If Daschle Loses Re-Election, Who Would You Like To See As Minority Leader

[THUNDER HANDS]

Poll question: If Daschle Loses Re-Election, Who Would You Like To See As Minority Leader

Me, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Ted Kennedy.

If we're going to be in the minority, I want to be a fightin' minority that stands up for what it believes in.

And, IMO, no Democrat has done that more consistently than Ted Kennedy.

Yes, he may be old. Yes, he may not be in the best of health right now, but he is the best speaker the Dems have. If this party really wants to be an opposition party, it will appoint someone who IS the core of the party.

And no one member represents the core of the party more than Kennedy.

But who would you like to see get the nod if Daschle gets booted out in 2004?

[La_Serpiente]

1. I want Feingold

final.

[gWbush is Mabus]

21. Schumer

[wysimdnwyg]

2. I like Kennedy, but

the repukes hate him so much we'd get absolutely NOTHING done.

[Woodstock]

48. The day they appoint a Dem Lite is the day we think Repub Lite

We are almost equal & have enough to block some things, so to take a step backwards and appoint a Republican Lite is not going to solve anything.

The base is calling out for someone to represent our party platform STRONGLY and VIGOROUSLY. That's the only way to win the game, not by caving.

[BuckeFushe]

3. Mary Landrieu

I WILL NEVER YIELD, EVER.

The passions of the left was concentrated in Mary for one golden moment during the Talkathon.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Landrieu is voting for the bloated energy bill, too.

[jiacinto]

13. Look at her state

before you judge her.

[Woodstock]

47. that's just it - we don't need a leader who has to cave to hold her seat

we need someone to stand up for our party platform no holds barred - someone in a secure seat

[Cocoa]

18. details, details

the important thing is to be mad at people, knowing why you are mad is irrelevant.

[redqueen]

22. Do you think there's a good reason to vote for the energy bill?

I can't possibly see one... too much welfare for coal / nuclear power.

[Cocoa]

30. no, I think this was a bill worth risking Daschle's seat over

especially since the process sucked so bad.

But Landrieu voted for it too. Why not heap scorn on her too? And Daschle caught flak for the abortion law, while Byrd voted for it too and caught no flak.

[jiacinto]

40. Maybe they provide jobs to her constituents

Maybe they are major employers in her state. Did that ever cross your mind?

[phiddle]

4. Bill Frist

(This would mean that the Dems would be the MAJORITY)

[BlueEyedSon]

9. I second. nt

[MissMillie]

12. took the words right out of my mouth

*must have been while you were kissing me....*


:silly:

[Larry Gude]

15. It impresses me...

...everytime someone thinks outside the box.

[Cocoa]

24. good one!

12, 2 and 1! :toast:

[Kahuna]

5. Corzine. I've never caught him being intellectually dishonest...

He rocks!

[CO Liberal]

6. I Want Bill Frist to Be Minority Leader

Go Dems!!!!!

:kick:

[wryter2000]

7. Not DiFi, please

Some days I don't know which party she belongs to.

[redqueen]

19. I was shocked someone voted for her... n/t

[rucky]

10. Byrd, anyone?

or Wyden, but I'm biased on that one

[jiacinto]

28. He had the job in the 1970s and in the 1980s

he is too old andp robably doesn't want it.

[CMT]

11. even if he does win re-election he should be replaced

I like Tom Harkin.

[jiacinto]

27. Not likely to happen

nt

[jiacinto]

14. Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Mary Landrieu

I do think, though, that Landrieu would be good as she is a woman and she is from the South too.

[davidinalameda]

23. Landrieu

she would put a whole new face on the party

hell, I still want to see her as VP candidate

and with a Democratic governor, we won't have to worry about a Repuke getting appointed to her seat

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Daschle's in Danger....*

We're defending three open southern senate seats...

04 better not be a Republican tsunami or the Minority Leader's position won't be worth a warm bucket of spit...

