Dean supporters: who's your second choice?

[redeye]

Mine's Kucinich, but I guess that there are about as many Kerry second-placers as there are Kucinich second-placers.

[Khephra]

1. Clark or Kucinich

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[gully]

2. Kerry... N/T

[CMT]

3. it was Graham, but now it is Kucinich

I still like Graham, but the more I hear about DK the more I like him. followed by:
Graham
Gephardt
Mosley Braun
Edwards
Kerry
Lieberman
Sharpton

[StopTheMorans]

4. Kerry or Edwards

n/t

[BurtWorm]

5. Kerry

then Clark.

I like Kucinich but don't like his odds.

[Doomsayer13]

6. Kerry

I'm miffed at the Dean bash Kerry/Kerry bash Dean threads. I like both candidates.

[Mr. McD]

7. Probably Kucinich

[Kazak]

8. Kucinich...

No question, but I don't see him being elected... :(

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. Kerry

[Bandit]

10. Kerry

I love Kucinich but pragmatism tells me he won't win any nomination anytime soon. I would have to go with Kerry as our second best chance to win the Presidency. I have a built in problem with any Army lifer, Referring to Clark.

[indigo32]

11. Gep

unless Clark jumps in. I know a little about Clark, but will reassess further at that point. Dean will NOT be moved from first by that event though.

[Atlant]

12. Kerry.

My choice (under the current circumstances) would be Kerry, but
that's, as the pollsters say, a "soft" choice.

I'd dump Kerry for Gore in half-a-heartbeat.

Politically, I ought to line up more closely with Kucinich, but
I believe he's unelectable.

I might be woo-able to Clark, but I'm not even going to think
about that as long as Howard Dean is running.

I would actively work against Lieberman, Edwards, and probably
Graham.

Atlant

[redeye]

17. If Gore ran...

...would you put him between Dean and Kerry or right above Dean?

[Atlant]

26. That's an interesting question.

> If Gore ran, would you put him between Dean and Kerry or right above Dean?

That's an interesting question.

I really like the idea of Gore coming back and kicking shrub in
the most hurtful place possible: the ballot box. This would have the
character of a traditional Greek tragedy writ large, where the evil
schemer really does get his come-uppance in exactly the best way
that the Fates could deliver it. And I really like Al Gore as both
a candidate and a person; he's far better in both ways than his 2000
media portrayal would have led anyone to believe.

But the media know just how to slime Al. And they had so much fun
doing it in 2000 that you can be damned-sure they'd try to do it
again in 2004.

I don't think they know quite what to do with Howard Dean, at least
not yet. So if he gets "embedded" in the public consciousness now,
he probably can't be slimed quite as effectively later.

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I know my wife doesn't want to see another Gore run, for many of the
reasons I just enunciated. And I value her opinion.

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All things considered, I'm pretty sure my selection order would be:

1. Dean
   
2. Gore
   
3. Kerry
   
   

Again, this omits consideration of Clark, at least for now.

Atlant

[LuminousX]

13. Kerry or Clark

nt

[Stuckinthebush]

14. Clark, Kerry, Kucinich, Gephardt, Edwards

In that order.

Again - I will vote for whoever wins the nomination and I support them all for agreeing to take on this president.

[slackmaster]

15. Sharpton

Frankly I think Dean is the only Democratic candidate who has any chance of beating GWB by a skulduggery-proof margin.

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

16. Edwards

Not really happy with any of them who voted for the war, and DK is too left for me. Once Clark joins the race I'll give him a look.

[alpizzy]

18. Kerry....

Clark if he runs.

[Crowdance]

19. Kerry. n/t

[NeonLX]

20. Pretty much anybody but Joe Blow Lieberman. eom

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[DoctorMyEyes]

27. "Pretty much anybody but Joe Blow Lieberman"

I'll second that!

[Demobrat]

21. Anybody but Bush.

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[redeye]

30. You haven't answered my question

Who's your favorite candidate, next to Dean (since you replied to this thread I'm assuming Dean's your first choice)?

[Demobrat]

39. Kucinich.

Assuming you want to know who I like the best, not who I think is most viable.

[western mass]

22. Kucinich

But in the real world, Kerry.

[Stoic]

23. Kerry

Graham, Gephardt. I like Clark but I don't think he has any coat-tails to bring more Dems into Congress.

[markus]

24. Kerry, Graham.

ABBB(EJL) really.

[WillyT]

25. My Heart Says Kucinich --- My Brain Says Kerry !!!

How's that for fudging the answer, LOL???

:shrug:

[HFishbine]

28. Kerry

followed by Clark.

[helleborient]

29. Kucinich...maybe Clark if he's in

[CWebster]

31. Never

Kerry

[dean4america]

32. in this order

Clark, Kerry, Gephardt.... though I am slowly losing my patience with Clark and his coyness, enough so that Kerry may be tied with him.

[Kanola]

33. Clark if he runs or Kerry

[Eloriel]

34. No second choice at all n/t

.

[ElementaryPenguin]

35. Clark. Actually, I've got Dean and Clark in a deadheat.

eom

[DFLforever]

36. Graham

then Kucinich/Kerry

[KCDem]

37. at this point, Kerry.

But that could change.

[RamboLiberal]

38. My order would be

Clark
Kerry
Edwards

Unless there's a great unknown Dem out there I think the remaining Dems couldn't win - sorry Kucinich fans.

[hedda_foil]

40. No second choice ... I'll vote for anybody but Lieberman

But NOT with the sense of joy and commitment that I bring to Dean.

[JaneQPublic]

41. Anyone But Bush

They're all good folks. If not Dean, I'd work to get any one of them elected -- but definitely not with the passion and fervor as I would if Dean were the nominee.

[redeye]

43. I'm talking about the primary, not the general

Suppose Dean drops out two days before your state's primary. Who do you vote for in that case?

[JaneQPublic]

44. Then give me a dart board... (n/t)

[Room101]

42. Clark, I still need to learn more about him though

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[shanti]

45. at this point, clark

but he's still pretty unknown to me...

[Capn Sunshine]

46. Kerry or Edwards

electable?

[maggrwaggr]

47. Clark or Kucinich

I think kerry's too inside-the-beltway, talks-out-both-sides-of-his-mouth

[ThorsteinVeblen]

48. Anyone but Kerry, Lieberman, Gephardt or Kucinich.

[mandyky]

49. No longer have a second choice

Originally I'd have supported Kerry and Kucinich, but all the bashing here has me even more determined to get Dean elected. Same with Clark supporters, but Clark will make a great VP.

Except for Lieberman I will vote for anyone in the general election, but enthusiastically support - I doubt it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

50. Sharpton

He's actually my first choice. Kerry and the other 3 dwarves who voted for Bush's invasion won't get my vote at all, if we are unfortunate enough to be stuck with any of them.