I want the Democratic nominee for President to win in November 2016.

[HuckleB]

Period.

[stevenleser]

1. Yep. nt

[HuckleB]

44. Thank you! (eom)

[hrmjustin]

2. I think almost everyone here could agree with this statement.

[1StrongBlackMan]

21. With "ALMOST" being the operative word ...

and I'm not talking of the gop.

[11 Bravo]

31. ^^^^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^^^

[Fred Sanders]

3. At least we all here at DU can agree on that? Then it is settled. Let a respectful issue oriented

and not personality based debate begin.

Issues over personality, or you are playing the con and media game of distraction and frustration because there is never a winner in a personality war. And nothing gets done.

Me first.

The next Democratic President obviously has to build on the specific and well detailed economic reforms either proposed or implemented by the Democratic Party current President.

Warren and Sanders have excellent ideas on economic reform that President Obama also supports, so all primary candidates must give details of those reforms and explain why they agree or disagree with those reforms.

We can then respectfully VOTE in the primary, and VOTE like your life depended on it in the general in support of the Nominated Candidate.

[android fan]

4. No problem for me..

even if I have to get very very very very drunk to vote for Hillary, I'll do it.

[Fred Sanders]

11. Agreed. Get drunk, get stoned, do both, get a divorce...just do it....thanks for the chuckle!

But don't drive, please.

[HuckleB]

26. Exactly. Too much personal stuff gets tossed around here these days.

It's time to stick with the issues and the evidence.

[beachbum bob]

5. hillary with warren as her VP is 100% sure thing to sweep conservatives out

period
we will have the house and senate back

stop the in fighting now and take the war to those who wish to continue to ruin this country.....batshit crazy conservatives

[cali]

7. not a chance.

and frankly, I think 2 women on a ticket has a very small chance of being a winning ticket.

[beachbum bob]

10. I predicted obama would run for president 3 months before he announced

and predicted his election and re-election at THE SAME time. Same type of people said ABSOLUTELY NO WAY.....well, FYI....
women in power don't intimidate democrats, progressives or liberals...and the 10-15% in the middle between us and conservative crazy aren't fearful either


slam dunk, NO CONTEST

[Reter]

15. It's not that two firsts could never happen, it's that two firsts won't happen

Two women on the ticket won't happen until one gets elected first. As for your prediction, it was pretty obvious to me in 2004 at the DNC that he would quickly run, as the establishment could not stop praising him.

[cali]

23. so did I. I predicted Obama would run at least 3 months before he announced- and

there's a record of that on DU.

So FAIL. And there is no way Hillary will ask Warren to be be her VP. Much more likely is Castro.

[libdem4life]

28. This is a winning ticket, IMHO. The Republicans have no answer for that. Especially the

Hispanic half...Rubio does not count. It is possible a natural Spanish-speaking/bilingual on the ticket would really bring out the Hispanic vote...enough to make the difference. We've never had a candidate who could speak directly to the largest minority. It's also why the Rs are willing to shut things down over immigration.

THE POTENTIAL OF THE HISPANIC VOTE

Hispanics have become the racial or ethnic minority with the greatest demographic concentration in the United States. They represent 15.5 percent of the country’s total inhabitants, even more than the African American population. “Potential Hispanic voters make up 8.9 percent of the American electorate, which is equivalent to 9.2 million possible votes” The Latino community is exhibiting the fastest growth among American ethnic minorities: a rate of 3.3 percent. At 27 years of age, they are also younger than the rest of the Americans; the average age of the country’s general population is 36.6. About 30 percent of Hispanics are younger than 18, which has led many to believe that the future of the United States is Hispanic. These data show that, within five years, one out of every four children between 5 and 9 years of age will be Hispanic, and in a decade, 25 percent of children between the ages of 10 and 14 will be.

......Potential Hispanic voters make up 8.9 percent of the American electorate, which is equivalent to 9.2 million possible votes.

“Abstention also plays a role among Latinos” The difference between the total number of Hispanics in the country and those that are registered to vote can be explained by the fact that the majority are immigrants that arrived without documents, they lack citizenship, they haven’t yet reached the voting age or they haven’t enrolled in the electoral registry.

