Who would be your preferred primary challenger to President Obama in '12

[Ken Burch]

(give your answer regardless of whatever any possible candidate has said about running)

[napi21]

1. Howard, but nobody is going to challenge him. nt

[Ed Needham]

74. russforpres.com

Yes, I am a Deaniac. And have spoken with the Governor and his people. He won't even get near the idea. I respect his stance and know he will do what is right. I also know how he feels about Russ. I know privately he would LOVE to see Russ run, or even the draft russ campaign start dominating the topic of a challenger.
Russ is our best bet. Recently, I signed up to help. We need to start doing something rather than just keep taking the temperature and arm-chairing.

We need Democrats to come home.
And we need a Democrat in the White House.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. Sam Nunn. Anyone with a D behind their name.

[Ken Burch]

14. Sam Nunn is to Obama's right. What would be the point of having HIM run?

n/t.

[DURHAM D]

16. Exactly. Why not ex-Senator David Boren. just as bad

[banned from Kos]

31. Why not Zell Miller? I live in Georgia and we lead the country in Crazy!

or Cynthia?

[girl gone mad]

3. William K. Black.

[SidDithers]

62. Rebecca Black...nt

Sid

[Scurrilous]

70. ...

:rofl:

[brooklynite]

4. I had dinner with Bernie last night...

...wouldn't get my hopes up.

[undeterred]

5. You have no Feingold option so I cannot vote.

[Divine Discontent]

7. I was hoping Feingold would be our nominee at some point. :(

[Ken Burch]

15. My assumption is that Feingold would run for Wisc. governor

And I supposed I thought if I had him on the list, people would argue that his Senate defeat disqualified him.

Maybe I can still add it, though.

[undeterred]

37. He is my first choice for Wisconsin Senator, Governor,

and President, or anything else that he wants to run for. We love him. :loveya:

He would have no problem getting a populist following but I think he is a loyal Democrat and would not want to do something that might split the party up and help a Repulican get back in the White House. He has said he won't run against Obama and I don't see how that would change, and we do have suspicions that he's going to run for governor and clean up Wisconsin after we get rid of Walker.

I can see Feingold being really really annoyed if Obama screwed with Social Security, but not enough to run against him for President.

[Ken Burch]

18. I've now added Russ to the poll

n/t.

[undeterred]

34. Did you rename the first Other to Feingold?

[Ed Needham]

71. RussForPres.com

We already have some momentum with Russ..
He will not be running for Governor or Senator in WI.
russforpres.com
Russ Feingold for President 2012

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Jesus.

[Ken Burch]

20. Does HE even have a birth certificate?

n/t.

[21st Century FDR]

44. He could claim his birthplace was Bethlehem

...Pennsylvania. O8)

[Ken Burch]

54. ...so that's why he did the miracle of the Loaves and the Scrapple...

n/t.

[rurallib]

8. I'd almost like to see the candidate Obama from 2008 run against

president Obama 2012.

[FLAprogressive]

45. +1,000,000

[kath]

48. Yup - Candidate Obama sounded pretty good, didn't he?

[aquart]

9. You know we aren't doing a primary. Unless...

If necessary, and I doubt it, he will be told to decline to run.

No Democrat is going to challenge a sitting president.

[kath]

47. I really wish he would decline to run - "I shall not seek, and I will not accept..."

I keep fantasizing about those words...

[JDPriestly]

51. Me too. I have never ever felt this way about a Democratic president.

I think some of it is because I have more information about Obama than about previous presidents.

All politicians need to understand that the voters are watching their every policy stance. Obama cannot get by with the underhanded stuff that Clinton could do with impunity.

[Lil Missy]

10. Sarah Palin

[Ken Burch]

19. It's not a choice of Obama by acclimation of President Palin

And, at one level, letting him have it without a fight is basically giving up. We know he can't be progressive in a second term.

[Lil Missy]

49. Let us know how that works out for ya. n/t

[elocs]

11. You had plenty of room in the poll, but no choice for no challenger.

Why is that? It would have been simple to do or are you just not interested.

I'm not entirely happy with Obama but I think it would be stupid to primary him based upon the Republicans' desire to self destruct, plus I don't think that any Democrat is foolish enough to pour their time and life at considerable expense into tilting at that windmill.

[Ken Burch]

24. I left out "no challenger" because, in a poll about who should be the challenger

it seemed superfluous and out-of-place. You have the right to believe that not challenging makes sense if that's how you feel.

[jimmyflint]

12. As long as they are Pro-job,anti-war,pro-tax,and pro-tariff

I don't care who it is.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Other:

The Honorable Stinky T. Clown, Esq.

"A rubber chicken in every broom closet"

[unkachuck]

35. sold, you've got my vote...where's my rubber chicken?....n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

17. I'm more concerned about congress than Pres. Obama.

Maybe if we actually had a congress that would pass some progressive legislation for our president to sign, so many people wouldn't be acting like the president rules by decree.

[dionysus]

21. aquaman.

[21st Century FDR]

66. Well, at least he would put an end to the insanity called offshore drilling.

And he could cut the defense budget considerably. Who the Hell needs a Navy when you can command sharks and giant squids?

