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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:16 AM Original message |
Poll question: POTUS '08 poll, fly-over state version. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. #1, I think, is the most critical. |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just FYI, Clark is a General... not a Major General |
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lonehalf (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Also 6 stars |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Clark is a 4 star, which is the highest that can be awarded since |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Guess all those Shelby Foote books confused me. |
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BeccaGrim (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can we add someone to it? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Sure, but the limiting criteria I was using for this,... |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Time in office isn't the only requirement to be President. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. You could, but I don't think either is all that massively popular |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Warner is obviously the best candidate on that list, but he's not running. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. actually I thought he was good too |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Warner is DLC. |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Point? So was Gore, Edwards, Clinton, Kerry... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. And other than Gore, who's since denounced the DLC platform |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. How about the premise that general election "losers" never return to win in another year. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Nixon was former VP, not a member of Congress. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I know that. That's not my point. Nixon won the nomination but lost the General Election in 1960. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. that's true |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. In fact, I believe Nixon was both a representative |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yes, but not when running for president. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Oh, sorry, I missed that distinction. |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Does FDR count? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Well, actually FDR 1920 does not fit into this scenario. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Jackson of Tennessee did it and Grover Cleveland. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. I like these choices. The more non-senators from flippable red states, the better. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Saw him briefly on Colbert. |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Clark's rank is wrong. He is General |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes, someone pointed that out. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Other |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Edwards is a serious candidate and ought to be on the list. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. See post #4 and response. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. I disagree with #4 |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. You contradict yourself in #1. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I am aware of two general officers who ran for president in the 20th... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. You still had to go to the 19th century to find a second example. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. For another general who actually ran. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Midwest and South like populists. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Give 'em some time. nt |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Edwards is not that well-liked in the South. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Given #5, shouldn't we remove little-known Governors from your list? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. You may be right about that. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. Exsqueeze me, but Kerry is not on the list...hence a wanker poll |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. 50 years of history. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That is only your opinion... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Well, it's all prognostication. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
44. Okay, what's wrong with Richardson? no votes for him |
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