If the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary Were Held Today

[OmahaBlueDog]

Inspired by this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2787625


Yes, it's way, way, way too early -- but if the 2016 primaries were held today, who'd get your vote?

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	Hillary Clinton
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	Al Franken
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	Martin O'Malley
	2 (13%)
	Deval Patrick
	1 (6%)
	Elizabeth Warren
	7 (44%)
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[OmahaBlueDog]

1. By the way, I'd vote for Gov. Dan Malloy if he'd run

I'm taking HRC at her word that she's not running.

[femmocrat]

2. Al Franken?

Is he considering a run? First I've seen his name mentioned.

I didn't chose anyone because it's way too early.

[OmahaBlueDog]

3. His name comes up -- kinda like Elizabeth Warren

I don't think anyne has said they're running. O'Malley hints he is. HRC has said she's not, but everyone assumes she is. Biden is presumed.

[BainsBane]

9. Clinton hasn't said she isn't

She gives non-committal politician answers to that question.

[Proud Public Servant]

4. Doubt Warren or Franken would run

Of likely candidates (assuming Hillary doen't clear the field), I'd look hard at O'Malley, Schweitzer, and Hickenlooper. I'd also look hard at Gillibrand, but she waon't be in it unless Hillary and Cuomo both pass.

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. Gillibrand could be a strong Veep choice

..especially if the GOP nominates Christie; it could help blunt inroads he could make in the NY/NJ area.

Cuomo would certainly be a strong candidiate.

I think Schweitzer is going to the Senate.

You mention Hickenlooper -- what about someone like Jay Nixon in Missouri?

[Proud Public Servant]

6. I never hear about Jay Nixon

Does he have a record he can run on? Does he have any national presence or natural constituency within the party? I'm honestly asking; don't know a thing about him. But it's hard to imagine him faring well against bigger-name competition like Cuomo, Schweitzer, Warner and O'Malley.

And I agree, Gillibrand would be an excellent veep choice assuming the top of the ticket is not from New York.

[OmahaBlueDog]

8. Like Schweitzer, he's a popular Dem in a red-leaning state

He's in his second term. Prior to being Gvernor, he was AG.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Nixon

Missouri has been, and will continue to be, a battleground state.

[msongs]

10. Nixon's the One - haven't we heard that somewhere before lol nt

[Jamaal510]

7. I'd prefer Warren the most

because I think that she would bring up issues that don't normally get discussed in mainstream politics, but I think Hillary is the inevitable Democratic candidate. Everyone in the media (especially MSNBC) has been pushing her to run. FOX, Rush, et al have already begun dragging her name through the mud. Politicos on TV are still saying that she definitely will run, even though she herself has said otherwise countless times already.

Nevertheless, any one of those candidates would be a thousand times more competent than anybody the GOP would have to offer in 2016. Out of all of them, I see Hillary as the one with the biggest chance of winning in 2016 were she to change her mind, just because of her already high approval ratings with her job as Secretary of State and being seen by many as more moderate.

[Blue_Tires]

11. WetzelBill/Kurovski

[Beacool]

12. If the primaries were held today Hillary would win hands down.

If the general election wold be today, she would win that too. More than three years from now, who knows? She may not even choose to run.

[sabrina 1]

15. No, she wouldn't. While the current iteration of the Dem Party spends a good deal of its

time slamming its base (the 'left') they cannot win without them. And the Left would not vote for Hillary. She would get the votes of the Third Way wing of the party in a primary, but while they have succeeded in infiltrating the party, with their Reagan Repubs/Dems et all, they do not make up the majority still.

No Hillary. Enough with the same old policies that have so failed this country especially FP. We need some fresh new policies that will end the disastrous Neocon policies, not continue them as Hillary would.

Our current FP is draining this country of its resources and must be changed before it is too late.

[MineralMan]

18. She would win a primary held now overwhelmingly.

You're way overestimating the left edge of the party's numbers.

Would she win in the general election, if it were this year? She just might, depending on who was running against her.

However, this is 2013, and nobody's running for President this year or next year. No serious consideration should even be given to 2016 until after the 2014 mid-term election. It's a complete waste of time. The candidates who are being mentioned may well not be the candidates in play by then.

Right now, there's a mid-term election to win. If we do not, it's not going to matter who runs for President in 2016. We'll already have lost.

[Beacool]

22. Your opinion is precisely that, your opinion.

But that doesn't mean that it's based on reality. If the primaries and GE were held tomorrow, Hillary would easily win. What happens in 3 1/2 years is a mystery as of now, only time will tell.



BTW, if the Left was so powerful Bush wouldn't have won twice.

[MineralMan]

13. But it's not being held today, so the question is irrelevant.

Much can happen between now and 2016. Like mid-term elections, which is where my attention is focused. There will be plenty of time to pick a presidential candidate after November 2014. Until then, there's not plenty of time to think about who will be running for Congress and state legislatures. Perhaps that's more important right now?

GOTV 2014!

[OmahaBlueDog]

19. Naw. The midterms become more important next year.

..and 3+ years is an eternity in politics, but candidates in both parties are laying the groundwork for 2016 runs now -- especially on the opposition side. I've already seen cars sporting Rand Paul 2016 stickers.

[TheKentuckian]

14. I'm a Brown man

[OmahaBlueDog]

20. Jerry or Sherrod - Help me out here

..or are you telling us you have a breathtaking tan?

[TheKentuckian]

21. Sherrod for me. Jerry is probably too long in the tooth.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. I don't know,

but I'd really rather have someone other than Hillary.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Warren

is tentatively supporting Warren at this early date.