Reply #56: I agree with you about the ranking of candidates, [View All]

[DemBones DemBones]

it's definitely Kucinich at #1, Lieberman at #8, and Dean # 9 for me.

If Dean gets the nomination, it will be a disaster for the party and the country, ensuring four more years of Bush and the neo-cons. He's got a sizable corps of loyal supporters but their feelings for him are not transferable to a large enough segment of the electorate.

Dennis Kucinich is THE peace candidate, because he has been articulating a consistent position for nearly two years (since February, 2002.) Sharpton has been pretty good AFAIK, CMB has said we can't cut and run on the occupation of Iraq, Dean has said we need to send more troops over there. Only DK is calling for immediate withdrawal. Of course immediate means after UN troops get in to police the country. Clark has been muddled in his statements, too. Kerry, Edwards and Gephardt all voted for the war. We might have to vote for one of them but I won't let any of them present themselves as "the peace candidate" when that title rightfully belongs to Dennis J. Kucinich. Let everyone else get their own niche.