I really cannot make an educated guess as to who the democrats would pick other than Gore/Lieberman for the party's nomination. That is of course, assuming the two run together again. In looking at some of the others mentioned, they
seem the most qualified to me. And as Lemonite and Someone said, Lieberman is favorable in my opinion because of his stance on the war effort.
However, Al Gore keeps testing the water to both warm up to the democrats that are supporting the war and Bush and the liberals who are vehemently aginst the whole thing. After the war began Gore was making speeches to promote the
Axis of Evil philosophy and to seemingly support Bush. Yet more recently he has been making speeches condeming Bush's handling of the war and anything else he can think of.
Still Lieberman has not changed his views, to my knowledge. If Lieberman does not run with Mr. Gore or anyone else then perhaps we ( the GOP) could trade for him with John McStain, a wolf in sheep's skin
(thanks to Bama and Lemonite for helping me see this)
As for the rest of the Democratic Party, the thought of
DICK Gephardt getting the nomination makes me violently ill. And please, nobody else use the name of Hillary Clinton in the same sentence with "candidate" or "nomination" again. I'm begging you for GOD's sake
Having said this, whomever gets the nod I will vote
against in favor of Bush/Cheney (or Bush/Guiliani??????
). Should Bush ask Guiliani to be VP (and they win) then I think we won't have to worry about terrorism for at least another 12 years and beyond. Something tells me Rudy would passionately eradicate this filth from the planet, wiping the Twin Towers' dust off of his jacket once and for all
However, if the Democrats win the Presidental election in 2004, then my President and Commander in Chief will be a Democrat and I
will support them. Like Diamond stated, I hope they get someone (not just decent) great in the event they win.
Good thread btw!