Who is your choice for 2008? Put your money where your political beliefs are.

[Sapphire Blue]

Poll question: Who is your choice for 2008? Put your money where your political beliefs are.

Which 2008 Democratic presidential candidate do you support?

Learn more about the declared 2008 Democratic presidential candidates, or if you're already decided, contribute:

Joe Biden: http://www.joebiden.com/home

Hillary Clinton: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

Chris Dodd: http://www.chrisdodd.com/home

John Edwards: http://johnedwards.com/

Mike Gravel: http://www.gravel2008.us/

Dennis Kucinich: http://kucinich.us/

Barack Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/

Bill Richardson: http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/

[NMDemDist2]

1. none of them are getting a penny from me yet

if I had some spare $$ I'd send it to Al Franken

i'm leaning edwards, but not enough to toss $$$ at him although his new energy policy is increasing my tilt....

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Al Gore! Wes Clark!

Too early for us to send anyone you've listed cash.

[H2O Man]

3. I have donated

to four of them so far. I'm keeping an open mind. I look forward to a great primary season.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Money? This poll has a fee?

:)

[Cleita]

5. Seems like Dennis Kucinich is most popular, but

since it seems that the Democrats will run Hillary at the end of the day, I wonder if Dennis should run as a Green? I think he would have a far better chance than Ralph Nader and I'm not even worried about the spoiler effect. The GOP are toast. No matter whom they run, they won't win as long as they don't steal the 2008 election, so the race would be between Hillary and Dennis in an honest one.

Okay, flame me. I'm just having brain farts right now.

[Kelly Rupert]

7. Right now,

the GOP candidates are polling about where the Dem ones are. It isn't a sure thing, and the last thing we need as Nader's legacy leaves the White House is for Kucinich to open the door for McCain.

[Cleita]

8. McCain won't be the RNC candidate. He isn't fascist enough for

them. Look for Newt Gingrich to start coming on the scene.

[Initech]

11. Newt is one scary individual.

The one guy who said that he'd vote to suppress the first amendment would easily be the most fascist choice for the RNC if that were the case.

[Cleita]

17. Newt is reinventing himself into a softer, friendlier Newt.

Hell, Bush BS'd his way into running for President. Newt can too. I think the RNC does not like McCain and will not back him that heartily, but Newt is their wet dream come true.

[Initech]

32. All I have to say is - if Newt gets the nom, I'm outta here.

I'll apply for citizenship in another country faster than you can blink. It will be the '00 elections (which forced upon us 8 years of Resident Bush) all over again.

[Cleita]

33. You won't have to, because even if Newt is the candidate

and even if he lies all through the campaign pretending to be a centrist, he won't win in a fair election. This is where we have to concentrate our efforts in having fair elections.

Randi Rhodes came up with something off the wall today about the firing of the prosecutors because of election 2008. She thinks that uncooperative, although Republican, lawyers are being replaced by loyalists so that the Republicans can go into races with close winning numbers and accuse the Democrats of election cheating. The loyal prosecutors of course will rule that the Democrats cheated unlike the deposed prosecutors who didn't find any election irregularities when accused by Republican losers.

She said she got the idea from a speech Karl Rove made about how to win election 2008. I wouldn't put it past them. It is more important than ever to have verified vote counts so no one can yell foul.

[Kelly Rupert]

13. There's a laugh.

Newt Gingrich is the Dennis Kucinich of the RNC. Sure, the party faithful love him, and he's unapologetic in his stances. But he has about as much chance of being elected as my dog does.

(note: I am not comparing the two men policy-wise, or character-wise).

The Republicans are running away from the Bush mold this election. McCain, Rudy, and Romney all, in their own way, represent a break from the Bush legacy, though they each have their own attachments to 43 (McCain on the war, Rudy on terrorism/executive authority, Romney on social issues). The last thing the Republicans need is Newt.

[Cleita]

15. Surprise, surprise. Newt is reinventing himself for public

consumption. A few months ago Discover magazine did an interview with him where he posed as an environmentalist and non-creationist. :wow:

He has no problem lying to get where he wants to get but underneath it all he's the same old fascist.

[Kelly Rupert]

22. He can pose all he wants,

but there's simply too much slime on him. It would be like Tom DeLay "re-inventing himself" to run for President.

[Forkboy]

18. I seriously don't ever see DK becoming a Green

I think even an Independent would be a stretch,to be honest.

[Cleita]

20. You are probably right, but I wouldn't mind him changing

his mind if he doesn't win the primary.

[WI_DEM]

23. First DK would not run as a Green and you're wrong it would have a spoiler effect.

I don't know why so many people think '08 is going to be a piece of cake when all the polls show the major republican candidates either neck and neck with the top democrats or ahead of them--and this is at a time when Bush is at an all-time low and the war is as unpopular as ever.

[DemBones DemBones]

25. Dennis won't run as a Green, he supported the nominee in 2004.

Of course, anything's possible. He might change his mind this time around but he's always been a loyal Democrat.

Too bad the rest of the Dems in Congress aren't as loyal to Dem principles as Dennis is. I wouldn't blame him for deciding the Party left him when they moved to the center and I'd support him if he ran on a third party ticket.

[Cleita]

27. I'm thinking many more would support him than supported

Ralph Nader. It's just exponential.

[DemBones DemBones]

38. I'd hope so. If they ever got to hear him,

I think they would. The media continue to marginalize him, just as they did last time around.

[Kelly Rupert]

6. I'm not sending a dollar

until the general election. I don't care who wins the primary nearly as much as I care that the Dem nominee wins the White House.

[LSK]

12. donate to the DNC or DSCC or DCCC meanwhile

Getting a filibuster proof Senate is as important as the Dem nominee.

[Kelly Rupert]

14. More important, I'd say. n/t

[MGKrebs]

35. Yes. If you can't decide yet, donate to the DNC.

They will help build the infrastructure and build the constituency that will get Dems elected.

If you want a revolution, talk to this guy:
http://www.fibcsocialjusticeforum.org/more/index.cfm?Fuseaction=more_13952

If you want to strengthen the Party, send some money and volunteer.

Or both!

[Initech]

9. Gore is my first choice, then Kucinich is second.

I would get behind a Gore / Clark campaign or a Kucinich / Edwards campaign. Both of those would be winning tickets, no question.

[LSK]

10. John Edwards

[SharonRB]

16. Al Gore

If he doesn't run, Richardson.

[Southsideirish]

24. Gore/Richardson in '08!

[SharonRB]

31. I like the way you think!

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. Other: ask me again in about July or August next year....

we've got wayyyyyyyyy more pressing issues right now than who's going to run in '08. But... if I had to vote right now... John Edwards would be my pick.

[Beaverhausen]

21. I've contributed to Edwards already

might send a bit more by friday.

[IChing]

26. I already gave all the money I have in the bank to

Vilsak

I'm holding off with the rest of my sofa money until this summer.

[blondeatlast]

28. All of them at this point--I'm delighted that there is such a broad field. nt

[ThomWV]

29. Gore

[Catherine Vincent]

30. A Democrat!

[DesertRat]

34. My first choice is Gore, but if he doesn't run

I choose Richardson.

[Cobalt Violet]

36. I've donated.

I will donate again.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

37. Wes Clark or Al Gore

n/t