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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-07-11 02:49 PM
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23. I see it as a win-win
the left can express their disappointment. it'll move Obama farther to the center in the minds of independent voters. the challenger will lose the primary, then everybody can vote for Obama again.
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  -What would happen if an admirable Democrat were to mount a Primary challenge to Obama? ThomWV  Jul-07-11 07:46 AM   #0 
  - It would be nice if I had someone or something to vote for again.  Bandit   Jul-07-11 07:50 AM   #1 
  - You mean someone like Bernie Sanders or Dennis Kucinich?  ananda   Jul-07-11 07:52 AM   #2 
  - You mean, one exists?  ChairmanAgnostic   Jul-07-11 07:55 AM   #3 
  - Gore - he's due a second term!  Dennis Donovan   Jul-07-11 07:55 AM   #4 
  - Yeah. After Inconvenient Truth...  originalpckelly   Jul-07-11 08:04 AM   #8 
  - Don't you mean a first term?  Rhiannon12866   Jul-08-11 05:32 PM   #36 
  - They would have my vote.  Sherman A1   Jul-07-11 08:00 AM   #5 
  - Yup.  LooseWilly   Jul-08-11 06:26 PM   #40 
  - Yes.  emilyg   Jul-08-11 06:31 PM   #41 
  - In the first place, nobody is going to do that.  MineralMan   Jul-07-11 08:02 AM   #6 
  - Not if he fucks with Social Security.  originalpckelly   Jul-07-11 08:05 AM   #10 
  - They may have that support if Obama axes SS and Medicare.  Erose999   Jul-07-11 12:44 PM   #19 
  - If SS is messed with  Aerows   Jul-07-11 05:20 PM   #30 
  - I would appreciate it if you would give me the links of another large Dem.  Cal33   Jul-10-11 09:27 AM   #65 
  - A fucking 3-ring circus - Obama would win anyway.  HopeHoops   Jul-07-11 08:03 AM   #7 
  - There's a huge difference between a primary challenge and a third party  Jim Lane   Jul-07-11 12:18 PM   #15 
     - Some of your "benefits" section sounds like our failed approach to the midterms.  Dr Fate   Jul-07-11 12:48 PM   #21 
        - I don't understand your comparison.  Jim Lane   Jul-07-11 02:23 PM   #22 
  - At this point it would unnerve him.  undeterred   Jul-07-11 08:04 AM   #9 
  - Exactly what happened when Kennedy challenged Carter...  TreasonousBastard   Jul-07-11 08:15 AM   #11 
  - yeah, because the Iran hostage deal had nothing to do  newspeak   Jul-07-11 08:09 PM   #32 
  - This isn't 1980.  Chan790   Jul-10-11 06:03 AM   #63 
  - It's too late--it won't happen--no "name" dem will do it  WI_DEM   Jul-07-11 08:17 AM   #12 
  - He would be run out of the Democratic Party.  Cleita   Jul-07-11 08:24 AM   #13 
  - ...  Cleita   Jul-07-11 08:25 AM   #14 
  - Well, the "party" establishment is a fucking den of snakes now anyway, for the most part.  Erose999   Jul-07-11 12:47 PM   #20 
  - It's funny people keep saying this...when the reality is that no "admirable Democrat" would challeng  cbdo2007   Jul-07-11 12:31 PM   #16 
  - Because no admirable Democrat would help undermine Social Security. n/t  gkhouston   Jul-07-11 05:12 PM   #28 
  - Because...  Chan790   Jul-10-11 06:10 AM   #64 
  - He or she would no longer be "admirable" (nt)  Nye Bevan   Jul-07-11 12:32 PM   #17 
  - I think they would win  Horse with no Name   Jul-07-11 12:39 PM   #18 
  - I see it as a win-win  rucky   Jul-07-11 02:49 PM   #23 
