In your dream election.. who would you want to run?

[southernleftylady]

if you could pick anyone (alive) who would you want to run for prez?

[Algorem]

1. DK

[Rainbowreflect]

18. Dennis!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Me.

I'm the only one who agrees with myself 100% of the time on 100% of the issues.

Hey, you said "dream".

[dhinojosa]

3. Shaq vs. his cleaning lady.

It's SMACKDOWN!

[1956]

4. Kerry/Clark?

Or maybe Kerry/Conyers,or Kerry/Boxer.

[dhinojosa]

10. Yeah but Shaq vs. the cleaning would be real cool.

hehe

[bitchkitty]

5. You, because of the adorable child

in the photos. :)

[southernleftylady]

9. aww shucks ;) thanks! nt

[B Calm]

6. Anybody who is not rich and can relate to the working class.

[Roxy66]

31. Edwards is rich, but it he totaly relates to the working class

[Shrubhater]

7. Kerry. Hands down.

[bitchkitty]

8. That's a tough one, but

it would have to be Howard Dean - he's one of the few politicans I respect.

[the other one]

11. Paris Hilton v. Howard Stern

[paula777]

12. The one with a spine - Howard Dean

[carolinayellowdog]

13. Obama vs. DeLay

If they stole that one, maybe people would notice

[CitrusLib]

14. My dream election usually doesn't contain faces...

... my dream involves finding myself flat on my back in an empty ballroom amidst red, white and blue balloons and confetti. I've got a raging headache from the two bottles of Moet & Chandon White Star I downed and I can't find one of my shoes. Despite the headache, I have a shit-eating grin on my face because the Democratic candidate (whoever he or she might be) won in a landslide. That's my dream.

[Tsiyu]

19. LOL, I think that's everyone's dream.

:hi: :toast: :hi: Welcome to DU, CitrusLib! :hi: :toast: :hi:

[newyawker99]

26. Hi CitrusLib!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[sweetheart]

15. Mario Cuomo / Jerry Brown vs. Jeb Bush / Tom delay

Cuomo Brown crushes the Bush delay any time! :-)

[Stinky The Clown]

23. In a perfect world, Cuomo would already have been Prez

.... and could well have been the best ever.

I love that guy!

[blm]

16. Kerry vs Bush. My dream is that this country had an honest media.

Instead we have 90% of broadcast media protecting the crooks and their corporate, fascist agenda.

[Tsiyu]

17. Boxer/Feingold.

I spent about ten minutes trying to think of worthy opposing candidates,but I just couldn't. They should just win.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. I don't know his/her name

I'm not concerned about the gender of my ideal candidate, so I'll use 'her' as a pronoun, but consider it gender-neutral.

She would have a background of a no more than middle class background, but in her life will have achieved much. She won't be a politician, but she will be familiar with government. She might be a lawyer. Maybe an activist. Maybe a public servant. A judge. Even former/retired military. Everything she has, she earned the hard way .... by working for it. She'll have received accolades and recognition for her accomplishments from her peers and from those outside her professional circle.

She'll be well traveled and fluent in more than just English. She'll be married/committed and will have been a long time, although she need not be in her first such relationship. She'll have (or have had) a strong relationship with her parents.

She'll be humble yet confident. Respectful yet self-assured. Caring and nurturing while maintaining high standards for herself and those around her. She'll be incapable of lying, yet know when not to answer a question.

She'll appreciate the arts. She won't suffer fools well. She'll have taken strong stands and won some and lost some. She'll have failed at something along the way; that failure made her stronger and more determined. She'll have nurtured the career/professionalism of those around her.

She'll smile easily and never laugh at the misfortunes of others.

She'll be just like someone one you know.

She'll be extraordinary, yet wonderfully ordinary. Until she runs for office, she'll do her own shopping and will know what a loaf of bread or a house or a year of college or a week of day care .... or an updated rail system or a nuclear submarine *really* costs.

She'll love people .... with love being a verb .... cuz she works at it.

I don't know who she is .... but she's out there right now, quietly doing a lot of good.

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[passy]

35. that's the kind of president I want too

now we just have to find her

[Selatius]

21. Bernie Sanders

If he can get 60% support in his own state, while the next closest Democrat and Republican share the last 40 percent with each other, we've got ourselves somebody who has successfully connected with ordinary people. The kicker is that he's an avowed democratic socialist. Run him.

[Strawman]

22. A non-politician, someone like Howard Zinn or Jonathan Kozol

[Protagoras]

24. Boxer/Moyers

yeah...I think I could handle that.

[XemaSab]

25. Gore/Dean/Boxer

Any of them would make a lovely president, and any two would make a terrific ticket.

Gore/Dean
Gore/Boxer
Dean/Gore
Dean/Boxer
Boxer/Gore
Boxer/Dean

President Gore
President Dean
President Boxer

Maybe they could have a political dynasty... 8 years of Gore, 8 years of Dean, 8 years of Boxer... in no particular order. Or else they could all be president at the same time... a new-school triumvirate.

Sigh.

[stray cat]

27. Feingold!

[annarbor]

28. Howard Dean and Barbara Boxer

They would take our country back! They are the only ones with courage and conviction.
Ann Arbor

[globalvillage]

29. Kerry/Clark, Kerry/Boxer or Kerry/Kerrey n/t

[Roxy66]

30. Edwards/Boxer!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

32. Wes Clark/Barbara Boxer!

:loveya: Love 'em both! :loveya: They would be an awesome ticket.

[beanball]

33. My president

Cornel West,prove to me america that you no longer cleave to your racist past.

[jazzjunkysue]

34. President Sheen

[BlueIris]

36. Kerry/Conyers. n/t

[OrlandoGator]

37. Oprah. Seriously.

It would be the biggest landslide ever.

[BlueIris]

38. Oh, right, I forgot. And I totally agree. Winfrey/Kerry?

I had a dream once in which Oprah ran for President and kicked everyone's ass--including that of Condi Rice, who naturally became her opponent. It was excellent. Then I woke up, and it was still November 16, 2004, and I wanted to die.