Curious... January 1992.... before the first primary/caucus vote was cast

[salin]

who was your initial choice for top of the ticket?

I was taken with the ideas of Sen. Tsongas - and a focus on reviving the industrial economic engines of our economy. And you?

[pmbryant]

1. I don't really recall, but I know it wasn't Clinton

It was probably Jerry Brown. I think I liked Tsongas as well.

:shrug:

--Peter

[jeter]

2. I remember hating Clinton

I supported Brown I think.

[Cocoa]

6. me too

I supported Harkin, and I didn't see Clinton's appeal, I thought he was appointed by unseen forces to be the front-runner.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. My top 2 were Tsongas and Bradley

I can't even remember which I voted for.

[Brucey]

4. Jerry Brown.

[Chomskyite]

5. Clinton

But I was born, raised and educated in Arkansas.

[ulysses]

7. Tsongas.

I still think "President Tsongas" has a nice ring to it...

[proud patriot]

8. Tom Harkin

:-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. I barely noticed, believe it or not

I was still too turned off by my local county party organization putting me on "ignore" (so to speak, by taking me off the mailing list despite repeated requests to be reinstated) because I disagreed vocally with the hawks about Central America.

The bitterness I felt after that lasted until 2000. I remained interested in international affairs, but I was lukewarm toward Clinton and didn't feel motivated to do anything until the threat of Bush II came along.

So I don't think I really had a preference at that point.

When Clinton won, I was home alone. All I felt was relief at getting rid of the Republicans.

[xxqqqzme]

10. by the time the primary got 2 CA

it was decided but I liked Clinton early. I liked what he was saying about higher education...my daughter was starting college and my son would B ready in 5 years. As a single mom, I knew I couldn't afford it or even help them very much. So his college position was important 2 me.

BTW, my daughter is now a pre-school teacher - 3 & 4 yr olds. She has always wanted to get kids excited about learning very early and she loves it!

[DemPopulist]

11. Clinton

I wasn't actually old enough to vote yet (I turned 16 that month). But I started rooting for Clinton after a month or so of post-Cuomo mourning - just before the Gennifer Flowers thing broke. I liked Harkin and Kerrey too, but Clinton really started to stand out for me because of his charisma.

[pmbryant]

12. not-so-subtle kick

Curious what others have to say on this...

:kick: