Who Do You Think Has Been the Best Obama Surrogate (non-family), and why?

[MadBadger]

Poll question: Who Do You Think Has Been the Best Obama Surrogate (non-family), and why?

Argue for your guy or gal. If i Missed one, vote other and tell me who. My vote goes to John Kerry, who has been the most effective surrogate on TV for Obama.

[AngryAmish]

1. Me, 'cause I'm awesome

[cliffordu]

11. Dammit, beat me to it.

[AngryAmish]

20. You can be 1a

You do a great job.

[cliffordu]

21. Why, Thanks very much!!

NOW WHERE'S MY DAMNED PONY???

[AngryAmish]

26. Keep digging, it has to be there somewhere.

[cliffordu]

27. LOL

:headbang:

[chimpymustgo]

25. Keith Olbermann.

[livetohike]

2. My choice would be Robert Reich

He's intelligent, articulate and when he makes the rounds on MSM he represents Obama well...I liked the guy when he was in the Clinton administration, too.

He's genuinely impressed with all the young voters Obama is bringing in.

[MadBadger]

3. Somebody I really like is Rep. Adam Smith from Washington

I just wasnt sure if people really knew about him.

[livetohike]

6. I don't know who that is? Has he been on TV much?

:hi:

[flpoljunkie]

16. I agree. Smith is sharp as a tack and right on point.

[DB1]

4. The people going door to door, phonebanking or sending $5.

[EFerrari]

5. Kerry has been fantastic. It's too bad Kerry didn't have a Kerry. n/t

[MadBadger]

10. I agree completely. If Kerry had responded the way he responds for Obama...hed be President.

[EFerrari]

19. One of my consolation prizes for forcing myself to vote for Kerry

was getting to know and admire John Kerry. lol :)

[blm]

29. Kerry did respond appropriately - it was the lack of surrogates of HIS quality that made it

more difficult to beat down the media set ups the way Kerry does for Obama.

In 2004, even Obama wasn't ready to be a competent surrogate for a presidential nominee. He's learned quite a bit since then thanks to good sharp Dems, including from Kerry, himself.

[krawhitham]

7. Hillary

No one has dome more to help him win than Hillary and her self destructive campaign

[book_worm]

8. I've always been impressed with the job Claire McCaskill does

[lastliberalintexas]

9. Oprah

You can't beat that kind of marketing.

[Aloha Spirit]

12. Michelle Obama

[MadBadger]

15. You're right...so I changed it to Non-family..lol

[grantcart]

13. Bill Clinton

[ecstatic]

14. I became hopeful for the first time after Caroline Kennedy's speech nt

[tokenlib]

17. No Fair!! There are more than one..

I voted for Bob Casey because he did not have a vote yet--and he has been awesome. Along with so many others...

[bunnies]

18. Susan Rice.

That woman always has her shit together.

[Bluerthanblue]

22. Caroline Kennedy has impacted many people- personally I

would say John Kerry- but I think Caroline's support was important.

[Aloha Spirit]

23. Dean: Inasmuch as Obama and Gov. Dean have been fighting the same fights, I'd say he's been a good

surrogate. Example, that the nominee requires 2025 delegates; they've both been fighting McCain; Howard Dean's feelings on "God, guns and gays"; wanting to end this thing sooner rather than later... et cetera.

[TragedyandHope]

24. Kerry just tore apart Clinton's latest "demographics" claims today

He said she was wrong on the facts of previous elections and wrong on the kind of vote Obama will pull in the General Election.

[Tribetime]

28. I think the timing of Kerry endorsement was a turning point

for Obama, which was followed closely by Kennedy. I'm not sure if Kerry didn't come out when he did, if Obama would be where he's at now.

[blm]

31. Before that endorsement, Kerry quietly gave Obama access to the national political network

he had put together in 2003-4, and that national organization has helped lay the groundwork to defeat the Clinton machine which hadn't paid attention to the details of the state races the way Kerry's team had.

It's apparent that the Clintonites working for the DNC back then and who injected themselves into Dem campaigns in 2000 and 2004 were actually the WEAK LINKS for Dem campaigns.

[ShortnFiery]

30. I wish Claire McCaskill had the correct experience, IMO, she'd be an excellent VP.

Claire McCaskill :yourock: :patriot: