Who should we groom for the WH in 2008?

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

Poll question: Who should we groom for the WH in 2008?

[ruggerson]

1. Um, Mark Warner should be in your poll

so i'll wait to vote before you add him in

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

3. I tried to add him, but I can't edit the poll now.

Oh well. I'm embarassed I forgot Mark Warner, or Ed Rendell. Any others?

[Gracchi]

14. Clark Won't Even Run

See my posts in the two Clark threads, he won't even run. Why is he on the list?

Why isn't Warner on the list? Or Blagodevich (or however the hell you spell it)? Or Easley?

[mosin]

16. Blagojevich?!?!

Eek!

Perish that thought, unless you want Shrub's successor to win 48 states.

I'll take Mark Warner!

[CarbonDate]

18. 'cuz you said so

Yeah we got it.

[mikehiggins]

2. Assuming they even let us have elections in 2008

I know it can't happen here, but I think it may just may have.

[emulatorloo]

4. Some Dumbass Democratic Governor who looks good in tight pants

with no record to speak of - some kind of Democratic George Bush basically. . .

then stack the cabinet w Kerry Edwards Clark Dean Kucinich Sharpton Braun Clinton Clinton etc etc etc

Sorry feeling cynical tonite/

[patricia92243]

33. Dean is an ex-governor, and I'm sure he would look great in tight pants :)

[Snow]

5. Dick Lugar.....

I'd love to see a man like that on the repub ticket. Seriously, this might be an area to direct some effort.

[Democracy Died 2004]

6. Mark Warner doh!! n/t

[OrwellwasRight]

7. Shallow voters? Alec Baldwin/Ben Affleck '08!

Give the people what they want. I think we can make the star-studded ticket work for us! Good-looking actor Dems? Hey, why not?

Better than the current neo-fascists.

[StevieM]

8. Russ Feingold (eom)

x

[Telly Savalas]

15. I don't think he wants the job

Here is the link for a video of a Q&A period with Senator Feingold from this summer where near the end he states that he'll probably never run for president because he doesn't want to put that kind of stress on his family. Hopefully he'll change his mind because he is dramatically better than any of the other names being thrown around. He's a guy who can connect with rural conservative voters while supporting a progressive agenda. This is precisely what our party, as well as our country, needs.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Wes Clark with Warner as VP

Wesley K. Clark,
Retired 4 Star General, Rhodes Scholar
Heroic War Veteran and Former Allied Supreme Commander of Nato

[zacho]

22. Warner and Feingold

I'd like a unity ticket with the two, with Warner at the top. It would make the Democratic Party have a platform again.

[democraticdan]

23. Clark/Warner

Two words:

Hell yes.

[danieltm]

10. WE MUST LET GO OF LOSING ISSUES

We have to face the fact that some of our issues are proven losers.

1- We must let go of gun control. It is costing us huge blocks of would be Democratic votes in the south, and in states like Ohio, and Michigan. Let the rednecks have their guns. We should call for tougher prison sentences for those who commit crimes with guns.

2- Abortion on demand is an issue that is hurting us. Here is why. Pro life voters will NOT vote for a pro choice candidate. Pro choice voters WILl vote for a pro life candidate. We need to modify our stance to choice in the first trimester, unless there is a medical reason to do otherwise. Pools are shopwing women of child bearing age to be opposed to abortion.

3- Gay marriage. We should offer up our own amendment calling marriage an institution between a man and a women, but allow for civil unions.

4- Let he rednecks have their flag desecration amendment. It is another issue that costs us votes in the south.

We need to get back to the issues that made the Democratic Party great. JOBS, the enviorment, health care, etc.

[davidinalameda]

12. in other words, you want be Republican Party, Part 2

where would you have us differ with the Republicans then?

[mosin]

17. Yes, no, no, no

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No way in hell.

[Maven]

28. Nope, not really.

No more of the "move more to the right" boobery. Please. You seem to think these cultural crusaders will take a toe, when the fact is they won't settle for anything less than the entire fucking foot.

1. OK, fine. It would certainly make it interesting.
2. No, not really. I would not vote for an anti-choice presidential candidate, and I'm male.
3. Absolutely not. Take it someplace else.
4. Yet again, you must be crazy.

On the last point, we agree. We DO need to re-establish our populist appeal (in contrast to the phony populism cultivated by you-know-who), but that goal is in no way dependent on nos. 2,3, and 4.

[patricia92243]

34. The term is Anti-choice - not Pro-life :)

[Tweed]

11. Wesley Clark will win every DU poll

And I'm a Clark fan.

[Kahuna]

13. Mark Warner. Why didn't you include him. the WP cited a previous..

DU poll about Warner.,

Speculation Grows On Presidential Bid For Warner in 2008
snip..
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, November 14, 2004; Page C01

Web surfers at a site called the Democratic Underground think Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner should be their party's next presidential candidate. So does a guy named Steve, who has started a "Warner in 2008" Internet journal. And among political pundits and the soul-searching leadership of the Democratic Party, Warner's name keeps popping up.
more...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48211-2004Nov13.html

[CarbonDate]

21. Agree, he should be in there

Still, Wes seems to be running away with this one....

[Larry in KC]

19. A great release of endorphins...

...to be able to vote for Wes Clark again.

[robbedvoter]

20. I dunno about grooming, I'm drafting Clark again

[melnjones]

29. Have you signed yet?

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?wesclark

[renaissanceguy]

24. Howard Dean!

Howard Dean has proven to be a man of his word. No one will be able to call him a "flip flopper." He is a social progressive and a fiscal conservative, the perfect combination we need in a candidate. Let's face it--the media ruined him. Should he not become the DNC chair, let's give him another chance. He's good at mobilizing peopple.

[Lefty48197]

25. You forgot Barak Obama

.

[CarbonDate]

26. Of the 11 others....

We have 6 for Warner, 1 each for Russ Feingold, Dick Lugar, Barack Obama, and... er, Alec Baldwin.

Missing one in there....

[maggie19]

27. US possible 2008 presidential candidates

The 2004 presidential election is barely over, and already dozens of politicians are positioning themselves as possible 2008 presidential candidates.

Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of possible 2008 presidential candidates at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._p..._election,_2008

Another large list of possible 2008 presidential candidates is at http://www.100towatch.com/

These lists include the obvious names like Hillary, Rudy, Arnold, Ralph and Jeb, but there are many other lesser-known possible 2008 presidential candidates.

One thing is certain: It's going to be an interesting four years before the 2008 presidential election.

[Forever Free]

30. JOHN KERRY IN '08

Why start with someone who doesn't know about the campaign trail? I saw we run a seasoned politician that the public is already familiar with. Despite having lost the election, he did surprisingly well enough to give him a second look.

[TheDonkey]

31. Kerry or Ford Jr.

[GOPBasher]

32. Richardson!!!

[pjazz19]

35. Another forgotten name

Former California Governor Gray Davis would be an excellent choice. By the time rolls around to start campaigning, the fallout from the recall will have long passed, and people will be ready to accept him again.