Hillary will be the worst candidate and will lose big. Need outsider like Warner or Clark who had nothing to do with voting for Iraq war. I think the grasroot democrats are fed up with the lack of backbone shown by the Democrats in congress. Feingold is an exception but is this country ready for a jewish President?
Posted by suresh at March 21, 2006 11:08 AMAs I've said before, if they run Hillary, it means that they aren't serious about winning, and therefore it's every person for themselves. What a nice social experiment, though, it lasted for over 200 years!
Posted by iamcoyote at March 21, 2006 11:31 AMCheck our Kos' straw poll.
Feingold is soaring above the rest of the Democratic field and DINO Hillary hardly registers.
Very interesting.
Posted by Christopher at March 21, 2006 12:00 PMIf Hillary wins we lose. All the nut job GOP would come out and vote against her no matter who their canidate was.
Posted by goose1 at March 21, 2006 12:36 PMFrom TFA on Gore:
Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday he's not planning to run for president in 2008 but hasn't ruled out a future in politics.
He's draftable, in other words.
If you haven't read the The Prospect article by Ezra Klein, I highly recommend it. It's a fairly positive outline of where Gore is right now and what he's been putting into the body public concerning the media's proclivities for bad reporting and what the solutions could be. He looks like a very presidential candidate.
On the flip side, we know he disagrees with the country's direction, but I question what progressive or liberal ideas Gore would bring the to the office to solve the myriad ways Dubya has fucked up. It may be too early to ask those questions though. Hell, any idea sounds better than present and gives me hope for after 2008.
So is he planning on a run? Probably not beyond vague notions of a last-quarter cannonball as the field turns into whatever version of the Seven Dwarves the press likes to typify the Democratic race as.
Posted by idiosynchronic at March 21, 2006 12:38 PMFeingold is soaring above the rest of the Democratic field and DINO Hillary hardly registers.
Doesn't mean a lot. The posters at Kos, of which I am one, are not representative of the democratic primary voters as a whole.
Remember how many bloggers were touting Dean and his campaign? It hasn't proven to translate into votes.
Posted by Ga6thDem at March 21, 2006 12:44 PMBiden is running? Bwah-hah-hah-hah!!!
Everybody start dusting off your old "Joementum" cracks. Flaming train wrecks are usually horrible things but this one ought to be fun to watch.
Posted by NJ Brian at March 21, 2006 01:18 PMA Hillary nomination victory means the path to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is guarateed for the lunatic John McCain.
Posted by Christopher at March 21, 2006 01:24 PMJohn McCain represents an "anti-Bush" vote for the Republicans, too.
Posted by muckdog at March 21, 2006 04:29 PMHillary, after a very, very ugly primary fight will win te Democratic Party nomination.
This will be a desperation move on the part of the Democrats: the prayer will be that Hillary gets more votes because she is a woman than she will lose because she is a Clinton.
She will lose in the general election.
Posted by Bagley at March 21, 2006 04:42 PMBe very afraid, Mr. Lipton! I agree with you!
Posted by pessimist at March 21, 2006 06:48 PM"Feingold said letters to his office were running 3 to 1 in favor of his censure position. He said "people are coming around," although only two Democratic senators have become co-sponsors of the resolution: Tom Harkin of Iowa and Barbara Boxer of California."
So letters to Feingold are running 3 in 1 for Censure. That's interesting, because Censure can lead to impeachment. Cheney was in St. Louis today and told his audience that the Democrats are for terrorists and his proof is that they are against wiretapping terrorists. WTF? This guy is so evil.
Posted by Judith at March 21, 2006 07:59 PMJudith:
Just look at what clever spin the Republicans have put on illegal wiretapping issue. They will keep repeating it so that Americans believe that Dems are against wiretapping terrorists. Have'nt we seen this tactic in 2004 election? However, the Dems in congress do not fire back and therefore people believe in this spin that Cheney and others are throwing at them.
Posted by suresh at March 22, 2006 11:26 AM