Reply #7: Bill Nelson [View All]

I get the sense this will be an unpopular choice… I agree that what ever happens after November Dashcel needs to go, we need a more assertive, consistent and competent leader in the Senate… the candidates for the job as I see it are…

Sn. Chris Dodd (D-CT)

Sn. Harry Reid (D-NV)

Sn. Barbra Boxer (D-CA)

Sn. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)

Sn. Jo Biden (D-DE)

Sn. Evan Bayh (D-IN)

Sn. Russ Feingold (D-WI)

Sn. “Jay” Rockefeller (D-WV)

Sn. Bill Nelson (D-FL)

Of these I’d say Dodd, Biden, Nelson and Clinton have the best shots at getting the senate leadership… Clinton is the weakest of these four in my view, but then again I think she shouldn’t run in “08” if we where to lose in November… Biden is the next weakest of the candidates as he will find it hard to shake off the image of an old “hack” and added to this I’m not sure that he would want the job but then again he did toy with a run for the nomination and probably only stayed out because he saw Dean as a train wreck in the making and decided to stand aside and wait till 2008, Dodd would be a good choice however he does hail from a traditionally Democratic state in the north east which might be compounded by opponents with his liberal voting record, Nelson is relatively new to the senate however he has a long career in the house to back him up as well as that “must have item” for so many democrats recently a military record however he is getting on, but he is a good moderate to liberal candidate for the Senate leadership and I would say he would be the best choice having said that I’d say that Biden and Dodd stand a better chance of winning any ballot…