[FLAprogressive]

22. Russ Feingold or Peter DeFazio

[Ken Burch]

23. I like DeFazio, too

Still, it seems to me his logical next step would be to try to get into the next vacant U.S. Senate seat from Oregon, or possibly challenge Ron Wyden(if Wyden keeps being a right-winger on the healthcare issue).

DeFazio would also make sense as an Obama running mate if the prez did the sensible thing and cut Biden loose. That guy's been useless for the whole term. Every time Biden speaks, he reminds you of why he never had any chance of winning the nomination.

[FLAprogressive]

39. Ha, Obama probably has no idea who DeFazio is.

[Ken Burch]

55. True.

But that also might make him an unexpectedly strong challenger, or a less-threatening choice as a 2012 running mate designed to reach out to progressives.

Dumping Biden would be no great loss.

[Tx4obama]

25. None of them - I want Obama to win! But I do hope that Grayson runs in 2016. n/t

[unkachuck]

26. until further notice....

....Howard Dean, because the Good Doctor might be able to cure what ails us....

[ProSense]

27. Howard Dean because

what we need is a challenger who supports the Libya mission because lives are being saved, charter schools and Medicaid block granting.

Obviously, a "progressive" favorite!!!

Dean 2012!!!

[Toucano]

52. Thank you! N/t

[Ikonoklast]

61. Peopl her that think Howard Dean is to the Left of Mr. Obama know NOTHING about Dean,

his postitions, or how he governed.

I like Howard Dean, but he is not anywhere near as 'Left' as most people believe he is.

[Angry Dragon]

28. ............

:boring:

[laconicsax]

29. Looks like 40 or so people want President Bachmann.

:sarcasm:

[LoZoccolo]

30. other (unknown candidates who lose) n/t

[Fearless]

32. Dean.

[grahamhgreen]

33. ANYBODY! Please! Even a rock would have let the Bush tax cuts expire. Worse,

The guy is going through this whole kabuki theater - that he could have prevented by doing nothing - without ever mentioning the wars or pentagon budget.

[dionysus]

36. .

:rofl:

[grahamhgreen]

41. Why not cut the military war budget instead of Social Security?

[CakeGrrl]

38. Catchphrase of the Week: "Kubuki Theater"

Wonder which "Progressive" blogger coined that one?

Usage: When Obama does something perceived as good, blow it off as "Kabuki Theater" to assure yourself that it was just an act, because he's incapable of doing ANYTHING good.


Wow. Down to nominating a rock. Someone PLEASE do it.


:rofl:

[Marr]

40. The phrase "Kabuki theater" has been used to describe phony

political fights for a long time.

[dionysus]

42. +1 it replaced meme as one of the most overused catch phrases.

[grahamhgreen]

59. It's the appropriate term. Obama is going to punish grandma to foster pointless war, how

is that remotely good?

The 10,000 pound gorilla in the budget talks is the pentagon. It must be slashed as mercilessly as our drones maim children in the wars-for-profit.

[Forkboy]

43. Can we revive Kurt Vonnegut?

[dionysus]

46. now THAT would actually be awesome.

be even better if it was Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

;)

[Forkboy]

65. Heh...either one.

:)

[JDPriestly]

50. I would be happy with any one of the above.

There is also Sherrod Brown and there are a number of other people.

My Congressman Xavier Becerra would be great, but he probably would not want to run. Might be able to draft him though.

[Politicalboi]

53. Well if there is going to be a primary challenger

I guess Dean would be the one. Even my Repuke brother at one time said he would vote for Dean. I don't know if he feels that way today though.

[MineralMan]

56. What's the point of this? None of those people have expressed

any interest or intention to run. Most of them have made it clear that they will not do so.

[JoePhilly]

57. Ahhh ... the daily Primary Obama thread.

I was so hoping this one had a new twist.

[treestar]

60. And it's getting to be too late!

None of the people mentioned are doing it or going to, and they've have to have started their campaign by now.

And of course the solution is always the Presidency. Any one of the idols listed above would still have to deal with Congress.

[HopeHoops]

58. None.

It would just serve as a distraction and offer up one-liners for the GOP to use against Obama.

[GoCubsGo]

63. Please stop this shit.

Nobody is going to primary the President. Give it up. PLEASE!!!!

[SidDithers]

64. This is the song that never ends...

it just goes on and on, my friends...

Sid

[scheming daemons]

67. howard dean is ab unabashed, 100% supporter of Obama.

Pointless to even speculate on this.

[Blue_In_AK]

68. Howard Dean or Russ Feingold would be fine with me.

Neither of them will do it, of course.

[cy18]

69. Hillary

If it's not Hillary, I'm not interested.

[Ed Needham]

72. Easy: russforpres.com

Russ Feingold is the only and best choice we have. According to his people in Madison, he will not enter the Senate OR Gov. race. The Russ Feingold for President 2012 draft campaign has already gathered momentum in WI, MA and ME (and that's just what I know about). In my mind, this is great and it is a no-lose situation. I have already submitted my name to volunteer.
russforpres.com

[SDuderstadt]

73. Why don't YOU...

primary him, Burch?

I'd love to hear your detailed plan on how you'd run the country. Here's your big chance.