Best choice to replace Feinstein in 06

Here are some of the more popular figures in the state who are doing a lot to make the state and country a better place to live in. Any of these could easily win the general election in 2006. Which would you prefer to see in the Senate?

Or are you saving him for guv? ;)

He has been really active lately in calling for a moratorium and has impressed a lot of people.

If that's so, than I choose Huffington :P

but it is unlikely that any of them would be able to defeat Feinstein in a primary.

If she doesn't, I'd like to see Loretta Sanchez run.

I and a lot of others have worked to get her to filibuster right-wingers and her office's reaction is often that she's not running for re-election and she doesn't care how we feel. Boxer's easy when it comes to opposing Bush's right-wing nominees. Dianne takes a lot of work. Her office acknowledged that 90% of the calls were coming in against the IWPR and she voted for it.

I was very disappointed when I called her office. The response was so different from the response I received when I called Mikulski and Sarbannes when I lived in Maryland.

conservative she gets.

Willie knows howto get things done. remember the Brown Act

Willie could never win a state wide election.

what about Jerry Brown, btw?

We need someone who isn't going to give the treasury to these guys. She voted for the $87 billion.

so I don't see why that would be such a problem.:shrug:

Her office was opposed to an independent investigation into the death of Paul Wellstone. Her assistant said that if the Dems called for one it might cost Loretta future Raytheon contributions.

Governor? Senator? :dunce: Sometimes good me read not so.

the thought of him in Washington makes my skin crawl

Go Gavin Go!!!

If this is true, how can we trust him?

Or is it just a smear? :shrug:

in the D.U. and there were some links - as I recall. I'm not in San Francisco so I just looked at the postings out of casual interest. You may want to check the D.U. archives. If, it turns out he didn't contribute to Bush, that would be important information and would counter a lot of what was said in the D.U. about him.

in 2002. In 2000 he gave to both Bradley and Gore.

http://www.fecinfo.com/cgi-win/indexhtml.exe?MBF=NAME

Unfortunately some here at DU choose to smear moderate Democrats by making unsubstantiated attacks.

I don't know the accuracy. I'm just saying what was posted.

They liked the Green Party candidate better.

San Francisco is an alternate universe, with no Republican Party. Any Republicans in the city usually side with the most moderate Dem (Newsome in this case).

Kinda like Milwaukee.

better looking than Gropenator- all important.California is full of superficial idiots. Thamk Willie for the freedom you have today the Brown act of 72(?) May not be perfect , but is left and can outsleaze any puke.

Sorry, I'm not exactly the gracious grammarian at 2 am.

I actually thought GN was a blow-dried, yuppie prick before the election. I told everyone I knew in SF to vote for Matt Gonzalez, the green party candidate... Yes, San Francisco may be an alternate universe, but that's one of the things that's good about it. It's not like the current, "normal" universe is anything to write home about.

But I have to give Newsom props for getting out front and center on the gay marriage thing. He may be a yuppie, but I think his heart is in the right place, and he's one to watch.

She would be a great candidate. My dream senators are Carol Midgen and Antonion Villaraigosa--but that's not going to happen!

She gets protested practically everywhere she goes in Orange County. Her voting record is really mixed. She supported the $87 billion and, despite a resolution from her county committee telling her to support the Department of Peace bill, she won't. She's also not backing a voter-verifiable paper trail.

What anti-immigration actions has she taken? :shrug:

I went to a rally for someone else where she spoke and all kinds of Latinos were there protesting her. It was really weird.

Her alliance with defense contractors is the last thing we need. My issue with her is that her number one assistant supports most of the Republican platform.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Is that what the latinos were angry about? Or could it be something else?

:shrug:

I got some people to start praising Loretta and we stood between the protestors and the news cameras. The protestors are a problem when she speaks and even her office will admit that. Anyone having her speak at their rally should be aware of it. The news did get lots of footage of the protestors but the rally was barely covered so it didn't matter.

She voted for the $87 billion. Maybe she didn't want to disappoint them.

Cuban Republicans?

