If you want Hillary to fade away, post a viable other.

[CK_John]

It has to be somebody.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. Elizabeth Warrren

[Orsino]

10. Hillary will win, but I would much prefer Warren. n/t

[redstatebluegirl]

36. Hillary will win but I love Elizabeth Warren!

[dkf]

2. Ron Wyden.

[CK_John]

3. Who??

[dkf]

6. The only man I trust to roll back big brother and for bonus points he voted against Iraq.

He has an excellent record that I can rely on and which reveal where his heart and mind are.

Draft Sen. Ron Wyden for President.

[woo me with science]

25. Candidates become viable very rapidly

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once people know them and their policies. Look how quickly the relative unknown named Barack Obama rose to "viability" when he pretended to the nation that he was going to stand for the 99 percent.

The One Percent is already afraid of Elizabeth Warren. Give Warren or someone like her wall-to-wall nationwide publicity of their policies versus Hillary Clinton's, and Clinton will be left in the dust.

Count on it.

[truedelphi]

29. ^^^^^^^ n/t

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. This!

I love Wyden and am proud to have him representing me. I'd vote for him for President in a heartbeat.

My concern, though, is that he (and Sen. Warren) would be more effective in the Senate than as president.

[markpkessinger]

40. I like Ron Wyden, but . . .

. . . I don't get a sense that he has the kind of personal charisma -- and let's face it, in a race for the presidency, like it or not, charisma is a big factor -- to win a national race, particularly if the GOP contender is someone like, say, Chris Christie (who, for whatever reason, does seem to charm certain folks).

[dkf]

42. No one else qualifies for me. I wish other prospects did.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Brian Schweitzer

[Recursion]

20. +1

I like him

[shraby]

5. Senator Whitehouse

and Elizabeth Warren in any combination.

[WilliamPitt]

7. OK.

2014.

How about that?

[truedelphi]

31. I know, I know.

I took a long nap on Wednesday, and when I woke up, judging from all the media hullaballoo, I thought I'd gone into time machine and woke up back in 2007, or else I slept all the way up to late 2015!

[Hutzpa]

8. As of right now I'm on the fence

but my guts telling me Elizabeth Warren and my head Hillary Clinton.

Will have to wait and see.

Truth is I know Hillary Clinton's record, so far Elizabeth Warren has impressed
me with her fight, vigour and never back down attitude.

Love it that our party has two very capable individuals.

[HappyMe]

9. Martin O'Malley

Elizabeth Warren

[Xyzse]

30. Ditto. +1

I still care about 2014 more right now though...
But yeah.

[HappyMe]

33. Yup. 2014 is very important.

If we fail then, we're screwed.

[Xyzse]

34. Pretty much...

I'm donating to VA races.
I want that place to be even more blue than before.

[dkf]

43. Why O'Malley?

[frazzled]

11. Whoever wants to will run; whoever wins the primary will be the candidate

That's how it works. You have to let the process play out. We don't get to decide who's "viable" or not in advance. The Democratic primary voters will decide, from what probably will be a large field, the candidate they want (whether viable or not; though if a candidate wins decisively, then they are by definition viable, I guess).

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon.

[randome]

13. Who wants her to fade away?

Does anyone truly think the Democratic Party will have a problem in 2016 with the likes of Rubio or Cruz? Perry? Palin or Romney again?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[markpkessinger]

24. You forgot Christie . . .

. . . or even Jeb Bush, both of whom could be significant contenders.

[randome]

28. Better than the others but I truly doubt they could stand a chance in today's climate.

I think Obama has reset the bar for Presidential candidates. Smart and dynamic are in. Neither of those two wannabes project the same kind of confidence.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[markpkessinger]

37. Well, I hope you're right . . .

Christie's blow-hard persona seems to have a certain unfortunate appeal for a lot of folks.

[Taverner]

14. Jerry Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Alan Grayson, Barbara Boxer...

[Myrina]

15. It's 3 years out ... why do we have to pick NOW?

Someone in another thread said 3 years out is 'too soon to expect' any (potential) candidate to 'have a position' on anything ... well, then isn't it too soon to have candidates?

Let us see what the next year brings economically and socially and THEN see who steps to the front of the pack and what ideas they have, thanks.

[brooklynite]

21. You don't have to pick at all...

...you can wait until 2016 and then complain that "they" (fill in evil organization of your choice) didn't let your candidate run. The reality is that candidates have been running (or positioning themselves in case they do) since last September. Complain all you want, but it's the reality of our political system. If you want someone who ISN'T Clinton, Biden, Schweitzer, O'Malley or Klobuchar (hint: Warren isn't running), you're going to need to convince them now to start getting organized.

[Kingofalldems]

17. I pretty much like all Democrats, don't understand the haters here.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

18. Bill Clinton. Can't he run for a nonconsecutive third term?

why not?

[Recursion]

19. Schweizer, Tester, O'Malley, Warren, Booker, Patrick...

Should I go on?

[Demo_Chris]

22. Warren. Biden is off my list...

Having failed to repudiate Obama on chained CPI, Biden has demonstrated himself to be a fraud.

As for Hillary, I might as well vote GOP, so no thanks.

[AtomicKitten]

23. ABC: Gore, Dean, Warren, O'Malley.

[CK_John]

26. Chelsea Clinton, assuming she is old enough in 2015.

[spin]

27. Howard Dean. (n/t)

[Th1onein]

32. Howard Dean. Wyden. Kucinich. Udall.

[ieoeja]

35. J. Biden-Cuomo-B. Biden-O'Malley-Patrick-Gillibrand-Booker-Warren-Villaraigosa-Dean-Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar - US Senator from Minnesota, strong Iowa support, pro-Labor (those still exist?!?), has that midwestern appeal that crosses regions

Bill Richardson - former New Mexico Governor, Secretary of Energy and US Ambassador to the UN, early supporter of Obama, former Bill Clinton, also has cross-regional appeal

Joe Biden - Vice President of the United States, former US Senator

Elizabeth Warren - speaks for itself

Howard Dean - speaks for itself

Beau Biden - Delaware Attorney General, US Army National Guard Major

Andrew Cuomo - New York Governor, former Secretary of HUD

Martin O'Malley - Maryland Governor, early Obama supporter

Deval Patrick - Massachusetts Governor

Kirsten Gillibrand - New York US Senator

Corey Booker - soon to be New Jersey US Senator, has strong Third Way support (e.g. Republicans hedging their bets)

Antonio Villaraigosa - Los Angeles Mayor, former DNC head


Not sure how viable those last three are. But the first nine already have some national support. Democrats have a really deep bench right now.

[ieoeja]

38. I hope you weren’t thinking there would be few choices?

Because you should have know that argument would inevitably be knocked down.

[Vashta Nerada]

39. What's your definition of viable?

I think Warren is viable if we allow her to be.

[dogknob]

41. Yeah, "it's me or a basket of asps" is how Feinstein holds us hostage here in CA...

Dems who work that angle are not with us.

[bunnies]

47. lol.

How many asps are we talking, exactly.

[LanternWaste]

44. Any natural born citizen, 35 years or older, having lived in the US for 14 years.

Any natural born citizen, 35 years or older, having lived in the US for 14 years (that answer is both viable, and encompasses quite a few "somebodies&quot .



Not that I want her to fade away, I do however, enjoy replying to the banal with the banal...

[GeorgeGist]

45. Define 'somebody'