Which of the following would you prefer as the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2016?

[Nye Bevan]

If your preference is not on the list, you can choose Pass and post your choice in the thread.

16 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Hillary Clinton
	2 (13%)
	Elizabeth Warren
	12 (75%)
	Joe Biden
	0 (0%)
	Andrew Cuomo
	0 (0%)
	Martin O'Malley
	0 (0%)
	John Kerry
	2 (13%)
	Kirsten Gillibrand
	0 (0%)
	Deval Patrick
	0 (0%)
	Brian Schweitzer
	0 (0%)
	Evan Bayh
	0 (0%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[hrmjustin]

1. Hillary!

[YoungDemCA]

2. The canidate who can actually win

nt

[sabrina 1]

3. Barbara Lee, the most courageous woman in Congress. She would make a great President

her record on the issues, here courage as sometimes a lone voice for what is right, has been proven over and over again.

But she wasn't on your list, so I chose Warren, though not with absolute confidence that she is our best choice.

Hillary I KNOW is not.

[PAProgressive28]

4. Warren. But Bernie is going to be the one to run.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Bernie Sanders or Kshama Sawant.

[KingCharlemagne]

14. Sawant was born in India, so is ineligible to hold the office of President, even

though she's the most honest and has the most integrity of the entire crop.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Well...shucks. How about Susan Sarandon?

[MiniMe]

19. Shouldn't Cruz being born in Canada make him ineligible?

Cruz doesn't seem to think so

[KingCharlemagne]

22. Please, don't give Schwarze-Nazi any ideas! :) - nt

[TheKentuckian]

6. Brown by a mile but not listed. Warren of the options provided but cautiously

[Exultant Democracy]

7. Any one a good measure left of Hillary. This republican light bullshit is over 20 years old

and it has done very little good for the party or the country.

[MH1]

8. Why is Kerry on the list? Is there any chance above zero that he runs?

I think not.

Who would I prefer as President starting in 2017? Absolutely John Kerry, of the options mentioned. (Warren next; and my fantasy would be a Kerry presidency followed by a Warren presidency). But I think there is zero chance he runs, and I'm not sure he has a good shot at winning if he did run. (In a sane country he'd win easily. But as you may have noticed recently, this is not a sane country.)

[Rex]

9. Not after how he was treated in 2004 imo.

I would LOVE to vote for Kerry. But I think he will never run again.

[MH1]

10. Yes, but also his age and that his wife has been ill.

Teresa had seizures recently (last year or so). I think she's on the mend but I think given both of their ages, he just wouldn't put that stress on her or himself. The torch has been passed. We had our chance for a President Kerry, and we blew it.

But I'm right there with you, I'd love to vote for him, if I thought the country was sane enough to elect him.

[karynnj]

26. Add to that that he has a huge portfolio as Secretary of State and you can not both

be Secretary of State and run for President. I agree with everything else you said and he has said repeatedly that he is out of politics.

That is sad because in a sane world, he could have easily been the best President from his generation. He had the intelligence, thoughtfulness and character to be an exceptional President. I remember that in his book, Deval Patrick - while criticizing the campaign - said that the problem was the American people never got to know Kerry. I agree and suspect that had that happened, they would have found him a President they could be comfortable with - even as they disagreed on some issues.

[mylye2222]

34. If only we could turn back the time

To enjoy a Président Kerry tenure. ..

But we cant

He will never run again.

[MineralMan]

11. Personally, I'm going to wait to see who declares

candidacy before answering any polls on this.

There may be names that aren't on your list. I notice that you don't even include Bernie Sanders. Why is that? He's very likely to be one of the choices.

[glinda]

12. I passed. Bernie is my choice. Why wasn't he on the list in the first place? Much discussion on him.

[KingCharlemagne]

20. Me too. Sanders 2016

[lpbk2713]

13. Alan Grayson?

I would vote for him over some of the names in this poll.

[Half-Century Man]

16. Positions potential candidates have now will evolve over the next two years.

There are several people I would like to see run, some of them are on your short list. Others will move on and off my list. Some of my favorites are there, in part, for the shock value; although what I know of them leads me to believe they would work very hard to do a good job.


In no particular order, a few.

Al Franken
Jesse Ventura
Elizabeth Warren
Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Alan Grayson
Jerry Brown
Tammy Baldwin
Mark Pocan

[Zorra]

17. Bernie Sanders. He may run. Why did you leave him off your list?

[MineralMan]

18. That's a very good question.

It's been asked by several people, but the OP hasn't answered it.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

24. I think he'd actually have to register as a Democrat

In his discussion on running for President, it is unclear whether he's contemplating running as a Democrat or an independent.

[Zorra]

27. True. But he is considering running as a Democrat.

He cannot win the GE if he doesn't.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

38. I think when he switches from I to D, he'll make these kind of lists

I suspect, if he's serious, that will be sometime in '15.

[Andy823]

21. Can't really say

I want to wait and see who actually runs, what their policy will be, can they actually win, and I real want to hear them all debate.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

23. If not Hillary Clinton, then Jim Webb or Deval Patrick

[Savannahmann]

25. You can pick any of them you want.

The President will be the Republican, probably Rand Paul, but definitely the Republican.

No, that's not the outcome I want, but it's the one we Democrats will make sure happens.

[geek tragedy]

30. Such a shock to see such CONCERN from you. nt

[Savannahmann]

36. Really?

Wasn't I warning that the Senate was in danger back in March? Wasn't I warning about how things were perceived by the population a year ago? http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024057502

All I do on this board is give people my opinion, and why. So it's what I think, and why I think it. It turns out I was absolutely right to be concerned, and now I see the party doing something amazingly stupid. So I say something about it, and you act like this is faked.

Pfui. Nonsense, crap. If I was a RW plant, would I tell you that this course leads to disaster? Would I warn that the Senate is in danger? Or would I tell everyone that things are going great, ignore the polls, they're crap. Just keep going man. I'd want the Democratic Party to screw up and shoot themselves in the foot. Instead, I come here and post again, the dangerous and self defeating plan of action we seem to be taking. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025786007

So I was right in March, I was right in November, and I've been right all year. Not on the political spectrum, but on what dangers faced us. If I'm a RW plant, I'm the most inept one in the world, telling you and the Democrats how to win. Or I guess that there is another alternative. The Democratic Party could be the most inept political group in history. Even when they're given good solid advice based upon polling information and public opinions, they insist on doing the stupid thing.

So tell you what. Go on with this plan. Because I'll be here after the next election too. I just don't want to be reading how the fucking Republicans won another one. But if you insist that is the way we should go, then one of us doesn't have the best interests of the Democratic Party at heart. Perhaps it's the one who joined in the verbal beatings of the person sounding the alarm that the senate was in danger. If there were RW plants, wouldn't they want to shut him up or at least diminish the warning until it isn't taken seriously?

[geek tragedy]

28. Open questions about all.

None has shown they deserve to be the nominee.

[craigmatic]

29. I really don't have a good feeling about the next election. Joe vs Hillary is who our choices are.

[Recursion]

31. I'm a Schweitzer fan

We need a farmer in the White House again...

[mylye2222]

32. John Kerry would be my first choice....

But unfortunely he wont run again. ..
My second choice would be Warren.

[Proud Public Servant]

33. Sherrod Brown!

Huge Warren fan but I don't think she has the chops for a national campaign.

[AnalystInParadise]

35. Ms. Clinton by a country mile

I would like to win an election, not receive a McGovern like drubbing.

[bigwillq]

37. Of those, Warren (nt)