Who are the Rising Stars in the Democratic Party?

[Sandpiper]

The two that come to my mind immediately are Barack Obama and Gavin Newsome.

Who else do you see as being the stars of the Party's next generation?

[redqueen]

1. Dennis Kucinich

[cosmicdot]

4. 'amen' to that.

rising stars???

I'd have to check with the 'CEO' of the Democratic Party, Al From-DLC.


I believe a couple of names have been designated to speak at the Convention, i.e., Janet Napolitano, Gov., Arizona

[dietdpfan]

40. I definitely agree with Napolitano...

She is one smart, sassy, stand-her-ground kind of gal.

She will do great things for the Democratic party.

:bounce:

[goodhue]

6. indeed

But if I had to pick two other than DK, it would be Mike Miles and Barack Obama.

[genius]

37. Definitely

I want that I stand with Dennis logo. How do I add it?

[redqueen]

41. Here's the URL

I put a space after the http: and before the gif to keep the pic or a red-x from appearing - just edit those spaces and you're done. :hi:

http ://www.kucinich.us/images/istand-blackblue-300C. gif

[Jose Diablo]

2. Reagan Jr n/t

[slutticus]

61. I think he's...

...an independent.

But he could do major damage to the GOP

[livetohike]

3. Chris Heinz

Will be a rising star if the stories are true that he may run for office in the Pgh. area.

[doctorbombeigh]

5. Biden - or so said Chris Matthews yesterday

I dunno. I haven't had any use for him since he brought us Clarence Thomas. (the Anita Hill debacle was largely controlled/allowed by Biden)

He has been very front and center for the past year or so, but I think he's just looking for something nice from the Kerry Admin.

[RummyTheDummy]

8. I heard that

WTF? Biden has been in Congress for nearly 30 years. What, he's a late bloomer? I don;t get it.

[TexasSissy]

39. I've liked Biden since the Thomas/Anita Hill hearing.

I think he was chair of the committee. He was one of the most fair chairpersons I've ever seen. I believe he did NOT vote for Thomas to become a S.Ct. justice.

He also gave the now famous speech on 9/10/01 about terrorism abroad AND AT HOME being the #1 threat to America, not missiles, as the administration was focused on.

Pompous at times? Yes. Speaks above my head sometimes? Sometimes. Speaks quite clearly and logically often? Yes, often. Intelligent and experienced in foreign affairs? One of the most experienced and knowledgeable we have. Likeable? Liked on both sides of the aisle. Liked by Kerry? Yes. Diplomatic? Diplomatic skills ooze from his pores.

Ladies and Gentlemen, when you look at Joe Biden, you're looking at our next Secretary of State or National Security Advisor (if Kerry wins). And there is no one better qualified to advise the President on foreign relations than Biden.

[xyboymil]

7. Russ Feingold. US Senator (WI)

You have to give him credit. The ONLY person to vote against the Patriot Act. At the time, it showed tremendous guts.

A man who truly believes in the liberal philosophy and never waivers on decisions he has made. :toast:

[redqueen]

9. The only one to vote against the Patriot Act?

You mean as far as Senators go?

(psst... Dennis Kucinich didn't vote for that either)

[xyboymil]

16. Yes Red..sorry, meant Senators.

And Yes, Dennis didnt either! woot!

[redqueen]

22. Heh ... no problem

:hi:

We should be so lucky as to have DK-inspired novices entering politics, too!

[genius]

36. Feingold's really bad on the environment

[bat17]

47. Feingold is really bad on the environment???

I can't believe that this blatant lie, without any supporting statements, has been allowed to go unchallenged on this board. I
have been a lurker, but had to register when I saw this. Feingold record speaks for itself.

http://www.russfeingold.org/environment.php

http://www.wildpac.org/candidates_feingold.php

http://www.earthjustice.org/policy/judicial/brooks.html

[alarcojon]

51. Welcome to DU!

and Russ is the man - I'm so glad to be able to vote to re-elect him to the Senate.

I'm glad you posted this.

[Blue-Jay]

10. Yep. Obama.

That guy can really suck you in when he's speaking. I DLed a speech of his from a few months ago, and found myself leaning in the direction of my comp speakers. Can't wait until he's in the Senate. He don't take no shit either.

[Blue_Roses]

28. I can't wait to hear him

speak! I hadn't heard much about him since I live in another state, but after hearing he was the keynote speaker, I went to his website and wow! What a resume. This may sound crazy, but something about him reminds me of Denzel Washington in "Remember the Titans."

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Harold Ford, Jr.

http://www.house.gov/ford/

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Let's hope not. Ford is pure DLC.

Voted for the War and tried to unseat Nancy Pelosi because she's "too liberal".

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. Kerry and Edwards voted for the war also

And they are both affiliated with the DLC.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. To their shame.

Nancy Pelosi and a lot of Democrats with courage didn't.

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. They don't appear ashamed of it

I haven't heard either of them say that they were ashamed or regretted it.

[TeacherCreature]

23. they should

but some people have no shame.

BTW freddie, how do you feel about the war now? do you still think it was a good idea?

[Freddie Stubbs]

29. It was not a good idea the way Bush went about it

If we had a President who had worked more with the international community, we could have built a real coalition that would have doen the job.

[TeacherCreature]

45. I can't for the life of me figure out why it was a good idea

No WMD, no threat to us, no threat to their neighbors, how do you justify killing thousands of Iraqi people and destroying their economy? Even Our GAO says the Iraqi people are worse off now.

Their country is infiltrated by terrorists and it is going to cost us a fortune to stay there and prevent a civil war, which we probably won't be able to prevent anyway. In the meantime thousands of our young people are dying and getting wounded. They are being exposed to Depleted Uranium. They are being asked to fight an immoral war and they will have to deal with the emotional results for the rest of their lives.

