Unofficial DU Straw Poll--Who Do You Love?

[smoogatz]

Poll question: Unofficial DU Straw Poll--Who Do You Love?

Just a quick snapshot, entirely unscientific, etc., but these polls do help us keep things in perspective, I think. The likely top nine prospective candidates are listed alphabetically, without comment. Don't worry--I won't argue with your choices or dispute your rationales--this isn't one of THOSE polls. If you choose "other," please specify in your reply. Also, if you vote please consider giving the poll a kick. Also, if you think these polls are a total waste of time, why the hell did you click on it? Also, yes, I've included a couple of potential candidates that haven't declared yet. If you've got a problem with that, post your own poll.

[smoogatz]

1. kick.

[MrModerate]

2. Gore is imperfect -- as are all the choices . . .

But his time outside the Beltway (even the part spent shmoozing in Hollywood) has given him a perspective on reality that the others (politicians all -- even Kucinich) can't touch. Not to mention *his* issue (survival of life on the planet) is *the* issue facing human beings everywhere.

[phantom power]

3. The fact that he isn't a candidate also seems relevant

:hide:

[MrModerate]

7. Picky-picky-picky. n/t

[smoogatz]

21. Not really.

It's a poll, not an election.

[BlooInBloo]

30. Yah - and you CAN'T love anyone who's imperfect!

sheesh.

[here_is_to_hope]

4. When these straw polls come up...

it never fails, I go to Gore. Im thinking Edwards but hoping Gore?
Run Al! Run!


edited for an afternoon yawn.

[Bucky]

5. I can't vote Gore or Clark here; I don't think either is running. Reluctantly, Biden

I support him not because he's the best, but because he needs to be heard a lot more before losing.

[question everything]

6. You know, I find it interesting all the love being poured on Al Gore

After all, he was Clinton's running mate, a "product" of the DLC.

He supported NAFTA - remember his debate with Perot's running mate?

He was as centrist as they come - starting with his first ran in 1988.

Don't get me wrong. I admire Gore and will vote for him if he is our candidate - as I voted for him in 2000 - but I sometimes wonder about DU..

[redqueen]

9. same here

NAFTA, telecom act...

plenty of reasons to be wary

still, though, i think many trust him more than most other candidates

[rosesaylavee]

34. Its good to question everything, question everything... :)

Have you read his Assault on Reason or seen Inconvenient Truth? I think those two works of his explain a lot of the admiration and respect you see here for him.

[DefenseLawyer]

42. Have you paid attention since 2000?

Did you heard Al Gore speak at Constitution Hall? Did you read "The Assault On Reason"? I actually didn't vote for Gore in 2000, for many of the reasons you list here (and I live in Indiana, so my protest vote wasn't going to matter). Now I may be wrong, but the man I heard speak out against the war and the excesses of the Bush Administration at a time when nearly everyone else was trying to get in the group photo on the aircraft carrier, has a different perspective than the candidate of 2000. I just see a man molded by his experiences since that time. Not a perfect candidate, certainly, and still perhaps too centrist on some issues, but no longer the cautious, calculating politician of previous times.

[laststeamtrain]

8. Because I have a...

...tombstone hand & a graveyard mind I voted for DK.

[lpbk2713]

10. Who do I love? ...... Elizabeth Edwards.

But I'll probably vote for her ol' man.

[HughMoran]

15. EE is the best

I love her too :D

[tomreedtoon]

11. Couldn't you include "None of the above?"

Message to you people: Gore is NOT running. The rumors of him "planning to announce" is a hallucination brought on by reading too many Harlequin romances.

And what is the point of "loving" a candidate? That sounds like the primary is a beauty contest, or the election of a high school Student Government President. Something where personality counts much more than what the person will actually do.

Now me, I would take a candidate who picks his nose on camera, scratches his ass with his hands down his pants, and refers to all women as "bitches and ho's" - as long as he ends the war, helps the poor, brings us universal health care and brings back the real U.S. economy. Love him? Naah. NEED him, yes.

[smoogatz]

12. kick.

[HughMoran]

13. We love Al Gore 'cause he's not running and he looked lovable in his movie

The minute he gets into the race and makes a boring speech or takes a stand we disagree with, we'll be all over him!

[Warren DeMontague]

23. No, I've thought he was the best person for the job for a LONG time.

I fear he may not run. But he is far and away the best potential candidate, in my mind.

[Kingshakabobo]

14. Bo Diddley. n/t

[madokie]

16. all of them

every damn last one of them is fine with me, but I voted big Al

[rucky]

17. Wow. Adding Gore to the mix...

changes everything.

[debbierlus]

18. I love Gore & Edwards & Kucinich

[smoogatz]

19. kickerooni.

