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Reply to Lex (Original post)

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 02:41 PM

Jun 2014

hillary
mrs. clinton
senator clinton
hillary clinton
former secretary of state clinton

would i dearly love warren to be president? absotively, posilutely, yes! but pining for kucinich got me nowhere, either.

hillary won't be my ideal president, but she's far better than anything the republicans will put up, and she's by far our best chance to win the general.

at this point, anyway.

warren needs more time in the senate anyway. she can do some good there, and the obscurity-to-one-term-senator-to-presidency route is a rarity. obama pulled it off, an exceptional politician during exceptional times. warren is awesome, but we won't have a back-to-back repeat of this.

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Who are the top contenders for the 2016 Democratic Presidential nomination? [View all] Lex Jun 2014 OP

Are the 2014 midterms over already?... n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #1

Off topic. nt Lex Jun 2014 #2

Hardly. Whoever wins in 2016 will need a Democratic Congress. 2014 might be more FSogol Jun 2014 #7

Still, that's a different topic. Lex Jun 2014 #14

I agree Johonny Jun 2014 #21

+1 Well said. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #23

It must be a hard life being able to focus on only one thing. Blue_Adept Jun 2014 #4

Martin O'Malley was in Iowa over the weekend. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #3

And he's been hitting the political talk shows Lex Jun 2014 #9

Hope he makes a serious try. I like him so far. broiles Jun 2014 #26

Someone I know in MD who would know says it's 100% certain he's running BeyondGeography Jun 2014 #27

They are right. Some have implied that he's running to be Hillary's VP, but I think FSogol Jun 2014 #29

Schweitzer made an ass out of himself, so I guess it's just O'Malley. TwilightGardener Jun 2014 #5

Warren sure has a lot of people Lex Jun 2014 #13

VP Biden. nt tridim Jun 2014 #6

I like Joe. Lex Jun 2014 #16

Statistically, he is our ONLY chance of winning in 2016. cbdo2007 Jun 2014 #32

Nobody, so far. Nobody has declared. MineralMan Jun 2014 #8

Names being discussed, not really formal declaration Lex Jun 2014 #10

I'm afraid that almost all of my energy is going into 2014. MineralMan Jun 2014 #12

I've already donated to some mid-term Lex Jun 2014 #18

Great. If you can, do some GOTV work, too, as the election MineralMan Jun 2014 #22

in no particular order: unblock Jun 2014 #11

Seems like there are tons of Hillary threads Lex Jun 2014 #19

hillary is reviving her "inevitability" strategy from 8 years ago unblock Jun 2014 #25

i am rooting for martin o'malley for now. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #15

I'm going to look up some more information on him. Lex Jun 2014 #17

i heard him during the DNC in 2008 and have been following his since La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #24

Hopefully, Bernie Sanders will jump in. Robert Reich? Jerry Brown? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #20

I have wondered about Jerry Brown. He has name recognition and consistency and is a good lumpy Jun 2014 #34

not sure but i wouldn't mind seeing Biden Get in JI7 Jun 2014 #28

For this post, I am interpreting "top" as "name thrown around by more than one person." ZombieHorde Jun 2014 #30

It's way early, but one intriguing candidate to me is Schweitzer quinnox Jun 2014 #31

There are none. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #33

Actually there are clearly several who are considering it, though none officially. Lex Jun 2014 #35