As of today, who do you really want for the Democratic nominee for President?

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I know not all of these are declared candidates, I just want to know who you really want for the nominee - regardless of considerations such as "electability" and all that crap. These are listed in alphabetical order.

[saltpoint]

1. John Edwards.

Very enthusiastic about Biden, Dodd, Kucinich, Obama, and Richardson and Gravel as well, and will support any of our 8 against any of the Red 8 in the general.

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3. Edwards was impressive on the talk shows today.

He made a clear distinction between himself and Obama - that Obama thinks change can happen through compromise with the powers that be, while Edwards believes that the powers that be will never give up any power without a fight.

[saltpoint]

8. He's got Elizabeth at his side throughout most of this recent Iowa tour, too.

and I think the two of them together are just electric.

The crowds seem to think so, too.

[gateley]

15. I saw an interview with her on YouTube -- I like her SO MUCH! nt

[saltpoint]

33. Hi, gateley. She really is something. Quite a lot of grace under quite a lot

of pressure. The lady keeps her poise.

[CTyankee]

69. I admire the way she took on Ann Coulter. Me, I would have tried to rip her face off,

but Elizabeth was quietly forceful (I'm talking about the Today Show takedown.)

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17. I think that Edwards might just grab it. From what I have read, Iowa voters

are very pragmatic, very kitchen-table issues, and see right through the smoke and mirrors of politics to the issues that really matter to them - and Edwards seems to be talking about those issues the most. Garrison Keilor recently wrote a good article about the "driveway philosophers" of Iowa:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/31/philosophers/

[saltpoint]

34. Thanks for that link, bob_weaver. I hadn't seen it, but Keillor is

at least as good as a columnist as he is on PRAIRIER HOME COMPANION.

Your read on Iowans' ability to boil it down to basics sound exactly right to me. That would favor Senator Biden on foreign policy, IMO, and John Edwards on domestic policy.

And the test of our field of candidates is that you could substitute Richardson and Kucinich in that formula and still be well within zone. And others as well.

It's a deep blue bench. And Iowa Democrats get first trip to the buffet.

[Hobarticus]

64. You got it, Bob....

In spite of getting marginalized as hicks and rubes often on DU, Iowans are actually very tough customers.

:hi:

[IndyOp]

2. My heart yearns for Al... I voted for John. (n/t)

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5. I think you should have voted Al, then. The poll was for "who you really want."

[IndyOp]

9. My behavior reveals why we should any poll results with caution --

The primary purpose of polling these days is to get good results and create a "bandwagon" effect -- hoping that most people will go with whoever is leading.

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16. Well, it's not my intention with this poll. I wanted this to be a poll of

who you really want in your heart of hearts, despite any other considerations, like "who has the best chance at defeating the Republican candidate," and all that stuff. I really want Kucinich, but I can see how the commercial media is ignoring him, thereby dooming his campaign.

[gateley]

4. Biden! :-)

I REALLY want him to be my President! And like my friend OC, I'd enthusiastically support any one of the candidates who got the nomination, we've got a great group.

[book_worm]

45. I think Biden is going to be a real surprise in Iowa.

[Hobarticus]

66. I totally agree...

Best slew of candiates in recent memory. Really, not a loser in the bunch.

[taterguy]

6. The one that was a walk-on for the Clemson football team

We need someone willing to take on battles when the odds are against them, due to pure stupid mis-placed conviction, or maybe courage is the word I'm looking for.

[undeterred]

7. Really and truly?

Russ Feingold.

[last_texas_dem]

41. Feingold would be my first choice as well

I was really looking forward to a possible run by him in '08. I'm hoping he will consider a Presidential run in the future.

[stimbox]

10. Dennis Kucinich!

If not Dennis, then Edwards.

[begin_within]

18. I'm with you on that

I want Dennis, but I can see how the commercial media is either marginalizing him or just flat-out ignoring him. The commercial media has already decided in their colletive mind that it can only be Clinton, Obama or Edwards. Faced with that choice I would choose Edwards but I really want Kucinich.

