Who are/will be/could be/would have been rising stars in the Dem party?

[wyldwolf]

What do you think? Who WILL be? COULD be? WOULD HAVE been?

JFK, Jr.?

Chris Heinz?

Actor Ben Aflek has political ambition...

Barack Obama, of course...

Here's a name for you: Cathy Cox, secretary of state in GA who polls say could unseat GOP Gov. Sonny Purdue in '06...

Add to the list...

[arcos]

1. Cathy Cox, Mrs. Diebold?

:puke:

[wyldwolf]

3. didn't say you had to AGREE with anyone's politics

Some dems didn't agree with Clinton in '90-91 but couldn't escape the reality of his status.

[Zhade]

34. It's not about her politics. It's about her assisting in vote fraud.

NT!

[wyldwolf]

35. that was her politics

At the time before most knew of the perils of Diebold.

Regardless of one's politics or policies, there are some who are vote getters. In GA, Cox is one of them.

[Zhade]

37. Of course she's a vote-getter - she can control the votes through fraud!

;)

[Name removed]

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[Zhade]

41. You of course can't be dumb enough to think I actually suggested it.

You DID notice the wink, right? Since you may have missed it, I'll ignore your "conspiracy theorist" smear.

I don't think she cheated to get into office. I do think she abused her office once she gained it. BIG difference.

[wyldwolf]

42. considering the tone of your posts to that point...

... suggesting such a thing, "wink" or no "wink," seems in keeping with the dialogue to that point.

I do think she abused her office once she gained it. BIG difference.

irrelevant to the point of the thread.

[wyldwolf]

36. self delete. Double

[ThorsHammer]

2. Bill Richardson as a wildcard, Mark Warner

[gorbal]

4. Richardson/Obama in 08

Bill Richardson and Barrack Obama would win by a landslide in 08.

[ThorsHammer]

9. Great idea

A well spoken minority from the midwest who will be in D.C., along with a well spoken minority from the southwest. Both already have great name recognition, and are more charismatic than other recent candidates. The only potential drawback might be the military angle, but this might even be an asset after the Iraq war. I like Obama, but don't think he's quite ready for President yet. However, if he runs as Richardson's VP, he could set himself up well. It's way too early, but I like your idea a lot.

[gorbal]

12. Bill Richardson has allot of experience

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson_%28politician%29

Ambassador, Secrety of Energy, and Congressman. WOW!

[ThorsHammer]

21. Yeah, he's more than qualified

I also think he could help a lot with states like AZ, NM, and even FL. Getting just one (assuming blue states stay blue, and I don't think any are in play) would win the Presidency. He's definitely had great experience, has both foreign and domestic experience, and has name recognition. I hope the DLC at least considers him. FWIW, I would have taken him over Edwards this time.

[ieoeja]

30. Many Blue States are in Play

Blue states have enough diversity in their media that both sides get their message out there and discussed. One of the biggest problems we have in the Red states is that local media limits exposure of our message to their readers, listeners or watchers. Spend a little time in a Red state during an election cycle, and it will amaze you just how much news is missing from the local news.

NH swung between elections. Delaware and Vermont are traditionally old school Conservative and could easily be picked up by an old school Conservative Republican. Wisconsin has been narrowly Blue several elections in a row now and getting closer each election. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Washington are narrowly Blue.

Fortunately, there are quite a few narrowly Red states as well such as Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, Ohio, Iowa and New Mexico (which just went Red this once), Arizona and Louisiana.

[ThorsHammer]

32. Wow, I hadn't realized that

I was referring more to the strongholds like CA, NY, IL, which will always be blue and offer a huge electoral vote base. I'm shocked that MI, OR, and WA are in play, as I had always thought of them as being extremely liberal. PA doesn't surprise me as much, but has become more blue (IIRC) recently. Someone like Richardson would likely make AZ and NM blue, and someone like Warner should be able to get VA/TN/KY. This will sound cliche, but Obama really seems to have the potential to appeal to everyone. Reports from the IL race indicated that he did well with everyone from inner city minorities to rural white farmers to the rich suburbians. It is way too early for me to jump on the Obama '08 bandwagon, but he's one of the few guys I'm excited about.

[ThorsHammer]

33. Self delete, double post

[franksumatra]

5. David Lytel, Donnie Fowler....google em' up

they are real DU types in my opinion. and they are not afraid to rattle cages and butcher sacred democratic cows, and both are insiders already.

[Sparkly]

6. Jamie Rubin. n/t

[bigwillq]

7. Before 2004, I like Harold Ford, Jr.

But then during the election season, some of what he said turned me off.

