Who would you like to see as the first woman President of the United States?

[bluestateguy]

Imagine that it is the year 2016 and President Obama is finishing up a 2nd term as president. Who would your choice be for the first female president?

Myself, I think we should keep an eye on Stephanie Herseth



I'm not saying she is my choice, but she would be a good national candidate.

[WeDidIt]

1. ABHRC n/t

[olkaz]

5. /signed

Never going through this again.

[LisaM]

2. Maybe you didn't mean it this way

but I think this is flamebait.

[valerief]

13. If it isn't flamebait, I'll eat my hat. Well, time to add another name to the Ignore list.

[highplainsdem]

30. Looks that way to me, too.

[BlooInBloo]

38. I don't get it. Why is this falmebait?

(Guess I'm a bit slow, since I just woke up from a nap. :( )

[billyoc]

3. Marcy Kaptur from Ohio.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Stephanie Herseth - SANDLIN

She married a former congressman from Texas last year.

[Mabus]

6. Me.

Why not me?

[tridim]

7. Boxer/Maddow 2016

[Lisa0825]

27. I'd love to see Rachel in office!

But she better start thinking about running for some kind of office soon. She won't be making the leap from commentator to the White House. Run Rachel Run! :woohoo:

[Arnold Judas Rimmer]

31. Hell yeah.

I'd vote for that ticket without hesitation.

[unapatriciated]

37. I could vote for that ticket

[goclark]

50. Now those are two classy future Presidents

[tyne]

8. Rachel Maddow

for sure.

[cliffordu]

10. Yep - Rachel has my vote.

[snowbear]

41. Sounds like a good one.. Rachel Maddow w/VP Stephanie Miller

...

[Whisp]

12. that's the first name I thought of too!

wouldn't she be the cat's ass of a president? (that's a positive expression, btw)

[Happyhippychick]

9. HappyHippyChick

[panader0]

11. Nance Greggs!

[onehandle]

14. Ann Coulter. nt

[gateley]

15. Barbara Boxer --

I think I agree with every one of her votes, and she kicks ass.

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. A socialist with a strong concern for the environment

[Doctor_J]

17. Whoa. She's hot.

I'd move to SD for her.

Now that that's off my chest, I'd like HRC.

[blondeatlast]

18. I was hoping for Shirley Chisholm but I was too young to vote or volunteer... nt

[Lisa0825]

28. One of my kitties is named after her!

http://www.whiskerville.org/c_shirley.php

The others from the litter were Maggie (for Margaret Sanger) and Molly (Ivins).

[TahitiNut]

59. I wanted Barbara Jordan ... one of the greatest American politicians of the 20th century.

Did I say "politician"? ... nay ... more than that ... Human being!

[Saturday]

19. Flamebait. nt

[SuperTrouper]

20. Caroline Kennedy. Hopefully after her experience vetting for Obama's VP

she gets the itch to run for political office. Perhaps NY Senator replacing...Hillary or Schumer. If Hillary goes into the Obama Cabinet as SOS or even as Supreme Court Justice the NY Governor may appoint her (Kennedy) to the Senate.

[saltpoint]

21. Barbara Boxer for current times, and in a while down the road,

I like your choice of SH from SD.

In a yet further time I think Christine Jennings (Democratic Congressional candidate - FL) very possibly has a bright future.

[SwampG8r]

22. no flamebait here

this is flamebait free but those who say its not will make it so

[AnnieBW]

23. Barbara Boxer for sure!

Only because the other Barbara - Mikulski - will probably never run.

[Swamp Rat]

34. Barbara Lee!

:)

[The Doctor.]

57. I can sign on to that.

I doubt she has the composure to pull it off, but then things may be very different then.

[Barack_America]

24. Nancy Pelosi...

I kid, I kid. ;)

Honestly, I'm not sure what my choice would be.

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[Freddie Stubbs]

43. McKinney was an all-around embarassment

I'm glad that she is no longer associated with the Democratic party.

[Lilith Velkor]

48. I disagree

She was here when the planes hit, the anthrax arrived in the mail, the snipers roamed the city, and guys were getting tossed off the roofs.

She still had the courage to spit in the tyrant's face.

The Democratic party would have more and bigger victories if it had more true patriots like her.

[Freddie Stubbs]

49. She is a idiot who is opposing the election of Barack Obama

She cowardly introduced articles of impeachment on the last day that Congress was in session, after she had already lost her reelection bid.

[Lilith Velkor]

56. What's cowardly is not introducing articles of impeachment at all

And to be clear, I'd like to see her elected as a Democrat in 2016.