Less than forty five senators and the threat of a filibuster becomes hollow....


We'll get rolled on every issue.....




* Daschle will win... I'm not as confident about other races....

[Yupster]

31. That's four open southern seats

but who's counting.

N Carolina
X Carolina
Georgia
Florida

Louisiana awaiting word from Breaux. He'll probably stay.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. Yep

I forgot one....


Thank you...

[SaveElmer]

17. Durbin as Democratic Leader

We need someone from a reliably Democratic state who won't feel the need to suck up to Republicans now and then to get reelected. Daschle cannot be relied upon to take it to the Repubs because he is always looking over his shoulder in South Dakota !

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Other.

Dick Durbin.

[poskonig]

35. Durbin sounds nice!

eom

[hedda_foil]

25. Dick Durbin!

[AntiSmirk]

29. You beat me to it - DICK DURBIN

He's one of only a few Dems with any balls. I don't consider my self a Dem but an anti-Republican. If we had more Dem Senators like Durbin, I might be willing to call my self a Democrat.

[THUNDER HANDS]

41. what's so special about Dick Durbin?

I don't hear his name mentioned that often around here. What's the deal with him?

[KittyWampus]

45. Durbin Is The Man-Great Voting Record & Great Presence

When he'd go on Crossfire he never took ANY crap. Always got his point across without seeming aggressive.

Dick was on Gore's very short list for VP... as in, Gore chose Lieberman instead.

[Classical_Liberal]

26. Tom Harkin

asskicker, who doesn't care if we offend people who aren't prospective dem voters. Best of all the establishment press wouldn't like him, and Tom Delay would call him a "traitor" thus bringing the focus on Delay's traitorous comments during the Kosovar war.

[Hep]

33. I want a MAJORITY leader

n/t

[Egnever]

34. Harry Reid!

After his reading of how searchlight got its name I have nothing but respect for this guy.

He has been doing great work for the dems lately.

[stewert]

36. Dick Durbin.........

Where is Durbin on your poll ?

Durbin is the man, he don't take no shit from the repukes or Bush, and he tells it like it is.

[Cocoa]

37. Paul Douglas

since he's been dead for 30 years, it will be impossible for him to ever disappoint me.

[Ficus]

38. 2 people come to mind

Russ Feingold or Tom Harkin!

[Touchdown]

39. I 2nd or 3rd Bill Frist.

I refuse to cede the Senate until the 2004 election returns come in.

Any questions?

[Mel]

42. Don't you mean

Majority Leader that's what I'd like? ;) Ted Kennedy is a good pick don't get me wrong but I picked Other.


Senator Harkin<---------For what he said at Paul Wellstone's Wake I like his style and his fighting Democratic Spirit

Or

Senator Durbin <-------who on the Senate floor said this just yesterday Yes his state could use the corn fuel deal but if it meant selling out on the MTBE that allows those companies off the hook and screws the people over that he would vote No for the Energy Bill.

[Beaker]

43. Any repukelican can have the minority leader post-

as far as I'm concerned.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

44. harkin, kennedy, corizine, kucinich, levin

[Woodstock]

46. Landrieu is Republican Lite - I'd rather have Daschle

The leader must support our platform, and not be in a position where they can't do this in order to secure their seat.

Landrieu is not pro-choice either.

Make it Kennedy or Feinstein.

[Padraig18]

49. Dick Durbin.

Articulate, liberal, anti-war, well-liked on both sides of the aisle, a Midwesterner, etc.

[tom_paine]

50. Sen. Robert "Cicero" Byrd!

We need A Man of the Old Republic.

(though I realize he may be too old, this is my preference...maybe he can teach these spineless Imperial Senators the stuff from which they gained their cushy positions!)

[SaveElmer]

51. Byrd used to be Leader

Gave up the post to take over the Appropriations committee.

[WhosNext]

52. John Breaux (if he's not vice-president)

or not retired.