An individual praise for each candidate...

[Hippo_Tron]

And then it's bed time for me.

Howard Dean - I think Bill Clinton said it best. If we could give every democrat what Howard Dean has for breakfast then we would be the majority party in congress and have about 35 governors.

John Kerry - An honorable man who served his country and came back to fight for what is right. A great sense of humor as well.

Dennis Kucinich - Kucinich is not unelectable in my book but I don't think he has the money to get as far as the nomination. Although he is ideologically somewhat left of me I'd vote for him in a general election without a second thought. As I've said many times, in my dream government DK is Speaker of the House because I know that he would really stand up for democratic legislative agenda unlike certain democratic congressional leaders.

Wesley Clark - In my opinion the best opposition to Bush on foreign policy. Clark brings out the common sense points that the democrats aren't weak on national security but we are actually stronger on it than Bush.

Al Sharpton - Sharpton has done the best job of making a mockery of the Bush administration. Sharpton is so ideologically different than Bush and has such a great personality and sense of humor that he can make the Bush administration sound like a damn joke. I can always count on Al to say something about Bush that I not only agree with but will laugh at too.

John Edwards - An all around likeable guy really. He was considered out of the race for quite a long time and in my opinion he has made a stronger comeback than Kerry.

Joe Lieberman - Believe it or not Lieberman brings people into the democratic party. There are people in America who strongly agree with Bush on the war in Iraq but strongly disagree with his domestic policies. This is where Lieberman comes in. As a centrist for a while I was on the verge of supporting Bush but Joe Lieberman is the reason I started considering the democratic candidates. And now Lieberman is far too conservative for my taste, so you can imagine how much I've changed over the past year or so initially thanks to Lieberman.

Edit: I forgot somebody...

Lyndon Larouche - Well uh he has a D next to his name.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. One cheer for LaRouche

He keeps the Tinfoil Mining and Manufacturing Association of America in business.

His operation hates Team Bush and he always supplies well-researched conspiracy theories.

So one cheer for Lyndon LaRouche. A small cheer. And kind of quiet.

--bkl