[iverglas]

20. won't vote 'cause I can't vote

-- so I don't want to influence even a straw poll -- and I probably wouldn't vote for Joe Biden if I had a real vote in the Democratic primaries, and I wouldn't want him to be the leader of my own party (here in Canada) or, probably, the nominee for my party (if I were in the US) ... but I love him nonetheless!

I fell in love when I watched the Clarence Thomas hearings, and it stuck.

He's smart, he's cute, he's smart, he's ethical, he's smart, and he's cute. And he's ethical. And smart.

Kinda like Pierre Trudeau. I didn't vote for him, either. Can't say the world would have been better off without either one of them either, though.

[Siyahamba]

28. Technically it's "Who do you love" not "Who will you vote for"

I think you could vote in this straw poll. :)

[iverglas]

46. oh, I know ;)

And I don't mind at all trying to influence what people in the US do -- I just don't want to influence what people in the US think other people in the US think! Uh, if you see what I mean. ;)

I thought maybe I was alone around here in my closet Joe Biden-loving, so it was a relief to see the outpouring of affection in the thread for people to explain their support for him!

[cabbage08]

22. KICK

[delirious]

24. If only Gore would run....

can you imagine the insight and competence he could bring to POTUS?????

[superkia]

25. So far only 170 votes? How many members on DU?

This is a post that have been waiting for, I want to see where most people stand here on DU compared to the medias polls. Vote away!

[Mojorabbit]

26. Al Gore

because if the planet dies nothing else matters.

[MoonRiver]

27. Calling Al Gore....

PLEASE RUN! :dem:

[BringEmOn]

29. Kucinich

[BlooInBloo]

31. My mom.

[cynthia]

32. edwards

he's our best shot

[smoogatz]

33. kickola.

[snowbear]

35. Edwards and Obama ... or Obama and Edwards...

~~~

[Tom Rinaldo]

36. Clark. Clark & Gore together have more votes than the announced field of candidates n/t

[Seabiscuit]

37. I'm a Gore/Kucinich kinda guy but voted for Edwards to keep him ahead of Hillary.

[rosesaylavee]

38. Gore.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. Of these I love Al Gore and Wesley Clark

but I still REALLY love John Kerry, I don't care what anyone says.

[snowbear]

40. The Daily KOS straw poll for August had 29,477 votes...

. . .
Here are their August 2007 results:
. . .



01 - Edwards
33% 9989 votes
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02 - Obama
30% 8861 votes
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03 - Clinton
8% 2571 votes
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04 - Kucinich
8% 2395 votes
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05 - Richardson
6% 1862 votes
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06 - Other
4% 1330 votes
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07 - No Freakin' Clue
4% 1302 votes
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08 - Dodd
2% 593 votes
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09 - Biden
1% 370 votes
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10 - Gravel
0% 204 votes


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/28/132310/382

[lonestarnot]

41. If I can't vote at least maybe more times, then forget it.

;-)

[Raine]

43. Clark and Gore

I don't like any of the others at all.

[Reader Rabbit]

44. George Thorogood

http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=0XWVnFhTdSB&aid=5Hkm_rMnnU&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result

[smoogatz]

45. Keek.

I'm impressed by the big Kucinich vote so far. And startled at the weakness of the three alleged front-runners. I'm also curious about the 13 unspecified votes for "other." The troll vote, perhaps.

[smoogatz]

47. kick.

[smoogatz]

48. yet again.

[superkia]

49. I hope this stays around for a while.

I would like to see where Kucinich would end up. Of the candidates running he has the most votes so far, looks nothing like the a media poll? I would love to see one come up with only the candidates running if Gore doesn't get in.

[Uncle Joe]

50. By your thread title, I kept hearing that song in my head

by George Thurgood "Who do you love?":rofl:

[wildbilln864]

51. DK! nuff said!

[smoogatz]

52. kick.

Let's see if we can hit 400...

[Breeze54]

53. The only one who was smart enough to NOT vote for the IWR!

Dennis Kucinich

[tnlefty]

54. Al Gore, if he runs, Kucinich, and Edwards.

Run Al, run!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

55. If Gore Runs, Than Him. If Not, Then Biden.

Biden has continued to impress me and I've started to think he'd be the best president of any of them (Gore excluded).

[sakabatou]

56. Mia

Oh wait, you mean politically? Then Gore.

[AzDar]

57. Gore, Clark, Edwards, Kooch are all magnificent.

:kick:

[upi402]

58. the`one` who will undo NAFTA and end the war, wiretaps, crimes...

DK

[smoogatz]

59. kick.

[smoogatz]

60. kick!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

61. Wes clark it's his eyes!

[smoogatz]

62. Still kicking

'cause it keeps on ticking.