And centrist democrats can't figure out why they are leaking people to the left in droves.

Why can't you all just admit that this war was a mistake? Any other position is, at this point, immoral. If the democratic party can't get a grip on that fact they are going to lose an extremely loyal Democrat in me. I am not the only one. Some people are leaving for third parties and some are just going to stop voting.

[Freddie Stubbs]

57. Some people just need an excuse to vote for Nader

Another four years of Bush may be the result.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

54. Done the job? What job was that?

America had the backing of the international community..to continue the embargo and the inspections.

[Freddie Stubbs]

58. Git rid of Sadaam

It has been US government policy to get rid of Sadaam since 1998.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d105:1:./temp/~bdhXBO:@@@L&summ2=m&|/bss/d105query.html|

Clinton signed this law, and the vast majority of Democrats in both houses of Congress (even Dennis Kucinich) voted for this.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

63. So....does that make the invasion the right thing to do?

I don't.

[Freddie Stubbs]

64. It seems that there are a lot of Democrats who disagree with you

Look who they nominted for President.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. That would require integrity.

An obvious lack of which was displayed with their votes for the war.

[Freddie Stubbs]

30. Kerry and Edwards have integrity

Just becasue they do not agree with you on an issue does not mean that they lack integrity.

[TeacherCreature]

46. no they really don't

They should send their own kids to fight in Iraq if they think this war and occupation is a good idea.

[Freddie Stubbs]

59. Using that analogy

Politicians lack integrity if they favor locking up criminals unless they require their children to be police officers.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

56. Integrity just a difference of opinion?

Under that rubric, then I guess that Bush has oodles of integrity because he and just don't happen to agree on helluva lot of issues.

Dick Cheney and I disagreed on Apartheid in South Africa but I suppose he has plenty of it because he just disagreed with my opinion that it was racism pure and simple.

For Kerry and Edwards to support Bush's invasion and occupation of a prostrate 3rd world country and slaughter it's people for political gain shows a lack of integrity.

Or, as they claim, they were too stupid to see what Bush was up to and really believed that their votes were not in support of his obvious design to invade Iraq, then you may be right.

However, having a functioning brain, I don't believe for a second that they were unaware that no matter what they did, Bush was going to invade Iraq.

[Freddie Stubbs]

60. Of course they knew that he was going to invade Iraq

And they supported that. They did not support his "going it alone."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

62. Glad to see you admit it.

Do you not think that invading Iraq was wrong? Or, if Smirk had lined up a few more countries it would have been just fine?

[Freddie Stubbs]

65. No, I don't believe it was wrong

And neither do the nominees of the Democratic party.

[bleowheels]

34. Stephanie Herseth.

She's very impressive.

My mistake. This should be under the original post. Not the Harold Ford one.

[tabasco]

12. Martin O'Malley

Mayor of Baltimore. Keep y'er eyes peeled for this guy.

[hertopos]

18. Yes!!

Do you remember how much the none other than Big dog himself was impressed by him? He will replace our current rethug governer in 2006.

He is going to give a speech at the democrat convention.

Hertopos

[Literate Tar Heel]

13. anybody know anything about Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - NY)?

I didn't know who he was until he was on Crossfire yesterday and left Tucker Carlson with nothing to do except to basically compliment him on his answers and shut up ... looked at his website and voting record and he looks like a pretty solid liberal: http://www.issues2000.org/NY/Gregory_Meeks.htm

[porphyrian]

14. Democratic Underground

I'm not too proud to be self-indulgent.

[OSheaman]

20. Me

:-)

[TeacherCreature]

24. The populist candidates who are running as Dean Democrats

Look out corporate whores.

[yellowcanine]

25. Mark Warner - guv. of Virginia; Ed Rendall - guv. of PA; Harold Ford -

Tenn. congressman. The Freepers are already trashing him as a "liberal" and they are mighty scared of him.

[rene moon]

26. Raul Grijalva of Arizona

Check him out! www.house.gov/grijalva

He was one of 12 who voted aganist the $87B to Iraq.

[goodhue]

32. He is great but

he was not one of the 12 senators as he is not a senator. Rather he was one of 125 who voted against the $87 billion in the House.

The October 17 vote on the $87 billion was 87 to 12 in the US Senate. The vote was 303 to 125 in the US House.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

31. rahm emmanuel

he very good on the talk shows.

[HootieMcBoob]

33. Eliot Spitzer

Attorney General New York State
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/

[genius]

35. What do we know about Ron Reagan, Jr.? He is speaking at our convention.

Are his politics better than his fathers?

[Auntie Bush]

38. General Wesely Clark and Wes Clark Jr.

[genius]

42. Wasn't Magic Johnson talking about running for office?

[ArkDem]

43. Blanche Lincoln

[genius]

44. Mike Byron

He's the most popular candidate in San Diego County and perhaps the most liberal.

[romantico]

48. Gavin Newsom

He IS,IMO, gonna be the next Bill Clinton!

[Renew Deal]

49. Me

You never know

[sbj405]

50. Chris Van Hollen (MD)

[bigwillq]

52. Obama and this guy from Tennessee

I don't know if he's a senator or a rep. I forget his name at the moment but he's on CNN alot and he always says good things.

I think he's kinda mixed with black-white. He looks dark whatever race he is. I'm just trying to give you all tips to help me figure out who he is.

Does anyone know who I'm talking about?

[alarcojon]

53. Harold Ford Jr.

Congressman from Tennessee. 34 years old. As mentioned in post # 15, pretty DLC. I kind of like him, though.

[GBD4]

55. Ken Meek

congressman from Miami

early 30s, former FHP officer

a very dynamic speaker!