I know it's highly improbable, but that was my answer to the OP's question.

[KittyWampus]

26. Louise Slaughter (but she's a bit too senior, perhaps)

[liberalpragmatist]

29. Lisa Madigan?

She's the current Attorney General of Illinois. She's expected to run for governor in 2010. If she wins and wins a second term, she could be a very credible contender for the top job in 2016 or 2020.



Reasons to consider her -- large-state governors tend to do very well in presidential nominating contests, she'll be well within the normal age boundaries of presidential candidates (50 in 2016, 54 in 2020), and she has generally a good reputation (so far) from both liberals and centrists in Illinois, where she impressed reformist groups despite coming out of a big political-machine family (her dad, Michael Madigan, is the autocratic Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives).

She has a big ongoing feud with the sitting Democratic governor, Blagojevich (a huge douchebag, whose approval ratings are in the 30s and may be indicted on corruption charges), and if Blago runs for reelection in 2010, she's expected to challenge him in the primary.

[ieoeja]

51. Spoke with a Blagojevich-hating (okay, who doesn't?) and Obama-hating Republican Wednesday night.

This guy who mostly hates all things Democratic, says he'd vote for Lisa Madigan in a minute. The coolness twixt her and her father is a big plus.

And before you ask, his hatred of Obama can be summed up by one quote from the man in question.

He kept denying the good things Obama has done for Veterans. And the more points I brought up the angrier he got. But the other people were listening to him as much as they were to me and not sure whom to believe. So when I judged his anger to be at the stupid point, I simply asked him why he kept insisting Obama never did those things. He replied, "because no nigger ever did any God damned good for anybody in this country's history!"

Everyone listening met my knowing smile, rolled their eyes and mouthed an, "oh".

Game. Set. Match.

[peoli]

32. Scarlett Johansson

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[SoCalDem]

35. Janet Napolitano n/t

[ruggerson]

36. Tammy Baldwin

hands down.

[Awsi Dooger]

39. I don't think we'll see another serious female contender in 20+ years

Not from the Democratic side, anyway. It took a very unusual series of circumstances to elevate Hillary to that level. Unless she gets another chance, which is unlikely, I'm confident there won't be a female above 10% level for a couple of decades.

I realize that will be shot down here. Plenty of posters here were falling for the simpleton theme of, "I'm ready for a woman, just not THAT woman." That must have looked really cute in print. It was also remarkably ignorant. There won't be another woman.

[Alexander]

40. Are you aware that most of DU would love the chance to vote for Barbara Boxer?

Including me.

[Lilith Velkor]

66. I would.

[Freddie Stubbs]

44. You never know when someone will come from out of nowhere

Six years ago no one outside if Illinois had ever heard of Barack Obama.

[JohnnyBoots]

42. Lisa Simpson

[NatBurner]

45. Geena Davis

[Peacetrain]

46. Right now there is no one on my radar for 2016

male or female..but as someone pointed out earlier in the thread, 6-7 years is a long time in politics.. I may have a whole list of canidates I would like to see.. male and female.. But oh I would so love to see a woman president. No offense guys, I am hoping for a woman next time.

[mtnester]

47. A Democrat

Oh and, subtle has a smell and ring to it that most people can pick up on that have functioning brain waves. Sometimes, subtle is so obvious, it is, well, obvious.

[ieoeja]

52. What mtnester said. n/t

[Marrah_G]

53. Ask me again in 2015

[Skwmom]

54. A woman who is smart, strong, and has integrity.

[harun]

55. Best person for the job should be President (n/t)

[Independent_Voice]

58. Herseth is way too conservative

Also, it might be better for Herseth to run against Thune in 2010, or to run for Tim Johnson's seat if he retires in 2014.

Out of the current women in the U.S. Senate, I think Patty Murray, Blanche Lincoln, and Claire McCaskill could someday all make for appealing candidates. Then there's Napolitano and Sebelius, who could eventually have U.S. Senate careers as well.

[vaberella]

60. Oprah Winfrey.

She has men and women supporters. No need for the media to say, "She has a problem with the white vote..." She has that in spades. Plus she has some of the Black vote and Latino Vote.

[PurityOfEssence]

61. Jan Schakowsky

n/t

[Matteon]

62. Summer Glau

"Vote for me if you want to live"

[AnnieBW]

64. I can kill you with my brain..."

She's the best!

[LWolf]

63. Boxer. nt

[OnionPatch]

65. I'll say Boxer, too.

She's never disappointed me in the 12 years I've lived in California.