Would you consider voting for Bernie Sanders in 2012?

[salinen]

I'm not trying to start a war here. I haven't heard anything about him attempting a run and it would be out of character for him to do so. But he is an Independent, so not technically a Dem.

I'd be tempted to vote for him. He my kind of progressive.


edited for Sanders

[ProSense]

1. It's Bernie Sanders

and he supports President Obama.

[kenny blankenship]

2. Sanders. Spelling counts in write-in candidacies.

[suston96]

3. You mean Bernie Sanders? Sure. I would consider voting for him. nt

[egoclothes]

4. yes.

[Creative]

5. Of course not, he identifies himself as a socialist and the US is a capitalist nation.

[Dappleganger]

17. ROFL

Obviously you know little about the man.

[Creative]

30. Clearly, I know more about him than do you.

"Sanders is a self-described democratic socialist"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders

[Dappleganger]

36. Do you even know what a democratic socialist is?

Obviously you don't. They are not "anti-capitalist".

[Creative]

44. Actually, many of them are anti-capitalist.

"Democratic socialism is difficult to define, and groups of scholars have radically different definitions for the term."

"The term is sometimes used synonymously with 'social democracy', but social democrats need not accept this label, and many self-identified democratic socialists oppose contemporary social democracy because social democracy retains the capitalist mode of production.<1>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism

[cali]

6. Leave my Senator out of this!

I can't imagine anything that Bernie would hate more or be less likely to do than run for president. It will never ever happen.

[salinen]

11. I can dream

can't I?

[montanacowboy]

34. Thanks Salinen

seems like you hit a real sore spot with cali

[TheKentuckian]

22. Not wanting the job makes him more attractive to me.

The burning desire to be President means you are willing to make the compromises to get in the position.

[montanacowboy]

7. Absolutely

a huge grass roots movement to put him on the primary ballot - when Progressives want to do something, they can.

Just imagine what it would be like to have a President Sanders? Unfortunately it will never happen because we just love our one party system.

[cali]

13. oh for pity's sake. first of all, he's not a dem so how do you get him

on the dem primary ballot? secondly, I can assure you that there is NO FUCKING WAY Bernie would run for president. and that's just for starters.

[salinen]

14. cali

unclinch you fist. I'm just trying to find out how people feel. Kinda innocent, isn't it?

[bigtree]

8. funny that

. . . Sen. Sanders wouldn't touch that prospect with a ten-foot-pole.
It's an irrelevancy.

How about asking if he's be likely to get enough of a majority to do anything other than siphon off a few hundred thousand votes?

[treestar]

9. No. He could not get anywhere with Congress

If Congress had the same make up, he'd have to make the same compromises or talk all day but get nothing passed.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. I will vote for only one Presidential candidate in 2012

His name is Barack Obama.

Full stop, and end of story.

[Tesha]

43. Even if he's not on the ballot?

[alcibiades_mystery]

45. I've already answered your question

n/t

[Tesha]

49. So you'll throw your vote away? Won't that elect Sarah Palin? (NT)

[alcibiades_mystery]

50. Oh, I've certainly come around to the Consequences Be Damned position

Of all our Progressive friends, even some in this very thread!

I will be voting for one Presidential candidate in 2012. His name is Barack Obama. Full stop.

[Xicano]

12. Yes! And without hesitation.

eom.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. He's already on my possible write-in list if necessary.

[Davis_X_Machina]

16. If he were running for re-eleciton, and I lived in Vermont, hell yeah. n/t

[ananda]

18. Yes, absolutely.

Sanders is a great man.

[veganlush]

19. Yes.

He's brilliant and knows the big picture.

[Xenotime]

20. No. Only true progressives.

[Dappleganger]

21. I would absolutely vote for him.

He has more integrity than most in DC and actually has an intact spine.

[Recursion]

23. I wonder how bad the DU meltdown would be if Sanders won

and then had to actually work with Congress to get anything done. There were already people calling him a sellout for supporting PPACA.

[MineralMan]

24. Would I vote for him for what?

If I lived in his state, I would certainly vote for him for his current office. I don't live there. If you're talking about the Presidency, I can't imagine a circumstance where he would be a viable candidate, and it would have to be for a third party. I don't vote for third party presidential candidates. That leads to Republicans in power.

[salinen]

28. He's an Independent

I did mean the presidency.

[Ikonoklast]

25. If I lived in Vermont, sure, in a heartbeat,

I'd love him to be my senator.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

26. YES

[barbtries]

27. bernie sanders

dennis kucinich. al franken.

[Steve_I_Am]

29. Absolutely, but . . .

my first choice would be to stay in the Democratic Party and try to move it to the left. I say: DRAFT HOWARD DEAN in 2012!

[jefferson_dem]

31. NoSanders!11!@!11112

[savalez]

32. I would, but not as a protest vote.

[hootinholler]

33. Could Sanders mount an effective campaign?

I think it's well with the realm of possibilities. I would vote for a ticket with him on it.

-Hoot

[davidinalameda]

35. no

[Tatiana]

37. Maybe in a 4-way race. n/t

[Vinca]

38. I absolutely would.

If there is going to be a Republican agenda enacted anyway, I might as well vote with my heart.

[WinkyDink]

39. No.

[Seedersandleechers]

40. It's been a fantasy of mine

for a long time!

[sharp_stick]

41. If I lived in Vermont I might

as a National candidate, although a much better man, he's got about as much chance as that asshole Ralph Nader.

[emilyg]

42. Yes.

[NorthCarolina]

46. I would vote for Bernie Sanders for POTUS in a heartbeat. nt

[whatchamacallit]

47. Without a doubt (nt)

[Arkana]

48. No, because he's not going to run--he's going to support the President.

[stray cat]

51. Only if I thought he had a great chance of beating the GOP candidate

[Laelth]

52. Is this a trick question? Of course I would vote for Bernie Sanders! n/t

-Laelth

[Raine]

53. ABSOLUTELY I would nt

[LWolf]

54. Yes. nt