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In reply to the discussion: If HRC runs in 2016, who should be the pro-worker, pro-peace, pro-justice candidate in the race? [View all]Godhumor
(6,437 posts)12. If either runss, I will be supporting Clinton or Cuomo
If both run, I would probably go with Clinton, but, honestly, I would be thrilled with either.
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If HRC runs in 2016, who should be the pro-worker, pro-peace, pro-justice candidate in the race? [View all]
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
OP
Does get fucking tiring, doesn't it? Yet people that post shit like this are considered the
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#88
...and electing a Republican who takes the wrong stance isn't a win either...
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#15
No, and in fact I've already reached out to another prospective candidate...
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#24
So you believe that the net result of the President's first term has been a negative?
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#51
In the end, all "prevention of regression" achieves is the reduction of regression.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#147
YOur post is delusional. The majority of americans call themselves moderates.
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#90
If Cuomo did nothing but austerity as governor, he'll do nothing but austerity as president.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#22
Budget deficits have to be dealt with. Cuomo is enacting policy that reduce deficits while
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#92
Probably because they are not RFK, hardly remember Dad, and have moved on to the 21st century
Hekate
Jan 2013
#106
Grayson and Warren are not going to run, there wont be a serious candidate with a realistic
JI7
Jan 2013
#29
A progressive candidate in the Dem primaries isn't like backing Nader or Roseanne in the fall
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#37
"Progressive ideas" may be popular, but when you put a face to that progressive....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#41
Okay, I'll kick your thread one last time. I have no "grudge against" progressives. Hell, I used..
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#56
Not a valid characterization of progressives at all-and a slander against most of the poor, btw.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#110
Your post is what used to separate us from teabaggers. Cheers to you for a most excellent analysis.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2013
#124
I am a Hillary supporter, but you make a great point that someone should run from the left of her.
hrmjustin
Jan 2013
#34
Welcome to DU. We have posters here that don't realistically look at politics,
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#98
A race where HRC was nominated with no one else in the primaries would be passionless.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#102
I didn't list those people as running mate possibilities, OR assume she'd be nominated. n/t.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#68
By asking people for running mates for Clinton, you are assuming she will be the nominee
davidpdx
Jan 2013
#83
Sen Warren should stay in the Senate and Grayson is unrealistic as far as winning
WI_DEM
Jan 2013
#53
Well, despite the order I listed the names, Grayson wasn't actually my FIRST choice
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#72
Don't be so sure...we really aren't "a center-right country"...and no Dem should believe that we are
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#67
Waste of taxpayer money for anyone else to run. Especially if the others are in office
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#76
President Obama picked Warren and gave her the victory with his coattails.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#78
let's just say I disagree about LBJ, I think it was the people that messed up a winnable race in 68
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#85
John Kitzhaber or Jerry Brown. Just no more 3rd Way Centrist Clintons,
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#86
If we have to go down in flames, couldn't we do it with a competent candidate?
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#122
You're right about Obama...He was not as progressive as he led us to believe.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#115
That, and they'll dredge up Whitewater and exhume Vince Foster all over again. n/t.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#144