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In reply to the discussion: Is America ready for a female/female ticket in 2020? [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)121. Charming isn't the same
as charismatic.
While she is charismatic to me as a Democrat and a liberal, she is not to most voters. Most Republicans will admit that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were charismatic, even if they did not like their politics. They would not say that about Hillary Clinton.
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Yes, same with Bernie... but, Hillary was not going to pick a true progressive (end of story).
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#107
Yes, you're right... both Hillary and Kaine the true progressives... what was I thinkin?
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#138
The governor of OH picks Brown's replacement if he wins re-election in 2018 and runs for President
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#23
Kasich will have to leave the OH Governorship in 2018/2019 due to term limits.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#68
Sen Brown is the only statewide Dem in Ohio (except for a state supreme ct justice I am blanking on)
irisblue
Feb 2017
#36
I would like to include Warren but the problem with her is her age,and the fact she is from MA a
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#8
Would be ideal, but, you have to consider Bernie for 2020, who's young at heart and doesn't look a day over 60.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2017
#108
Given that Johnson and Johnson is in NJ, you would expect more contributions than that
grantcart
Feb 2017
#130
We should not worry about Republican selecting a female candidate for President or Vice President.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#21
I support the idea of Caroline Kennedy replacing Gillibrand as US Senator from NY.
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#44
You fail to provide support for your statement. It does not necessarily follow.
LanternWaste
Feb 2017
#93
Maybe we should win the electoral college with one woman on the ticket first?
jmowreader
Feb 2017
#32
I have my hopes on Tammy Duckworth to be the first woman, but it won't be 2020.
Squinch
Feb 2017
#29
We need to stop overthinking these things and listening to the conventional wisdom.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#51
Like I said, I think the secret sauce is inspirational leadership. That, and a willingness to take
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#63
Nope. America would like to think it is, and maybe even really believes it is, but
Squinch
Feb 2017
#28
A double female ticket on the Democratic side would force Conservative Democratic men from the South
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#31
What could Democrats do to convince the Olympia Snowes or the Christine Todd Whitmans to come
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#47
The soft centrist Republicans vote Republican due to the anti abortion issue or the tax cut issue?
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#60
the one time centrist Republicans have been Democrats for a very long time
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2017
#97
That ticket would play beautifully on the coasts but not so much in the middle
Jake Stern
Feb 2017
#38
the wealthy out of touch liberal thing is just an attack by bigots . their support for Trump
JI7
Feb 2017
#40
Indeed but the image is one of "He's rich enough to be liberal. He don't care about losing his job"
Jake Stern
Feb 2017
#89
This post is kind of a synopsis of my thoughts, here, not to dis the premise of your thread:
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2017
#54
We should nominate a female prosecutor-Klobuchar-MN and a female veteran-Gabbard-HI
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#55
What if we nominate a female candidate from the Midwest-Klobuchar-MN for President?
nkpolitics1212
Feb 2017
#62
The most important thing for Democrats to do is to pick a candidate with charisma
NewJeffCT
Feb 2017
#75
No. America is now set to implode as planned...once the for profits have taken everything of use...
Freethinker65
Feb 2017
#103
and if so, will so many registrations have been purged, machines hacked that it's pointless?
MrPurple
Feb 2017
#123
And you just know they'd love to purge the opposition from getting the chance to vote.
Initech
Feb 2017
#124