President Wiener.

[dawg]

That would be cool on so many different levels.

[laylah]

1. +100; however, I

would be concerned he would be "Paul Wellstoned" before he got very far.

[dawg]

4. Scary.

But he's a fighter.

[RKP5637]

2. I'll vote for that! n/t

[jtown1123]

3. I agree. But I feel like a lot of Democrats not in the NE don't particularly like NYers

[dawg]

5. We learned to like Roosevelt.

I love NY.

[jtown1123]

24. I'm from NY. I think Roosevelt was an easier pill to swallow.

[MedleyMisty]

22. Ummm

If your country is dying, and you're dying along with it, and you care more about where people are from than the life of your country and the species and the world....

Goodbye, world. It was nice knowing you. Too bad humans came along and fucked you up and were too stupid to save themselves or you.

[jtown1123]

28. Wow did I hit a nerve? I am just sharing what I've heard from friends

He observes (coming from an old mining town in Pennsylvania) that a lot of working class people who might vote D dislike New Yorkers like Schumer and Weiner because they view them as being "elite," never having a real job, or just being out of touch with regular folk who didn't go to college. I don't agree with that, but it's what I hear. I love Weiner.

[Cascadian]

6. There needs to be a Democratic primary challenger!

If there was a choice, Wiener would be the best. Along with Alan Grayson.

Wiener/Grayson 2012!




John

[dawg]

9. Elizabeth Warren?

[Thunderstruck]

21. Warren would get my vote in a primary.

[ThomWV]

29. Mine too, no matter who the other Democrat was

[Cleita]

35. Elizabeth Warren is said to vote Republican

but is in fact fairly apolitical.

http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/elizabeth-warren-held-to-account/

<snip>
Though she is adored by liberals, for the majority of her life she has voted Republican. “I believe in markets,” she says. “The appropriate role of government is to support markets so they can function, but the consumer-credit market is broken.” <snip>

[Motown_Johnny]

26. No, there doesn't

It just weakens the President with no benefit to liberals what so ever.

[piratefish08]

7. Wiener/Sanders

my dream ticket

[loudsue]

13. That would be sweet!

I'd vote for that ticket all day long.

[cali]

27. yeah, 2 NY Jews. That ticket has a chance.

not.

[walldude]

30. Are you fucking serious?

The Republicans best candidate is a fucking MORMON....

A black man can become President but not a Jew?


This Jew says Fuck You.

[cali]

33. look, I didn't mean to offend you

(and btw, I don't think Mitt stands a chance in large part because he is a Mormon) And I didn't say a Jew couldn't become President. I said 2 NY Jews on the same ticket don't have a chance. And yes, I think there's a lot of anti-semitism in this country and it's not only on the right.

[OKNancy]

8. I think he is running for NYC mayor in 2013... oh and he

will be voting for Obama in 2012.

[SoCalDem]

10. He'll be a good mayor.. I guess he's had enough of the house.. can't blame him

[dawg]

11. I will be too, but a guy can dream.

Voting for Obama, that is. I'm not running for mayor of NY. The southern drawl would be a dead giveaway.

[LynneSin]

12. You know I'm an Obama supporter but here is my 2 cents.

Joe Biden is probably never going to run for president. He's already in his mid-60s and in 2016 he'll be up there in McCain years almost. Plus Joe has had a history of health issues with these Brain Anuresyms.

I think that Obama needs a new VP. I adore Biden but I think it would be good to have a younger VP that could be groomed as the top runner for 2016. I saw what happened in Pennsylvania. Ed Rendell was stuck with an 80 year old woman as his Lt. Governor (the 2 races are separate). Catherine Baker Knoll was a nice woman but you knew there was no way the woman could ever run for governor of PA in 2010. (and she couldn't, she died a few years beforehand and the position is was temporarily filled by the republican senate leader). I kept hoping someone else would win the Lt Governor seat in 2006 - someone that could be groomed for the governorship but she won re-election. Instead 2010 governor race was an open race and took away any advantage the democrats could have to keep the governor seat.

Why not do a VP swap? Biden could easily retire due to health reasons and the ticket would only be strengthened not just for the 2012 races but beyond!

[dawg]

15. Oh, like plus a googleplex!

I love, love, LOVE! Joe Biden. But he is not the Democratic heir apparent and we desperately need one.

I would love to see a VP switch for the 2012 election.

[LynneSin]

17. Mark my words - there will be a President Biden one day...

but that'll be President Beau Biden, not Joe

[elocs]

14. Unrealistic too. Don't the House & Senate need good leaders as well?

Why must people here so often believe that if we have a good politician that somehow means they must be President?

[dawg]

16. I'd just like to have a fighter in the White House.

Plus, I would personally love all the weiner jokes.




Vote Weiner .... he'll be frank!

[elocs]

20. "Vote Weiner .... he'll be frank!" That's good,

but the other side would likely have their own weiner jokes as well.

[dawg]

23. That line isn't mine ...

it's his. He's so witty.

[NYC Liberal]

18. I could probably get behind him in 2016,

depending on where things are then...5 years is a long time in politics.

[whistler162]

19. Michael... ummmm no thanks... it would be savage!

[white_wolf]

25. I'm all for this.

He would be a great president.

[Casandia]

31. I kinda like Feingold

[elocs]

32. I'd kinda like Feingold as governor of Wisconsin, he could actually win that election

and hoping for it is not a fantasy either.

[Modern_Matthew]

34. NO THANKS! He voted against the budget introduced by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Weiner, indeed.