Get ready to reconsider...

[iscooterliberally]

I just saw this in my FB feed...

Robert Reich
19 mins ·
I appreciate the encouraging words from those of you urging me to run, but I'm way too short, too outspoken, and too unwilling to kiss wealthy posteriors to be a viable candidate. But if Elizabeth Warren remains adamantly opposed to entering the race, and if neither Hillary Clinton nor any other Democratic aspirant is willing to talk about the gross misallocation of income, wealth, and power in America -- and advocate resurrecting Glass Steagall and busting up the big banks; opposing trade deals the are killing American workers and boosting corporate profits; making it easier to form unions; limiting CEO pay; raising the minimum wage wage to $15 an hour; raising taxes on the rich to pay for better schools and infrastructure for everyone else; raising the cap on income subject to the payroll tax; and reversing "Citizen's United" and getting big money out of politics -- then I will have to reconsider.
(Incidentally, I'll be in New Hampshire April 8, speaking at the University of New Hampshire in Durham; and in Iowa May 16, keynoting the Working Families Summit in Ames.)

I would definitely vote for Robert Reich if he ran.

[Xyzse]

1. He would be my first choice actually.

So if he were, I will probably register as a Democrat so I can vote for him in the primaries.

Yes, I am still an Independent.

[iscooterliberally]

2. I'm still indy too.

I was driven here by my disdain for the republican party. I used to think I was a libertarian due to my views on drug prohibition. I have been voting Democratic for a long time.

[Xyzse]

3. I've been Independent since I refuse to be stuck with just one party.

It also allows me a wider set of acquaintances.

Sadly, Republicans lately have been hard to talk to. So, I generally don't bother if they become preachy.

[Hobo]

4. Come to the Democratic Party

We have cookies!!!


Hobo

[iscooterliberally]

5. Hey, if Robert Reich or Elizabeth Warren decide to throw their hats in....

...I'll take you up on that cookie offer.

[Xyzse]

13. Very tempting.

A Robert Reich candidacy is even more tempting.

[jwirr]

6. I love this man and he can never be to short.

[JaneyVee]

7. Isn't he Mr. NAFTA?

[jwirr]

8. Hey, Independents - we need you to come on over this way. If we can get others than HIllary to

run we need you to vote in our primary. A few states allow open voting in the primary but most don't. The first big fight we need is in our primary.

[iscooterliberally]

9. I always show at the polls.

I even got to vote for Elizabeth Warren in 2012. I was living in Boston then. The closed primary thing in Florida kinda sucks, but then again maybe not. Anyway, I am considering signing up as a Dem this year. I would love to see the Democratic Party fight to repeal this insane drug war. I think the Democrats would rally a lot of independents if they would just step up in this regard.

[jwirr]

11. I agree that it would help to further the end of the drug war. As a grandmother I know all too

many of my own family members who are threatened by it.

[closeupready]

10. He wouldn't be my first choice, but if the alternative was Hillary, I'd be all for him.

K&R

[KamaAina]

12. Hillary is, in fact, stepping up to the plate on income inequality.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026405619

Coincidence?

[iscooterliberally]

14. I'm sure that Hillary would be a much better choice than anyone from the Republican side.

I promise that I will get out and vote for Hillary if she is the Democratic Nominee.