Which defeated presidential nominee would have made the best Prez?

[elperromagico]

For the sake of this poll, "defeated" = "not inaugurated."

[tk2kewl]

1. You should throw Jesse Jackson in there.

[elperromagico]

2. He never won the nomination.

Of course, he's in good company on that list.

[tk2kewl]

4. I guess i misread the question, sorry

[elperromagico]

7. No problem.

I wish we could make a poll of the best contenders for the nomination through the years, but there are just so many options. For '04 alone, you've got nine from which to choose.

[demnan]

3. Al Gore gets my vote

because he had such an intregal role in the Clinton administration and would have continued the peace and prosperty. He didn't run a very good campaign, but that doesn't always mean you'll be a bad president.

[elperromagico]

6. Good candidate. Bad campaign.

I get the feeling that - given a few more weeks - he could have won far more decisively than he did. I get a similar feeling about Kerry.

[The_Counsel]

10. AMEN!!

"{Gore} didn't run a very good campaign, but that doesn't always mean you'll be a bad president."

Thank you!

Thank you for making this very astute point! I mention this all the time in Presidential campaign conversations.

On the other side of the coin, there's George W. Bush: brilliant campaigner (I think we should go ahead and give both him and Karl Rove credit on this one), he just can't GOVERN worth a damn.

Electability is always important; how you'll do in the office once elected should matter more. Unfortunately, that's not the case in this country... :eyes:

[elperromagico]

12. Republicans have mastered an old marketing adage:

"Don't sell the steak. Sell the sizzle."

Unfortunately, most of their candidates are all sizzle - no steak.

[The_Counsel]

5. Had to Go With Gore On This One...

I have a feeling I might have gone for Stevenson, poor guy, had he run for President in my lifetime... :)

[WI_DEM]

8. I agree Gore would probably be the best

but what a great bunch of "losers" we had. Any of them would be better than the Republicans who won.

[elperromagico]

9. Of course.

But the American people are known for sometimes making bizarre choices.

[dkofos]

11. Just imagine

where we would be with four more years of Clintonomics as compared to the last four years.

:mad: :mad:

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. McGovern

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[Cheswick2.0]

14. Al Gore

He would be a great President.

[Kahuna]

15. No doubt that Al Gore would have been an outstanding president..

:cry:

[Mabus]

16. Gore

especially in light of Leon Fuerth's revelations about Gore's Global Disaster Information Network. http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/07/opinion/edfuerth.html

Gore is a visionary.