Liberal Democrat Darcy Richardson planning to challenge Obama.

[Zorra]

(A nod to DU member Karmadillo who posted this info in DU3)

I’m also calling for a new Works Progress Administration (WPA), similar to the massive jobs program implemented by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to alleviate what Princeton University economist and former Federal Reserve vice chairman Alan Blinder has accurately described as a “national jobs emergency” — painfully evidenced by the fact that 25.8 million Americans are currently unemployed or underemployed. The new WPA, financed in part by retroactively rescinding the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, will employ millions of jobless Americans in rebuilding our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.

A Richardson Administration will also bring an immediate end to the war in Afghanistan while fighting for a drastic 33% to 50% reduction in military spending.

I will also put the full weight of the White House behind Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed constitutional amendment to overturn the narrow 5-to-4 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission giving corporations the same First Amendment free-speech rights as individuals while recklessly allowing for unrestricted and undisclosed spending by corporations in U.S. elections.

A Richardson Presidency will also vigorously defend the environment, beginning with doing everything in its power to block the Keystone XL project.

http://www.darcy2012.com/2011/10/10/darcy-on-the-issues/

So far, it looks like I'm in.

[Enthusiast]

1. Looks good!

[sabrina 1]

2. A Liberal Democrat would be great in the WH.

And lots of them in Congress. I am glad there is someone running, the more the better imo.

[ellisonz]

3. Snowballs chance in Hell. n/t

[No Elephants]

9. Maybe, but it's still a very good thing.

[dbt]

4. It's a damn shame that this will never penetrate the Obubble

in which our President chooses to live so pleasantly (shout-out to The Kinks). What he needs most is a good old-fashioned, gonad-shriveling, BB-sweating scare to within a millimeter of his political life. Ah, but he's got his, so fuck us, no?

My irony meter goes right to the peg when I see Richardson calling for things that Obama should have advocated immediately after he took that Oath.

:freak:

[Huey P. Long]

5. Pretty much. -eom

[Zorra]

6. I'll vote for Darcy in a primary, and hope for and extremely rude awakening. nt

[Zorra]

7. Democratic Primary Calendar 2012 -

http://frontloading.blogspot.com/p/2012-presidential-primary-calendar.html

[Windy]

8. Just ridiculous. He doesn't have a shot of winning.

All he will succeed in doing is damaging Obama. Not smart. Too much is at stake. We can't afford a republiclown in the whitehouse.

[No Elephants]

10. I don't care if he has a shot at winning or not. I think it is very healthy for the Party to have

more than one person seeking the nomination, healthy for both candidates and voters.

There is no reason why having more than one candidate in a primary race has to damage anyone in the general, as long as all candidates conduct themselves appropriately.