Biden too old, Hillary too conservative...

[Pab Sungenis]

We need a young, charismatic LIBERAL on the ticket in 2016.

Who do we have?

[hamsterjill]

1. Sorry, but I disagree.

I am holding out for Hillary.

[DesertRat]

22. same here

[Schema Thing]

2. Martin O'Malley, of course.

[antiquie]

3. He looks good to me,

any contraindications?

[djean111]

4. That sounds interesting!

I agree with the OP.

[HappyMe]

19. I like this guy too.

[last1standing]

5. i agree and suggest someone like Sherrod Brown.

Other than his support of PIPA and a few other anti-progressive measures, his record stands up well.

[polichick]

6. Sometimes "charisma" just means bullshitting enough voters...

to put another corporatist into the WH.

I'd like an authentic liberal populist, period.

[Warpy]

7. The party has been good about tapping people

"nobody ever heard of" before the race. Obama is one, few people outside the rarefied atmosphere of political pages on the net had heard of him. Nobody outside the south had ever heard of Carter or Clinton. One of Kerry's main problems was that people had heard of him and ASSumed he hadn't grown up after Vietnam.

I'm not sweating it. I know it will take many years of concerted effort with many slipbacks to try to change the direction of the massive ship of state. It's like the Titanic, the damned rudder's just too small.

However, that process has now started and little can stop it.

I honestly don't think Biden is too old, he seems to be in pretty good shape. Clinton, however, is far too conservative although she did a marvelous job at the State Department.

Somebody else will stick his head up and his neck out in the next 3 years.

[polichick]

12. The party will serve up another corporatist - voters should draft someone...

if they want a representative who will put people before corporations.

(Think TPP)

[Warpy]

13. That's not going to happen until there's another financial meltdown

and, since banks and hedge funds successfully fought off any of the regulation that would prevent it, it is now inevitable.

Most people prefer order to prosperity, it seems, until the prosperous manage to gut enough regulations to wreck the whole system.

[polichick]

15. Voters may wise up a bit when they figure out what the TPP is about.

[antigop]

23. just look at the people on DU who support the one who played a leading part in drafting TPP.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=67554

[Agnosticsherbet]

8. I hoping for John Stewart or Steven Colbert....

But I doubt we could convince them to run.

[sofa king]

9. There's this awesome kid named Barry Obama!

[indepat]

10. Biden too old, Hillary too conservative, Warren just spot-on!

[littlewolf]

25. thought the same thing. nt

[TwilightGardener]

11. Warren or O'Malley for me, at this time.

[LoisB]

14. Agree.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. JOE-MENTUM!!!

I'm so totally kidding...

[Avalux]

17. Hmm....Julian Castro....but not until 2020.

We'll have to make due with Hillary or Joe (most likely Hillary) until then.

[rock]

18. Old doesn't count.

Conservative counts but does not apply.

[TeamPooka]

20. Let's make this The Al Franken Decade.

[davidpdx]

29. I'd go with that

Below I started a state by state list. Feel free to reply to my post.

[RC]

21. I agree, we do need a real, actual Liberal, for a change.

Someone whose actions match his talk. You know, actually stand up to the Right of Reality Republicans. Someone like Alan Grayson, or Elizabeth Warren, but be someone who wants the job.

What is with all the support for Right of Center, Republican Lite around here? Haven't we seen the damage the DLC, DINO, 3rd Way, New Democrats, etc have done so far?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. I agree about the damage from the Right of Center etc that you mention here.

We REALLY need to get away from that.

[AtomicKitten]

26. k&r

Gimme Warren, O'Malley, Dean, or my personal favorite Al Gore.

[tavernier]

27. Betty White

And I bet she'd win.

[davidpdx]

28. I agree

I know it's not politically correct, but Hilary Clinton is too old as well. I hope neither will run. Everyone else from the last primary in 2008 have retired or ended up in their own personal train wreck (in the case of Edwards). I know some people feel passionate about Warren. I supported her and very much like her as a senator, but I don't think she'll run.

We need an entirely new generation of people to run. As for names, it would be interesting to go state by state and draw up a list.

If you want to, feel free to reply with your state and offer suggestions.

So here is mine for Oregon:

Senator Jeff Merkley

[Jamaal510]

30. Ron Paul and John McCain are

up there in age, yet that never stopped either of them from running. But I agree. Also I never was too crazy about Hillary, anyway, but I just don't like the idea of having any particular candidates forced upon me as a Democrat. Up until this point, she has claimed that she won't run again, but the media (especially MSNBC) have basically been pushing her to be the inevitable nominee. Whenever it's a slow news cycle, they ALWAYS speculate about how she fares against potential rivals and whether she'll run, even after countless times of her saying "no".

[jmowreader]

31. How about Paul Krugman?

He's only 60 and he's the smartest guy in the room in the one place our next president has to excel.

[Samantha]

32. Age is not a factor

It is discriminatory to consider it. I do agree we need a liberal.

But I do like Martin O'Malley! I like Biden as well. Warren. Brown.

Sam