[Larry Ogg]

54. Its interesting how the corporately owned conservative biased main stream media,

can manipulate the political process along with the minds of voters, and people that claim to see and know what the media is doing, go right along with those who don’t. At what point does it begin to register that elections are stolen by the media before the poles are even open? A Democracy that allows the media to use mind control to win elections is not a Democracy, and anyone who is elected through this fraudulent media process is a non-democratic criminal who will be nothing but a puppet of those that own the media. Politicians favored by the msn will not solve our problems, they are part of the problem…

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59. And how they can doom the campaign of someone like Dennis Kucinich, by not giving him airtime

They can effectively wipe a candidate off the map simply by choosing to ignore the candidate, as they are doing now with Kucinich. I'm surprised they are even giving Edwards any airtime, since he represents a threat to corporate-dominated government. Personally I don't think of the commercial media as conservative-biased, I think of them as capitalist-biased. That's just my own view though.

[Greyhound]

24. Seconded. n/t

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

27. Thirded. nt.

[Mind_your_head]

50. Dennis! eom

[bleedinglib]

11. presidental debates ??

It will be Edwards & Romney.
When Romney accuses John of being a trial lawyer and causing insurance
rates to rise? John's response? I suppose since your a republican? it's your fault for the high gas prices? 4ooo dead in Iraq,10 trillon $$ debt.
He let cheney slip on this one back in 2000? Be prepared this time John.
Blib:dem:

[AndyTiedye]

12. We Gotta Have Gore

draft gore

[Froward69]

13. vote #20 and rec #5 Go Joe Biden!

Edwards is now diametrically opposite of his voting record. Edwards is a fake! he is a used car salesman. I cannot believe just how many swallow his line of bull. hook, line, bobber and sinker.:eyes:
notice how he does not clap, as well as the ONLY one who does not during this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOXzyTGsC1c

[Lugnut]

14. I want Al

I've accepted the fact that Al's not running so I checked off John Edwards.

[Raine]

19. Edwards or Biden nt

[brazos121200]

20. If I can't have Al Gore, and it looks like I can't, I'll

go for Joe Biden. Of all of the announced candidates that I favor, he's the only one that I think would have a really good chance to win.

[sellitman]

21. Gore isn't running

You might just as well have put Paul Wellstone on your list.

[WheelWalker]

22. Joseph Biden...no contest

[blues90]

23. To be honest I don't know , these are not debates

They are TV produced jokes , who can tell anymore who is for what .

This is a horse race with the main picks backed by all the gambling money it's a game and it can even be a fixed game .

I would never have though all those years ago someone like Oprah would be out there backing anyone as if her word really has a place in our future . I have never seen anything like this and I thought the stealing of two elections was the end , well we have not seen the end of the madness yet and people hope and pray as if anyone of these candidates will somehow save the planet , the people need to save the planet and end the madness , not join in on it . You can sell anyone anything if you package it just right .

I just want someone who is honest and see's the problems clearly and has a real workable plan ready to go .

These people are not stars , they are politicians who work for the people , you forget that and you end up with what you were sold on .

[dysfunctional press]

25. i no longer want gore to run- i want Edwards to be the nominee.

al gore's time to enter the race has come and gone- at this point i'd lose a lot of respect for the man if he decided to jump into the race, this late in the contest(and no- you can't compare it to past election seasons, because of how the primary contests have been scheduled this time around).

it's gotta be John Edwards.

[bigwillq]

26. DK!

:bounce:

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28. I agree - I just wish the commercial media would stop ignoring him and give him airtime.

[Blue_In_AK]

29. Toss-up between Edwards and Biden. n/t

[saltpoint]

35. Two great candidates under consideration by one great poster.

Hi ya, Blue_in_AK.

We're 18 days away from some kind of big headline out of Iowa.

