Tell us why you think your candidate is the best choice for the nomination [View All]

I want to know why you think that your candidate is the best choice for the democratic nomination for President. There is a catch though - You are not allowed to bad mouth any other democratic candidate or the democratic party in general in the process.

HUH?

Means you have to make your argument based on the issues alone. I'll call anyone out who goes negative on their post.

Me - I'm supporting Howard Dean. I see alot of another governor from a small state in Howard Dean, not so much with his stance but the fact that Dean is using new ways to attract voters espcially with the Meetup stuff. And I feel Dean best mirrors my ideas on most of the issues I support out there when it comes to the War, Choice, Environment and many other issues. I especially like Dean's stance on Gun Control saying this should be a state issue. We lose more voters who should be democrats (especially the unions) because of the gun issue and I think Dean's stance on this area will play well in the union states that Al Gore lost in 2000 (aka West Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee to name a few). This and Free Trade are two very important issues, because when I talk politics with my family this is what they want to know about a candidate and these are NRA/Union members. And if I can convince them to vote for someone like Dean, I truly believe we can get others to crossover and vote for him. (and yes, I've been able to convince my family to crossover for both Rendell and Holden, both democrats)

I think all of the candidates have good qualities and Dean was a tough choice since I was also impressed with John Kerry and more recently Kucinich and Clark.

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