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JudyM

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Reply to cbayer (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 12:38 PM

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Who would be your combination for an ideal person for President? [View all] former-republican Aug 2012 OP

Kucinich, Obama and Carter with a healthy dollop of FDR nt Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #1

Kucinich is a good call also. former-republican Aug 2012 #5

Viva! Indeed. +1 n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #17

oh boy.... jorno67 Aug 2012 #2

Watch for my post lower ... no one has said this one ... yet JoePhilly Aug 2012 #40

Barack Obama suits me just fine. Thanks. cbayer Aug 2012 #3

+1 JudyM Aug 2012 #6

+2 AsahinaKimi Aug 2012 #11

best answer. Whisp Aug 2012 #18

well that's depressing Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #21

I really don't know what Obama will do in a 2nd term...hoping movonne Aug 2012 #28

Reaganism truly does triumph when we are at the point where a number of self-identified liberals Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #32

Great post! whatchamacallit Aug 2012 #39

+me cleduc Aug 2012 #29

Obama and Bill Clinton DrewFlorida Aug 2012 #4

I like Obama's honesty when he speaks and wouldn't want it diluted Whisp Aug 2012 #19

I agree, Obama is a fantastic President! DrewFlorida Aug 2012 #48

FDR, Elizabeth Warren, mixed with Truman's attitude DJ13 Aug 2012 #7

I'm good with that. Maybe a little Carter humility. Scuba Aug 2012 #10

Krugman's grasp of the economy, Hartmann's understanding of history... lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #8

Sanders / Grayson B Calm Aug 2012 #9

I'd have to reach to the past for the most part. hifiguy Aug 2012 #12

LBJ on domestic policy - George McGovern on foreign policy Douglas Carpenter Aug 2012 #13

Pretty damned good combination. nt hifiguy Aug 2012 #38

Obama with a ruthless streak. Seriously, folks. DevonRex Aug 2012 #14

Rambama C_U_L8R Aug 2012 #15

lol former-republican Aug 2012 #22

General Butler, Paul Krugman, Thomas Jefferson, Eugene V. Debs., and Louis D. Brandeis. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #16

Abraham Lincoln quinnox Aug 2012 #20

I wouldn't either but if you take some of their views former-republican Aug 2012 #23

You didn't specify an office holder in the OP. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #24

No Contest - Obama's brain and LBJ's (we'll be polite and say guts) ! RagAss Aug 2012 #25

Someone to the left of FDR and Huey Long. nt Comrade_McKenzie Aug 2012 #26

uggh. There are plenty of well rounded Dems who oppose all wars ecstatic Aug 2012 #27

I only used his stance on foreign policy not domestic. former-republican Aug 2012 #33

I know ecstatic Aug 2012 #46

? former-republican Aug 2012 #37

His name would be Teddy Grayson! n/t brewens Aug 2012 #30

Eugene Debs. All of him. Taverner Aug 2012 #31

George Clooney and Rachel Maddow. undeterred Aug 2012 #34

Rachel Maddow former-republican Aug 2012 #35

I think she could debate each of the canddiates ... and make them answer questions they JoePhilly Aug 2012 #42

That's why you will never see her as a moderator former-republican Aug 2012 #44

And honestly, Obama and Biden would not want to do this either ... JoePhilly Aug 2012 #47

Bernie Sanders and . . . ananda Aug 2012 #36

Jesus? JoePhilly Aug 2012 #41

+1 jorno67 Aug 2012 #45

Lucy Parsons (P) and Eugene V. Debs (VP). nt TBF Aug 2012 #43