She knows how to make a good P.R. but has no substance except to carry the latina label on her sleeve.

for a while she was going to run for L.A. Mayor to replace Riordan.

I didn't care for Connell's antipathy for other Democrats. You criticized Loretta Sanchez, but I would argue that her voting record is more progressive than Connell's record as controller was.

She's smarter than Groper/Chimp, and better lookin than most in both parties.Californians LOVE their movie stars you know.

could do it.

Enough of these idiot wealthy actors from the myopic little villages of Malibu and Brentwood Hills, OK? What about a democrat that can win on political position and experience? What about a democrat that can find Humboldt County on a map? The last person on earth I would vote for to replace DiFi would be a republican, but I consider actors to be as bad and I will never vote for one, unless you can get Eastwood to call himself a democrat and run! We have REAL problems that cannot be written out of the script as AS thinks, we need someone with real governmental experience.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Why don't you do a little research and see how Reiner has been active in California politics before you dismiss him as an "idiot wealthy actor"?

:puke:

Julia Roberts?

I don't care how she votes, I think she represents all that is horribly self-absorbed, mediocre and overrated about Hollywood. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but she bugs the absolute livin' crap out of me. Surely there must be more intelligent folks ---with integrity, as opposed to a cheez-whiz padded resume-- in the film industry who would make the cut. Half the cast of the Big Lebowski, for example-- Jeff Bridges? Julianne Moore? Steve Buscemi, mayhaps?

How about Susan Sarandon? Elect her, it's two for one, like the Clintons. Tim Robbins comes along, too.

Ashley Judd. I can think of several thousand reasons I wouldn't mind seeing her on tv more.

Too bad Johnny Depp left the country. (Maybe he knows something we don't.)

I've got it! Harry Shearer!

But for gott seeeeks. Not Julia Roberts. Please.

and why isn't Gavin Newsom up there?

he defeated the Green Party candidate for his mayor's position.

blow-dried yuppie from the Marina (which represents a significant population that has somewhat overrun the once diverse and culturally interesting city of San Francisco) who wanted to get into the mayor's office on the backs of the homeless. Party, green or otherwise, didn't enter into it.

But I have more respect for the man now, and I understand that SF politics aren't the same as national politics. I wish we had more Dems. of national stature with the bravery that Gavin Newsom has displayed.

She's fighting the fights Democrats are afraid to fight. We need someone with integrity.

she says she actually voted against it?

http://slate.msn.com/id/2087313/

Some of these people make the best crusaders.

I like Huffington first, Waters second, Panetta, then Newsom.

It's becomming patently obvious that the media wants us to forget the Arnie coup in which the most able legislator and public servant for California in 40 years was overthrown even though he got more votes than any other candidate.

How quick they forget. But , I say Gray davis.
In your face, Grover!

But,he sure ran a silly campaign.He gave up areas as if he were working on electoral votes, when every vote counted. He didn't run a single ad in this area, and he had million$

Gray knew the right thing to do (seize the power companies) and he failed to do so because he thought the right-wingers would cream him. They creamed him anyway.

I agree, the GRID should have been siezed, emminent domain.

But really; they would have sent in the National Guard.

week-old noodle soup. And he didn't make any friends by cozying up with the prison guard union. Bottom line is, support for the guy didn't run real deep. That helped Arnold and Enron get the deed done.

He's a liberal, no doubt about that. But I heard he wants to run for the seat. He came from dead last to take the Secretary of State post.

:shrug:

Thanks.

He certainly pissed off some people who don't like to have their voting racket challenged.

how about Pelosi so Mark Leno can take her seat in Congress

She is currently the most powerful Democrat in the House. She would then become one of the least senior Senators.

After making a list, checking it twice, running through the options and the pluses and negatives, I conclude that the most qualified candidate for the job is..

ME!

I graciously, reluctantly, humbly accept.

(I got that Dick Cheney book, Candidate Selection For Dummies, see.. It's basically just two pieces of paper with a mirror between them.)

Now, about all them skeletons in the closet, there...