Abstention also plays a role among Latinos. In 2004, the Hispanic population that could vote in the presidential election was 7 percent of the electoral registry. However, only 18 percent exercised that right. In other words, 82 percent of the registered Hispanics did not vote. In contrast, 51 percent of the white population went to the polls, while the black community’s participation was 39 percent.
- See more at: http://english.safe-democracy.org/2008/09/11/the-largest-minority-counts-in-the-united-states/#sthash.HU0gmNs1.dpuf

[tracks29]

8. No VP

If Warren doesn't run, stay in the Senate

[Fred Sanders]

12. Could she name Bill Clinton?

[beachbum bob]

14. nothing in constituion disqualifies that

........

[Fred Sanders]

19. We still all love Bill Clinton, don't we...or is there some more related liberal mud throwing to be done?

[cali]

24. Yeah, we all just love that sucking sound that NAFTA made.

I don't love Bill Clinton.

[Reter]

18. Only if she wants to lose 47-50 states

n/t

[Fred Sanders]

20. Point taken....although I fully expect the GOP to gerrymander the Electoral College.

[beachbum bob]

13. not a chance, if hillary approaches she will 100% accept

warren will not seek 2016 nomination as it would be 100% certain win for conservatives in the general as she knows...the 100% sure way to the WH is 4 years as hillary's VP, hillary in 2020, retiring and turning the next 8 years over to warren....any commonsense approach makes this strategy

screw warren idealism at this time, as it guarantees losing

[Fred Sanders]

16. I love Warren idealists. Warren's ideas CAN be implemented....during her follow-up 8 years as President.

[libdem4life]

29. ^^^ This ^^^

[beachbum bob]

32. I agree, but her ideas will be incorporated during hillary's first term as her VP Warren will

see to it

[Fred Sanders]

43. In any role Warren will surely influence President Clinton II , or else the populism wing will be even more vocal.

[Fred Sanders]

9. Side issue. VOTE for the nominated Presidential candiate. Period. Full stop. End of the story. What "they" fear

most is an undivided Democratic Party.

[cali]

6. better than the repub, doesn't mean good.

[beachbum bob]

17. really?

so more bush would be better with his neocon circle?


good god, get some sense

[great white snark]

30. Only frustrated purists still push the "lesser than two evils " argument.

Any Dem is better than a Repub should be a given. Like it or not (your abundance of OP's tells me you're a "not&quot Democrats settle things through a primary process. We support our party's nominee because they are best to lead the country not because they are better than a Republican.

[LittleBlue]

22. I want the Democratic nominee to be progressive un 2016

Period

[beachbum bob]

33. why do you want to lose the whitehouse?

and let batshit crazy conservatives control everything?

[RiverLover]

39. Running as a Progressive worked for Obama. We didn't want a centrist then.

And after he turned to actually be a centrist, we really don't want one now.

Warren would win in a landslide if she changes her mind.

Hillary will lose us the GE.

[Gothmog]

25. Agreed

The SCOTUS is too important

[Scuba]

27. Me too, not some pro-war, anti-worker, pro-Wall Street neo-lib pretending to be a Democrat.

[morningfog]

34. As do I. Which is why I hope Hillary is not our candidate.

I don't think she can win the general.

[mcar]

35. Me too Huck

I will support the Democratic whoever s/he is.

[HuckleB]

36. +1,000,000 ... 000

[NanceGreggs]

37. In it to win it!

No further discussion necessary.

[Rex]

38. A thread of unity.

To bad someone tried to hijack it from the beginning. Oh well, some just cannot play nice I guess. Some have to be the winner in everything. At least you tried Huck...I give you a K&R for trying!

[HuckleB]

40. Well, we can all work to post more such threads!

I'm not going to tag you, but...

[Rex]

41. Well I know the "some of us will vote for a dead duck" crowd are tired of all the infighting.

I'm just glad to know a lot of people are all in the same boat - we vote for the primary candidate. I really thought this went without saying. IMO, the people here with crossed arms will be pulling the D lever just not admitting to it.

I could beat people over the head with, 'so you would let Satan into office first, before voting for your party' but I won't. That is not cool and I respect people that want options and a primary. I just don't see any other viable candidate right now. That can change in a years time, but HRC is the one to beat. It is dishonest to pretend she is not imo.

I will K&R any thread from now on that is about unity in the party.

[HuckleB]

42. I lived through the era of "Bush can't be that bad, so I'll vote Nader."

I know the damage that can be done. We're still living with it.

Cheers! Indeed!

[pnwmom]

45. Agreed. n/t