[tkmorris]

8. Couple of Florida locals.......

Robert Wexler, currently a US House member but on the way up, and Kendrick Meek.

[Ratboca]

10. Ben Afleck???

Never!

[wyldwolf]

13. yep... big time democrat

...has spoken about a senate run.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Mike Moore, former Mississippi Atty Gen who led the national lawsuit

against the tobacco companies that won all 50 states a shit-load of money. You'll see him in the senate if Trent Lott or Thad Cochran ever retire or die.

Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley

Minnesota ex-state Auditor Judy Dutcher

Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm

San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsome

US Rep Mark Udall-Colorado

[Lefty48197]

14. Jennifer Granholm Gov. Michigan

She'll run against Ahnold if they let furriners run for President.

[cincinnati_liberal]

15. Jesus Christ and Elvis

[ArtVandaley]

16. Uh, JFK Jr's dead

And Ben Affleck? Come on dude, the can't ACT, let alone govern. I liked Chasing Amy, and Good Will Hunting was great, but somewhere between Reindeer Games and Saving Christmas he lost his way.

[JI7]

17. he asked "would have been" also

[wyldwolf]

23. Come on, "dude"

Read the post. JFK Jr. "would have been."

Affleck was the darling of the indy movie scene until he started making mass appeal movies... kinda what a politician needs, right? Mass appeal.

Of course, we NEVER know who can govern until they're actually elected and with Affleck's interest in politics and his popularity in tow, he would be a serious contender.

[Stinky The Clown]

18. Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley

Hopefully Maryland's next governor

http://www.friendsofomalley.org/

[ImADeanDem]

22. Ditto!! He's terrific! nft

[Rowdyboy]

19. kick

[roguevalley]

20. Tug McGraw. He wants to run for Senate. More power to him.

[FightinNewDem]

25. Tug McGraw?

If you mean the former Mets pitcher, sorry, he died last year.

[theboss]

27. He meant Tim McGraw, I think

The country singer who was Tug's son.

[SeekerofTruth]

24. Rod Blageovich - Illinois governor

He sets an agenda and then actually makes it happen. It's scary. He's fighting the corruption that has been in Illinois politics for decades. He's a governor from a large midwestern state. What's not to like?

[FightinNewDem]

26. 100 To Watch

The DLC assembled a list of rising stars during the summer of 2003. Several of the people they cited have already moved on to bigger things. Allyson Schwartz was elected to Congress, Ken Salazar and Barack Obama to the US Senate.

Several of the people on the list are contemplating running for Congress in 2006 or 2008, including Barry Finegold, Peter Sullivan and Stacy Ritter. In addition, Jonathan Miller is expected to make a run for either Governor or US Senate sometime soon.



Philip Angelides, State Treasurer, CA
Patrice M. Arent, State Senator, UT
Loranne Ausley, State Representative, FL
Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, GA
Ethan Berkowitz, House Democratic Leader, AK
Matt Brown, Secretary of State, RI
Robert A. Butkin, State Treasurer, OK
Jane L. Campbell, Mayor, Cleveland, OH
Jaime Capelo, State Representative, TX
Adolfo Carrion, Jr. Bronx Borough President, NY
Karen Carter, State Representative, LA
Ben Chandler Attorney General, KY
Ken Cheuvront, State Senator, AZ
Carol J. Chumney State Representative, TN
Ken Clark, State Representative, AZ
Michael B. Coleman, Mayor, Columbus, OH
Christoper Coons, County Council President, New Castle County, DE
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, NC
Lou Correa, State Assemblymember, CA
Cathy Cox, Secretary of State, GA
Lou D'Allesandro, State Senator, NH
Preston A. Daniels, Mayor, Des Moines, IA
Ryan Deckert, State Senator, OR
Rocky Delgadillo, City Attorney, Los Angeles
Peter Derby, Trustee, Village of Irvington, NY
Doug Duncan, Montgomery County Executive, MD
John Fernandez, Mayor, Bloomington, IN
Barry R. Finegold, State Representative, MA
Eric Fingerhut State Senator, OH
Joan Fitz-Gerald, Senate Minority Leader, CO
Jamie Fleet, Borough Councilmember, Gettysburg, PA
Dan B. Frankel, State Representative, PA
Shirley Franklin, Mayor, Atlanta, GA
John Fritchey, State Representative, IL
Michael Garcia, State Representative, CO
Gabrielle Giffords, State Senator, AZ
Ron Gonzales, Mayor, San Jose, CA
Ron Greenstein, State Representative, FL
Wendy Greuel, City Councilmember, Los Angeles
Dan Grossman, State Senator, CO
Karen Hale, State Senator, UT
Bob Henriquez, State Representative, FL
Daniel W. Hynes, State Comptroller, IL
Gilda Z. Jacobs, State Senator, MI
Douglas Jennings Jr., House Democratic Leader, SC
Steven B. Jones, State Representative, AR
Steve Kelley, State Senator, MN
Randy C. Kelly, Mayor, St. Paul, MN
Kwame Kilpatrick, Mayor, Detroit
Rick Kriseman, City Councilmember, St. Petersburg, FL
Annie Kuether, State Representative, KS
Leah Landrum Taylor, State Representative, AZ
Peter J. Larkin, State Representative, MA
Louis N. Magazzu, Freeholder, Cumberland County, NJ
Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor, Stamford, CT
Jennifer L. Mann, State Representative, PA
Jack Markell, State Treasurer, DE
Bill McConico, State Representative, MI
Matt McCoy, State Senator, IA
Jonathan Miller, State Treasurer, KY
Thomas Miller, State Attorney General, IA
Richard H. Moore, State Treasurer, NC

