Eve of the eve of Clinton's Announcement Straw Poll

[charlie and algernon]

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	Joe Biden
	0 (0%)
	Hillary Clinton
	2 (13%)
	Andrew Cuomo
	0 (0%)
	Martin O'Malley
	1 (7%)
	Bernie Sanders
	8 (53%)
	Elizabeth Warren
	3 (20%)
	Jim Webb
	0 (0%)
	Other
	1 (7%)
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[GusBob]

1. Pass

I'm just checking in for the comments

[Agschmid]

2. Pass, for now.

Can't wait to see what the differentiation between the candidates turn out to be.

[joshcryer]

3. I'll maybe defend Clinton on some issues.

But Bernie is a no-brainer.

If Clinton uses populist rhetoric then from a purely civic point of view, you have to listen and not be dismissive. To be dismissive would just be to play into the Republican hands.

[Logical]

4. Add an option called anyone but Hillary, I promise you that will win. nt

[mike_c]

5. I won't go quite so far as to say "anyone but HRC..."

...because there are probably some other potential nominees that I won't vote for, but I certainly won't ever vote for HRC.

[sabrina 1]

6. It's a tossup between Bernie and Warren. I chose Warren even though I know she isn't running.

Sherrod Brown is another Dem I would like to see running.

He hasn't totally dismissed it. He has dismissed being a VP candidate.

If Bernie runs, I will definitely support him. But no one has a chance against Wall St money, other than their own preferred and funded candidate. That is the reality.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Other.

i'll wait until we have both a slate of announced candidates AND they have offered concrete statements on policy and issues, before I endorse any of them.

[bigwillq]

8. Bernie (nt)

[LostOne4Ever]

9. Russ Feingold!!! (nt)

[gotj90]

10. I have to go with Bernie since Warren is not running.

I love Bernie. He best represents what I believe. I've thought about 2016 and I feel it's time to do whatever I can to help elect someone like Bernie instead of sitting on the sideline and half-heartily voting for Hillary in the general election.

There's no doubt Hillary is the favorite but I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that she is the nominee. I've yet to talk to a Democrat in-person about 2016 and receive positive feedback about her. That's not to say we all won't vote for her. Obviously she is better than anyone the Republicans could nominate. However if there is someone on the left - I hope Bernie - that can motivate people to get involved and push back against the establishment, I believe there is a chance for that candidate to succeed.