004.
But I certainly wasn't anti-Dean.
He was a great candidate.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:11 PM
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25. Funny, I forgot all about him when I posted. I figured Kerry, Clark, & Feingold would be popular |
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choices. Maybe Dean will consider running again sometime. He's not that old is he?
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:09 PM
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17. Gary Hart-The best President we never had! |
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Having predicted 9-11 and written extensively about homeland security, Hart can go toe-to-toe with any fear mongering Repuke like Rudy.
Hart also opposed invading Iraq and advised Senate Democrats not to vote for the IWR!
:toast:
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:15 PM
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32. If McCain isn't too old than Mario Cuomo isn't either. Another great near miss. n/t |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:18 PM
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35. Hart is younger than McCain! n/t |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:10 PM
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19. Sebelius. It would be nice to have a good female candidate in the race. nt |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:11 PM
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....Ummm I may not support Hillary, but we do have a good female candidate.... |
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:39 PM
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40. She is a female candidate, but not a good one. She and Lieberman are the worst Dem candidates |
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in the last few presidential elections.
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I think he agreed not to run, upon becoming the DNC head. But I still believe he would make a great president. Had he won in 2004, he would have taken this country off of its current path toward fascism. The corporate "powers that be" knew that, when they killed his campaign.
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Jerry Brown was anti-Corporation before it was in style.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:16 PM
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33. I didn't mean it as disrespect. It was just an odd choice for who people wanted to run in 2008. |
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29. He had a real chance once, didn't he? |
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Jerry would have made a very interesting President. I could see myself buying a ticket for that ride.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:17 PM
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34. I remember before Obama was a factor, the media planted Warner as the anti-Hillary. |
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Edited on Sun Jan-20-08 03:18 PM by Kerry2008
Mark Warner would have been interesting.
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:28 PM
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39. definitely John Kerry. |
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Although, to be fair, I am not entirely objective on this particular subject.
:0)
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Sun Jan-20-08 03:52 PM
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As capable as Hillary. As inspriational as Obama.
Best of both worlds.
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Sun Jan-20-08 06:24 PM
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43. With the possible exception of Howard Dean |
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I think the dems have their best field of candidates running since 1996. And I really dislike at least one of them.
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