John Morrison, State Auditor, MT
Eva Moskowitz, City Councilmember, New York
Charles A. Murphy, State Representative, MA
George Nakano, State Assemblymember, CA
Gavin C. Newsom, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco
Michael A. Nutter, City Councilmember, Philadelphia
Martin O'Malley, Mayor, Baltimore
Barack Obama, State Senator, IL
Alex Padilla, City Council President, Los Angeles
Al Park, State Representative, NM
William Peduto, City Councilmember, Pittsburgh
Beverly Eaves Perdue, Lieutenant Governor, NC
Eddie A. Perez, Mayor, Hartford, CT
Bart Peterson, Mayor, Indianapolis
Jeff Plale, State Senator, WI
Aaron Reardon, State Senator, WA
Eric M. Reeves, State Senator, NC
Stacy J. Ritter, State Representative, FL
Laura Ruderman, House Caucus Vice Chair, WA

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, CO
Ron Sims, County Executive, King County, WA
Allyson Y. Schwartz, State Senator, PA
Andrew J. Spano, County Executive, Westchester County, NY
Eliot Spitzer, State Attorney General, NY
Greg Stanton, Vice Mayor, Phoenix
Peter M. Sullivan, State Representative, NH
Mark F. Taylor, Lieutenant Governor, GA

William C. Thompson Jr., Comptroller, New York City
Michael L. Thurmond, State Labor Commissioner, GA
Juan Vargas, State Assemblymember, CA
Jennifer L. Veiga, House Minority Leader, CO
Jack Weiss, City Councilmember, Los Angeles

Steve Westly, State Controller, CA
Michael J. Wildes, City Councilmember, Englewood, NJ
Constance H. Williams, State Senator, PA
Phil Wise, State Representative, IA
David Yassky, City Councilmember, Brooklyn, NY

[youngred]

28. Obama, Spitzer, Warner, Vilsack, Richardson

for starters

[GreenPartyVoter]

29. Cynthia McKinney. I still have her pegged as our first woman prez

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[Freddie Stubbs]

31. Harold Ford, Jr.

A few years ago he was the youngest member of Congress. He may run for the U. S. Senate next year.

[trillian]

38. Wes Clark n/t

[mvd]

39. Janet Napolitano - gov. of AZ

And possibly Al Franken.

Lots of good names mentioned already! Unfortunately, Allyson Schwartz is in the 13th district, not the 6th where I live.

[Joe Chi Minh]

43. I don't know that

he'd be interested, but imo lawyer, Richard Ben Venute, the Dem attack-dog, is an Ace! He cracked me up with his satirical questioning of Richard Armytage during the 9/11 hearings, turning to his fellow inquisitors on the panel, chortling, as he kept repeating his question about the date he was appointed to replace Rice at the hearing, and watching Armytage squirm evasively. Pure music hall.

He reminded me of one of the best comedians of the thirties and forties, here, called Max Miller. He'd walk up to the stage-apron, talking in hushed, conspiratorial tones to the audience about the stage manager or producer or whatever, his boss, anyway; and looking furtively behind him, at the wings, in case he was about!

I'd hate to miss any of Ben venute's appearances on the box, though I probably do.

[John_H]

44. As this thread indicates, there is no shortage of tallent on the candidate

side of the equation, which begs the question why are we losing?

[John_H]

45. As this thread indicates, there is no shortage of tallent on the candidate

side of the equation, which begs the question why are we losing?