Reply #59: Warner , thank you very much for asking [View All]

[moggie12]

Pragmatic, gets things done. I don't want the 2008 election to be a referendum on ideology. Get a Dem in the White House, show Americans what Democrats can do, and we will win every Presidential election after that (our policies, after all, benefit the "average" American much more so than do those of the Republicans, especially those of the Republican currently in the White House).

Am I a "sell-out" for not wanting a more left-leaning Democrat who will espouse social progressivism? I really don't care at this point. I don't think a candidate can get elected at this moment in history if he or she does. I am not willing to wait until a near-Armageddon like meltdown occurs as a result of the current disastrous Republican policies -- especially since I'm not convinced Americans would flock to a "progressive" Democratic candidate anyway. I want a Democratic President ASAP -- in 2008! My kids are 12 and 14 and I don't have the luxury of waiting. I fear the America they will be young adults in.


Edited to add:

And maybe Bayh for VP since he was also an extremely popular Red-State governor. With Bayh on the ticket, maybe we could win Indiana, Kentucky, a few midwest states (maybe even West Virgina with this ticket??) Yes, see how pragmatic I am??? PRGAMATISM IS GOOD -- I WANT TO WIN.