Your favorite for Democratic nominee in 2008, Heat Two

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Candidate list taken from Wikipedia.

If your favorite candidate isn't here, look for him/her in the Heat One thread.

The Final will, predictably, include the first five from each thread.

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Hillary! Hillary! Hillary!!

ALL HAIL QUEEN HRC 1 !!!

[LynneSin]

2. I'm voting Hillary just to watch a few folks head explode

:rofl:

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Hail QHRC 1 !!!

[KKKarl is an idiot]

8. My head is exploding

No just joking. Hilary will make a good president. But I had to go with Obama. But if Hilary was our choice I would vote for her with no complaints.

[Buzz Clik]

4. I voted for Easley because I have no idea who he is.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

12. North Carolina Governor.

Good campaigner, sure to be present if there's a hurricane or snowstorm... otherwise... um,,,,....

[KoKo]

20. lol's.....Dems are lucky to see him.....unless you live very deep inside

the "Beltway." His sightings are few except as you say.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Kick and see you tomorrow. -nt

[xmas74]

6. I'm a Lounge Lizard.

I had to come over and read about the Hillary fuss.

[kimmerspixelated]

7. Of this group

JK hands down! PLEASE TAKE HILARY OFF THE TABLE. We need a new name in the line of prez's. Please not...Bush Clinton,Bush Clinton!!! And of course many other reasons not to vote for her. She needs to stay a Senator period!

[goodhue]

9. Kucinich!

[skipos]

10. S*C*H*W*E*I*T*Z*E*R

[MrSlayer]

11. Kucinich.

The Kooch gets my vote.

[mtnsnake]

13. Wow, with Gore, Clark, & Edwards in the other one, Kerry might actually win a poll

well, win a heat, anyhow. lol

On edit: looks like Obama is giving him a run.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

14. I called it a day and took the 5 winners from each side.

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3004422

[TayTay]

16. But Hillary stands no chance

How interesting.

[mtnsnake]

17. No not on DU, just in all the rest of America. Sorry, but Obama got my vote anyway.

Hate to disappoint you.

BTW, Kerry doesn't do too well anywhere, eh, not here nor in real life either. Heck, even here on DU, the not-too-popular Obama is giving him more than a run for his money. Ouch!

[TayTay]

18. That remains to be seen

There is a lot to happen between now and the time the first caucus vote is cast. We have a lot of problems to work through in this country and things will change, opinions will change, and then change again.

There are always surprises in the Primaries. People run, then drop out. Things happen, people are up, then down, then up again. It is a marathon, after all, not a sprint. We shall see what develops over the next year. I know that 3 months from now it won't look like what it looks like today. And it will change again, after that.

[mtnsnake]

19. On DU, it'll be Clark or Gore. In the real world, it'll be Obama, Hillary, or Gore

and that's only if Gore runs.

I wish Clark would do better in the real world, but at least my man Obama is gaining huge momentum, and he hasn't even made his run official yet.

[TayTay]

21. DU is not a representative sample of the Democratic Party

It is a self-chosen group that, in general, leans a bit more left than the Democratic Party as a whole. That is neither good nor bad, it simply is.

It remains to be seen how people will do. Sen. Obama is a formidable political force. He has a lot going for him, but he is also subject to the pitfalls of new candidates on the national scene. Obama was not really tested in his Senatorial run in '04 through a combination of factors, including the meltdown of the Illinois Republican Party.

That is not a slam on Obama. No one knows what it's like to enter the crucible of Presidential politics until they do it. Presidential politics are a chance for the newsmedia, and now people on the internet, to examine everything you have ever done in your life and post obscure videos online of everything that you have ever done that is on video. (And that is quite a lot in this day and age.) Sen. Obama has received relatively great press coverage up to now. That will change, as it does for everyone who runs eventually.

In a way, the worst thing you can wish on someone is to wish them to run for high political office. The microscope is placed not just on them but on their families, friends and relations, on every job they have ever had, every loan they ever took out, every advocacy position they ever took. There are things in everyone's past that will have to be explained. There are 'little things' that will come out, be misinterpreted and exploited for political gain. This is how the process works now. There are only a few people who can survive that kind of scrutiny. I believe that Sen. Obama may be one of them, but until he goes through it, we don't know.

[mtnsnake]

22. For sure

Good post

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

15. Kerry, Obama, Kerry, Obama, Kerry, Obama, who should I pick?

Aw, I got it Mr. Obama.

[Moderator]

23. Locking

per request of pollster