  - Farther to the center?  21st Century FDR   Jul-08-11 07:49 PM   #47 
  - They'd get $20 and a vote from me. n/t  lumberjack_jeff   Jul-07-11 02:50 PM   #24 
  - Which Democrat? Using which platform?  gkhouston   Jul-07-11 02:53 PM   #25 
  - I'd start with the 2008 Democratic Platform and someone like Russ Feingold comes to mind.  ThomWV   Jul-07-11 02:58 PM   #26 
  - I think that a primary challenge  oldlib   Jul-07-11 03:00 PM   #27 
  - Then the "admirable Democrat" would lose, Obama would lose,  Arkana   Jul-07-11 05:14 PM   #29 
  - yup. get over it people, we're stuck with him  librechik   Jul-07-11 05:22 PM   #31 
  - No. Because the 26% die hard republifreaks would vote republican  Horse with no Name   Jul-07-11 08:15 PM   #34 
     - Ahahahaha how adorable that you actually think this.  Arkana   Jul-09-11 02:48 PM   #57 
  - He would make a fool of himself, and get his ass kicked taboot.  Palmer Eldritch   Jul-07-11 08:11 PM   #33 
  - Most likely outcome: a Repug will win the White House in 2012.  robcon   Jul-07-11 08:47 PM   #35 
  - Without a decent legislature and senate behind this miracle candidate,  fivepennies   Jul-08-11 05:54 PM   #37 
  - Sounds like what we were asked to do in 08. I'm willing to try the game one more time n/t  AlabamaLibrul   Jul-08-11 07:07 PM   #43 
     - Its becoming clear that the game  fivepennies   Jul-08-11 07:33 PM   #44 
  - An admirable Democratic challenger.....  DeSwiss   Jul-08-11 06:19 PM   #38 
  - If this "admirable Democrat" feels the same way a big chunk of DU does,  CakeGrrl   Jul-08-11 06:22 PM   #39 
  - perchance they don't  Bluerthanblue   Jul-09-11 03:45 PM   #61 
  - Eugene McCarthy kicked out a sitting Dem president when he declared his candidacy on Nov 30, 1967.  FreeStateDemocrat   Jul-08-11 07:04 PM   #42 
  - Care to name some names?  NYC Liberal   Jul-08-11 07:35 PM   #45 
  - Given the path Obama is following, the admirable Democrat would do awfully well in  Karmadillo   Jul-08-11 07:42 PM   #46 
  - Correction: They'd do awfully well in DU polling.  CakeGrrl   Jul-08-11 08:37 PM   #50 
     - Let's hope we get to put our disagreement to the test in the outside world.  Karmadillo   Jul-08-11 09:19 PM   #55 
  - My guess is that the Dem leadership won't be pushing this...  Dappleganger   Jul-08-11 07:55 PM   #48 
  - Say a very liberal Dem wins primary and election  loyalsister   Jul-08-11 07:56 PM   #49 
  - Apparently this person would "stand up" to the Republicans where the President has not.  CakeGrrl   Jul-08-11 08:41 PM   #52 
  - We would have an epileptic reaction to all the flashing blue links.  rug   Jul-08-11 08:39 PM   #51 
  - republican president n/t  SoCalDem   Jul-08-11 08:41 PM   #53 
  - to mount a primary challenge is to not be an admirable democrat  Motown_Johnny   Jul-08-11 08:43 PM   #54 
  - +1  Bluerthanblue   Jul-09-11 03:39 PM   #59 
  - I would love to see this hypocrite to see some accountability  mochajava666   Jul-08-11 09:24 PM   #56 
  - we'd all lose.  Bluerthanblue   Jul-09-11 03:38 PM   #58 
  - On him/her like flies on shit!  babsbunny   Jul-09-11 03:40 PM   #60 
  - Easy: President Bachmann  jmowreader   Jul-10-11 05:58 AM   #62 
  - Obama would reach for the fly swat...  Long Shadow   Jul-10-11 09:40 AM   #66 
  - russforpres.com  Ed Needham   Jul-12-11 12:31 PM   #67 
 

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