Ikarti posited the question in another thread but it's worthy of its own.
But I doubt he has the political capital necessary to run. But he can wait til 2012 or 2016. The guy's only 45 years old.
What about our pal from Wisconsin Russ Feingold? I really like that guy. He stands by his principles when he votes rather than getting sucked into partisan voting. He voted against invading Iraq. He was the only guy to vote against the Patriot Act, so that shows you that he 1) actually reads stuff and 2) cares more about protecting civil liberties than waving the flag. Republicans hate him because he introduced the resolution to censure Bush after the illegal wiretapping thing. He's also done his fair share of pissing off democrats by voting his own way. Good for him.
This was interesting too
I wouldn't dismiss Obama. Let's be realistic - he'd win a shitload of votes just for being a likeable moderate black man in politics. Just noticed on Wikipedia that he grew up in Hawaii and Jarkarta, so we've already established that he would do well with foreign affairs and diplomacy - perhaps even as well as Bush.Ikarti wrote:
A moderate Republican will probably be the best choice for '08, considering that even in the superior political position they're in at the moment they're fielding shit candidates so far. Hillary should never ever be discussed as an option. Any country that votes Bush in twice and follows up with Hillary for damage control voids its right to exist. Of course everyone will be out to punish the Republicans.
What other Democratic Candidates do we have? "No one knows where my state is" Biden? "I'm young, black and a senator and that's about it" Obama? Feel free to add to the list, I can't think of any more.
But I doubt he has the political capital necessary to run. But he can wait til 2012 or 2016. The guy's only 45 years old.
What about our pal from Wisconsin Russ Feingold? I really like that guy. He stands by his principles when he votes rather than getting sucked into partisan voting. He voted against invading Iraq. He was the only guy to vote against the Patriot Act, so that shows you that he 1) actually reads stuff and 2) cares more about protecting civil liberties than waving the flag. Republicans hate him because he introduced the resolution to censure Bush after the illegal wiretapping thing. He's also done his fair share of pissing off democrats by voting his own way. Good for him.
This was interesting too
wikipedia wrote:
Americans For Democratic Action, a liberal advocacy group which rates members of Congress on a scale of 0 to 100, with zero being completely conservative and 100 completely liberal, gave Feingold a lifetime average rating of 98