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HooptieWagon

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33. There are none.

Reply to Lex (Original post)

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 03:42 PM

Jun 2014

No one has declared yet, so obviously by definition there are no contenders.

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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