[Blue_In_AK]

42. Hi,OC

It's always a pleasure to see you here. :) Yes, I'm anxiously awaiting the early outcomes. I'm actually planning on attending Alaska's caucus on 2/5, as well, so hopefully we'll be able to throw a few delegates to the right person.

[saltpoint]

44. Sounds like you're doin' it right. Which is no surprise at all.

:hi: :dem:

[slipslidingaway]

30. Kucinich for accountabilility and single-payer health care n/t

[Desertrose]

31. Dennis Kucinich...really really. n/t

[ThomWV]

32. I didn't see Gore, he's usually left out now days. He won't run. Biden for me now.

[0007]

36. Another jerk off poll

Gus Hall

"Bob up and kiss my ass"

[zanne]

37. Oh shit. Another white southern guy.

Give me a break. He looks like he was manufactured in a politician factory. It's time for a bigger change than John Edwards.

[mnhtnbb]

39. You won't get a bigger change with Hillary or Obama.

[zanne]

55. Are you forgetting pre-campaign Edwards?

Voting for the war, sounding more to the right than even Hillary Clinton? Suddenly, he's a changed man. Well, I don't buy it.

[mnhtnbb]

67. I do. Facing mortality--even your spouse's--has a way of waking one up to priorities.

And I mean telling the truth--regardless of calculated political consequences. Gore and Kerry ran calculated, political campaigns. Look where it got them. In a race close enough to be stolen. I think Edwards understands this.

[sandyd921]

47. It's change you want?

Did Hillary or Obama square off with the MSM today and tell the truth about what this country desperately needs? Take a look here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x76724

[mnhtnbb]

38. I am so f*ing sick of corporatism. I want Edwards. I want a win.

[suziedemocrat]

40. Why is everyone ignoring Dodd? I love him! He was a Peace Corps volunteer!

[Blue_In_AK]

43. I like Dodd, too. n/t

[Kazak]

46. Who do i really want? Al gore!

:shrug:

[OneBlueSky]

48. six months ago, Al Gore would have won this poll in a landslide . . .

since he took himself out of the game, people (myself included) have moved on . . . but many of us are very disappointed, some (myself included) are even pissed off that Gore didn't seek the one office where he could absolutely do the most to address global warming and other critical environmental issues . . .

I love ya, Al, but you really let me down . . .

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57. Well, he's accomplished quite a bit without the office...

[Skittles]

49. frontrunner in this poll voted for IWR

that is f***ing sad

[cali]

51. co-sponsored it

supported going to war even without UN approval, and sat on the Intelligence committee. It is sad.

[Skittles]

52. unforgivable

I'll never understand it

[bklyncowgirl]

53. Al Gore

Since unfortunately, Gore does not want to run, I support Bill Richardson, since I value experience and achievement.

[madokie]

56. I've decided its John Edwards for me

although I can and will happily vote for whoever our nominee is

[RiverStone]

58. Edwards - the only Dem who CAN WIN in all regions & across party lines...n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

60. Edwards.

[DutchLiberal]

61. The anti-war, pro-impeachment, for not-for-profit health care candidate!

Dennis Kucinich!

[Swamp Rat]

62. Al Gore would stomp any repuke in the general election.

I also like Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards. As well, I think Joe Biden could beat any repuke candidate, and I'd be happy to support him in so doing.

[Frustratedlady]

63. Biden for sure!

I hope Biden knocks the socks off any competition. He's perfect for the job and won't take anything off this cabal of tricksters during the campaign. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they see he's the one they'll have to go up against.

Go, Joe!

[BurtWorm]

65. Edwards if Gore doesn't get in.

I think.

[B Calm]

68. John Edwards all the way baby!

[Mike03]

70. Deep down, the person I want is Biden N/T

[mentalsolstice]

71. Probably Biden

with Clinton as a close second...

[old guy]

72. I want Kucinich!

I'm ok with Dodd or Edwards. Any of the others I'll vote against the repub.(For any Dem candidate)

[bobthedrummer]

73. Dennis Kucinich eom

[rch35]

74. new member, longtime reader, checking in for edwards n/t