Primary is today, and you can only choose out of the "big 3"

[CalebHayes]

Who is it gonna be?

[Greyhound]

1. Option 4, stay home and throw a wake for America. n/t

[MrSlayer]

2. Have to go with Obama.

And not as reluctantly as before.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. "Big 3" includes Edwards?

Let's hope Wes Clark gets in the race soon.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Second!

[invictus]

5. Third!

But if Wes Clark doesn't run, I'm supporting Obama.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Fourth.....

that's what it is looking like for me as well.

[BuelahWitch]

7. If Al Gore doesn't run, I'm supporting Obama

:hi:

[Bronyraurus]

8. Obama's lookin' pretty good to me.

[Apollo11]

9. Edwards is 10 years older and wiser than Obama

My dream ticket for 2008 would be Gore-Obama

My second choice? I am thinking maybe Edwards-Richardson

Right now the anti-war netroots has fallen in love with preacher Obama.

But I think Edwards has a better chance of winning the Whitehouse in 2008.

I am afraid that either Giuliani or McCain could beat Barack Obama in 2008.

But I would be happy to support Obama for VP in 2008, or for President in 2016.

My feeling is that Edwards has done a lot more thinking about the issues.

Like a lot of people - he was fooled by the "intelligence" about WMD in Iraq.

But Edwards has serious plans to deal with poverty, education and healthcare.

Edwards is maybe not the most liberal candidate. But he has some real strengths.

I was impressed with how he handled Tim Russert on Meet The Press (on Feb 4th).

[Kahuna]

11. Wiser???? How is he wiser? Oh yeah, his support of the IRW

resolution was really wise, compared to Obama's reasoning.
Consider this, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King was much younger than Edwards when he led the civil rights movement. Is Edwards wiser than Dr. King? My point is that some people are gifted. I'm beginning to believe that Obama may be gifted.

Then you talk about Edwards having more time to think about the issues. WRONGO again! Obama has spent his entire life as a public servant compared to Edwards life begins at 50 conversion. Obama has also experienced the world, once again compared to Edwards who has only begun to travel since being unemployed for the past couple of years.

[Apollo11]

14. They do say that people learn from their mistakes

Don't forget that Bu$h-Cheney-Powell-Rumsfeld-Blair machine invested a lot of time and energy in convincing US Senators that the IWR was necessary to put pressure on Saddam Hussein and get his to cooperate with the UN inspectors. Illinois State Senators were not put under the same kind of pressure.

Of course - one option would be for all Democrats to always vote against anything proposed or requested by a Republican President. Certainly, for those of us who are not members of Congress, there is no political price for us in saying that everything Bu$h says is a lie and we should always be against no matter what.

But I have sympathy with Senators who are willing to admit that they were fooled by some of the so-called evidence they were shown or told about back in 2002.

In the aftermath of September 2001, it was no longer possible for Democrats to say that they would refuse to support Bu$h in his so-called "War on Terror". Kerry, Gore, Clark, Hillary, Edwards have all supported the "War on Terror", overthrowing the Taliban and hunting for Al Quaida in Afghanistan.

I respect the fact that Edwards has (a) accepted personal responsibility for co-sponsoring the IWR, and (b) admitted that it was a mistake to give Bu$h the authority to invade Iraq.

By the way, if Edwards was a lawyer who defended the interests of "the little guy" against big corporations, then maybe he was contributing to the public interest, even if you say he was not a "public servant".

[Jai4WKC08]

17. Learned from his mistake?

His words about Iran (the ones he uses in front of AIPAC and Israeli hard-liners) sure don't sound like he's learned a damn thing. Except maybe that voters can change their minds about war.

I don't buy the idea that he was fooled by the intelligence either. Edwards was on the intelligence subcommittee for God's sake. He could have had access to anything he wanted. Bob Graham was on the same committee, saw the same intelligence, and made the right decision.

[Apollo11]

18. Everything you say reinforces my belief

... that the best-qualified candidate for President would be Al Gore.

Both Hillary and Edwards are too fast to side with the hawks.

So my first choice for 2008 remains: GORE - OBAMA

I also hope Congress would allow Wes Clark to start serving as Sec. of Defense from January 2009 (and not make him wait another 15 months until May 2010).

In Gore We Trust :)
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com - Sign the petition!

:kick:

[BlueIris]

10. If it's Sellout, NoExperienceCute and NoExperienceLikeable...

I'll take NoExperienceCute by a hair. Mainly because Edwards decided to go to the right on Iran. I don't care about the TrialLawyer, the House, or the blogger "scandal," but the next person I vote for for President needs to be LESS likely to allow WWIII to develop. I have to believe that person is at least going to try to keep that shit from happening. I have very little confidence that NoExperienceCute will be able to hack it as the nominee OR the C-I-C, but I'm willing to chance it if it means we're LESS likely to wind up dying in a nuclear holocaust on his watch.

[Clark2008]

12. I don't let the media pick my candidate.

[AnOhioan]

13. I don't vote in polls that fail to include all candidates

[salin]

15. Still far too early for me to decide.

Not that it matters - in real time my state has a May primary - with no plans to move it. No voice in choosing a candidate - it will be decided LOOONG before I can go to the polls.

[BlueManDude]

16. anyone but Hillary

[LWolf]

19. None of the above.

I have yet to figure out what is "big" about those 3, outside of corporate and media sponsorship.