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Posted By: lejing Posted On: Apr 2, 2003 Views: 888	Democrats I voted on emotion. I'd love to see a Clark/ Sharpton ticket. I think Dean is an opportunist (ok, maybe they all are) and Sharpton has cleaned up his act and is talking like a real progressive and with style. His "clown" rep is (no longer?) deserved, imho.
Posted By: ethan Posted On: Apr 2, 2003 Views: 818	RE: Democrats sharpton? when it comes to republican donors, his name is like hillary's. he will get absolutely no republican votes. he'll energize both the black and the white conservative vote, but because blacks are the minority, the end result will be an even greater advantage for republicans. clark would be great, but he has little domestic policy experience. but he'd be a great veep. how about graham? he's been in government a long time, knows foreign policy like the back of his hand, but was governor of florida for eight years. he is arguably the most popular politician in florida today. a graham/clark ticket has very little chance of losing. remember, southern moderates have the best chance. this ticket is just that, along with a good deal of experience on just about every single issue.
Posted By: Kevin from the North Shore Posted On: Apr 2, 2003 Views: 775	RE: Democrats I like Dean/Graham (Gen. Clark for the Cabinet) -- balanced North and South and take Florida no questions asked this time! I'm not sure how lejing finds Dr. Dean to be "opportunist" (other than the opportunity to take the country back from the Bush junta and put it back on track.) Check out his positions, and especially speeches, at http://www.deanforamerica.org -- hint: he's not just the "anti-war" candidate, and in fact isn't even anti-war in the face of a clear and imminent threat to the US (which Iraq is not.)
Posted By: Rick Posted On: Apr 2, 2003 Views: 737	RE: Democrats Is it actually possible to support Sharpton while calling Dean an opportunist? I have little against Sharpton, but I'd like to win and even if I was inclined to ride that train it wouldn't get me to the station.
Posted By: Donna Posted On: Apr 4, 2003 Views: 672	RE: RE: Democrats I really hope to have someone who inspires me as Democratic Nominee. As a "Yellow Dog Democrat", if they do not have any profound mental defects and beat SHRUB, I will be thrilled.
Posted By: Aldon Posted On: Apr 4, 2003 Views: 666	RE: Democrats I have to agree that a Dean/Graham, (with Clark in the cabinet) ticket would be great. I also find it interesting that Gephardt and Lieberman are getting less support here than even Mosley Braun or Sharpton. Perhaps some of it is due to the types of people that fill out polls online and some of it is a continued repudiation of the old guard Democrats. However things turn out, it should be an exciting primary.
Posted By: HowardDean4Prez Posted On: Apr 6, 2003 Views: 630	RE: Democrats If neither of them win the nomination Graham and Clark are the top two Vice Presidential candidates (Heck, if not for Graham's darn heart, he'd likely be the front-runner). If the nominee doesn't choose one of the two they're a fool. The only exception is possibly Lieberman who is so much of a hawk and so darn uninspiring that the ticket would benefit from having a good looking energetic guy that's the future of the party on the ticket (Edwards). Lieberman might also get away with running with Feingold (if Feingold agrees to take PAC money). But, I don't see Lieberman winning the nomination. Here's my order of preference: 1. Anybody-but-Lieberman/Anybody-but-Lieberman 2. Dean/Clark 3. Dean/Graham 4. Kerry/Graham 5. Edwards/Graham 6. Kerry/Clark 7. Edwards/Clark 8. Graham/Feingold 9. Graham/Richardson 10. Clark/Edwards 11. Clark/Feingold 12. Graham/Clark 13. Clark/Richardson 14. Gephardt/Graham 15. Gephardt/Clark Again, the only reason Graham/Feingold and Graham/Richardson are so low on my list (as opposed to #5 & #6) is because I'm wary about how the electorate will respond to a president with heart problems. Clark is so low because I'm wary about running a candidate against Rove & Co. that's a novice on the campaign trail. If I had to bet, my money would be on Kerry-Graham.