In 2008, who will be the Democratic Populist Candidate to challenge the Corporatists?

[omega minimo]

Poll question: In 2008, who will be the Democratic Populist Candidate to challenge the Corporatists?

This is The Question.


:patriot:

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[wisteria]

2. John Kerry.

DLC outsider
Former prosecutor
Believes the government is for the people by the people
Honesty and integrity
defender of what is right and moral
compassion for the people
a fighter
Not to mention intelligent and loaded with experience in foreign relations, finance, small business, environmental issues etc.

[omega minimo]

3. All rightey then.... (and rightful President)... and will he stand against the Corporatists?

[More Than A Feeling]

7. Out of curiosity, why did you put Durbin in the poll?

Everything I know about him suggests that he is perfectly content with being a senator.

[omega minimo]

8. Could only think of two Populists

:shrug:

[yurbud]

13. Dorgan would be a better choice with his criticism of trade policy

[More Than A Feeling]

15. Dorgan...now there's an idea!

Anyone know whether he is interested in being president?

[omega minimo]

17. DORGAN! Holy Shite! This poll is Bogus! DORGAN for Other!!

:blush:

Got my Dorgans and Durbins mexed up.

Byron Dorgan "TAKE THIS JOB AND SHIP IT' for President!!

[StoryTeller]

11. Yep. He's done so in the past.

That's why he's been such a target for both parties. He's got more integrity and principle in one finger than practically all the rest of them put together. I trust him--he makes decisions from what he really believes to be the best for the PEOPLE. And most of the time, he's absolutely right.

We could make an entire thread out of all the ways Kerry has been proven correct, especially since 2004.

He may not label himself as "populist" but he does consider himself to be a public servant, and he has never been in politics for the sake of currying power for himself. He's honestly there to serve the country, and that's a really rare motivation these days, it seems.

[wisteria]

16. Yes, he can see they are ruining our country and have to much control and very little accountability

A true people's president.

[Superman Returns]

4. Edwards no doubt

[More Than A Feeling]

5. If only James Webb had been elected in 2002.

I have high expectations for him, based on his rhetoric. We'll see if he can back it up.

[robcon]

6. Hillary Clinton will be the nominee

great campaigner, oodles of money, well known, just off of a landslide re-election.

[omega minimo]

9. ...will be the Corporatist nominee. What Populist will challenge that?

This is The Question.

This recent election proved that Republican Lite is not the way to go. :thumbsup:

[More Than A Feeling]

12. Populism is the wave of the future.

America has had its fill of elitism, authoritarianism, corporatism, and aristocracy. You're right about the election; What else could an election that sends men like Webb, Sherrod Brown, Bernie Sanders, and John Tester and women like Amy Klobuchar and Claire McCaskill mean?

[omega minimo]

19. Sustainability is Survival

:thumbsup:

[wisteria]

18. Myths and spin!

She has never ran in a difficult campaign.
Her landslide victory was due to a poor performing and weak Republican opposer.
She has "oodles" of money -yes, but money can only get you so far. You can't force or bribe the voters into voting for you.
And, as for being well known, that is true, but many, many, many, many many people I talk with do not like her and do not want to see her anywhere near a presidency- and they are only the Democrats.

[omega minimo]

20. Same old same old "Lesser of Evils" is unacceptable

:thumbsdown:
:thumbsdown:

[StoryTeller]

10. John Kerry

At least I really, really hope so. See Wisteria's post up thread. She summed it up pretty well.

[yurbud]

14. the real question: who is the most progressive candidate corporatists/chamber of commerce will let

slip through and win?

[Moloch]

21. Edwards couldn't even win a debate with dick cheney...

and did only slightly better than joe lieberman.

Either one of the Illinois senators would be a better candidate than Edwards.

[omega minimo]

23. Only if you were watching Faux News

"Edwards couldn't even win a debate with dick cheney"

Anyone with eyes to see knows who won that debate.

[Moloch]

25. I don't remember what channel i watched the debate on...

but I can assure you that it wasn't faux news.

Edwards was supposed to be the great hope for The Democratic Party.. he was assumed to have comparable debating skills to Bill Clinton and all of our hopes were especially high after Kerry trounced bush in their debate.

On Iraq, Edwards pointed out that there was no link between saddam hussein and al-qaida but that was pretty much the extent of his argument against the war. He let cheney get away with spewing the same old lies about iraq with little protest at all.

Polls for the Edwards-cheney debate was mixed (Kerry overwhelmingly won all of his) when Edwards really should have cleaned dick's clock.

[mmonk]

22. John Edwards. He has the track record

and you can bet they see him as enemy number 1.

[FrenchieCat]

27. Well I won't forget that "track" record....Co-sponsoring Patriot Act AND IWR

and the voting for both with glee.

That's the track record...

then saying "sorry"......that's the track record.

The populists stuff has just been since he's been running....conveniently!

Economic justice is important.....but my civil rights and this fucked up war has done so much damage till it ain't even funny! :(

Guess enough people can be fooled enough of the time--again! :eyes:

[mmonk]

28. I thought the OP meant the corporatists or corporations in relatinship to economic policy and tort

law. I didn't take it as the neocon, or neoliberal, or empire project.

[Jim Warren]

24. Simple: Al Gore

He'll be there, count on it.

[kerstin]

26. I second the sentiment.

Al's populist acceptance speech at the 2000 Democratic convention swung his numbers by some 20%. Plus he comes by it naturally. Al Gore Sr. was a much beloved populist senator.

[Uncle Joe]

29. I third it

What could be more populist than the internet?