Gore aside. Who is NOT running for President, that you feel should be President??

[hang a left]

I was just wondering if you had your druthers; who would you like to see in the White House?

[fedupfisherman]

1. Mario Cuomo n/t

[NanceGreggs]

12. I said Feingold (see post below) ...

... but Cuomo would be my second choice. A great man, able to communicate complex ideas in down-to-earth language.

A Feingold/Cuomo ticket? THAT would be nirvana!

[Lucinda]

21. My first thought was Cuomo

[Gregorian]

23. Yep. Cuomo and Feingold

First thoughts that entered my head.

Oops. I before E, except after F. Haha.

[Nite Owl]

2. Feingold n/t

[The Wielding Truth]

5. Feingold came to my mind,too.

[babylonsister]

3. NO contest. John Kerry. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

11. NO contest.

I agree. :)

[MrSlayer]

4. Wes Clark.

He'd be an outstanding President.

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Tommy Chong '08!!

[NanceGreggs]

7. Russ Feingold

Intelligent, well-educated, articulate, a statesman-like demeanor that is at the same time down-to-earth, able to think on his feet, listens to questions carefully and doesn't rely on talking points to respond ...

I could go on, but I won't.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Bill Hicks, unfortunately, is not only not running, but also dead.

Here's the Clinton I'd REALLY like to see as President, right here:

[RB TexLa]

9. Edwin Edwards

[jgraz]

10. Bernie Sanders

[AlCzervik]

13. Howard Dean.

[billbuckhead]

16. Wes Clark

[AlCzervik]

18. i said Howard Dean damnit!

:D :hi:

[Hissyspit]

14. Dean.

[tkmorris]

15. Gary Hart

Walter Mondale. Mario Cuomo. All a bit old now perhaps, but they WOULD have been great presidents.

[tomreedtoon]

17. The best ticket: Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert.

Colbert had the courage to tell off the White House press corps and Bush. To their faces. Nobody in the Democratic Party has the courage to do that.

But because he's duplicitous, he can only be on the bottom half of the ticket (like Richard Nixon during Eisenhower's term). He's duplicitous because he has clearly announced that the character he plays on TV, "Stephen Colbert," is clearly a wrong-headed idiot. This means he's sneaky, and best suited to make kick-ass speeches against the right wing, something too dishonorable for a President to do openly.

The head of the ticket has to be Jon Stewart. He ended Crossfire and told the right-winger and the wimpy would-be liberal "I won't be a monkey for you." That's courage.

Stewart has to be the head of the ticket for another reason; he's a Jew. That will send a message to James "Bob" Dobson and the other American Taliban members to get the hell out of politics and stick to potluck suppers.

Once they're elected, I expect to see great things from their cabinet as well; Chris Rock as head of HEW, and Bill Maher as the Secretary of Defense. (Read his book When You Ride Alone, You Ride with bin Laden to see why he fits that particular slot.)

[Colorado Progressive]

22. I second this vote. nt

[lutefisk]

19. Jimmy Carter...n/t

[saracat]

20. John Kerry. who I suspect IS president!

[phylla]

24. Wes Clark/ Mark Warner -- my dream ticket

Why, Wes, WHY?

[hisownpetard]

25. Keith Olbermann n/t

[Lilith Velkor]

26. Me

I need the money, and a bigger place to stay.

[Mojambo]

27. I'll say it. Paul Wellstone. n/t

[MichaelHarris]

28. If it wasn't for

my porn past I always felt I would make a good candidate.

[earth mom]

29. RFK Jr. nt

[flvegan]

39. Seconded.

[Golden Raisin]

30. Russ Feingold.

[democrank]

31. Someone other than standard enablers.

Wes Clark or Mario Cuomo. ~PEACE~

[JNelson6563]

32. Howard Dean.

:toast:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

33. Shaquille O'Neal

eom

[FreeStateDemocrat]

34. Bill Moyers

[saltpoint]

35. I like this question.

As others have said upthread, Mario Cuomo, a man I feel is the titan of U.S. public service.

I'd include also former NJ Senator Bill Bradley and current MA Senator John Kerry.

And would be pleased with Ramsey Clark, Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, Bill Moyers, and Gary Hart, Birch Bayh.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be a deck-clearer as well.

Among the up-and-comers might be Chris Van Hollen and Ted Strickland, and possibly Gov. Sebelius of Kansas and Brian Schweitzer of Montana.

[RestoreGore]

36. JFK Jr.

But I am really retiscent about that in a way because he may well have been taken from us then as well. A truly brilliant young man taken from us all too early in life.

Politics is a dirty business.

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. Gordon Whitehouse, Wes Clark, Ted Kennedy, Maxine Waters, Dick Durbin, John Conyers, Henry Waxman

Russ Feingold.....There's so many choices.

[beachmom]

38. John Kerry should be president, although I understand why he chose

not to throw his hat in the ring this time.