If these three were really our choices for the nomination.... Clinton, Obama, and Edwards....

[Bucky]

Poll question: If these three were really our choices for the nomination.... Clinton, Obama, and Edwards....

I'm not saying I think this will be who it comes down to. I think Obama already is looking like a flash in the pan. I strongly suspect Mrs Clinton has a glass jaw and will give us a disappointing performance in Iowa and New Hampshire. Edwards is a little more road tested as a candidate, but Democrats aren't usually inclined to give former also-rans a second shot (as Ed Muskie and Gary Hart can attest).



But that said, if the circus act comes to your state next winter/spring and these are the last three acrobats on the wire, who would you vote for?

[AtomicKitten]

1. Those are three good-looking Democrats!

[helderheid]

23. absolutely! I can't decide!!

[jaxx]

2. It's going to be an interesting next 2 years.

[Ayesha]

3. Edwards

I support Edwards most out of the three; I also like Obama but he needs more experience. I think he'd make a good VP candidate though.

Hillary is either too conservative or hiding her liberal leanings to attract more voters. Either way, I won't be voting for her in the primaries. I don't hate her but she's not my top choice and I think she's too polarizing. She does good work as a Senator and I'd prefer to see her stay there for now.

[AtomicKitten]

20. your sig line pictures

are nice but seem to indicate a woman's place is not in the White House.

[alarimer]

22. I like Obama as VP too

I wonder if maybe he is setting himself up for that. It seems like one of the unsuccessful primary candidates usually ends up as VP most of the time.

[illinoisprogressive]

4. I live in Illinois and believe me, Obama is no flash. He still generates

as much support and excitement as he did in 04. It is sustained and for good reason. he has done alot of work for us. Hillary has not sponsored or co sponsored any legislation in 6 years.
I do not like the new style slick willie feel I get from Edwards.
But, I do know for a fact that obama is the real deal. He has the chops and an impressive legislative record to boot.

[More Than A Feeling]

5. I can't wait to feel his charisma in person.

Edwards is going to be a tough act to follow, but if anyone can match his brilliant powers of persuasion, its Obama.

[Bucky]

13. "Hillary has not sponsored any legislation in 6 years" - Please check facts before making statements

It took me 60 seconds on a dial up computer to figure our you were talking out of your ass. Mrs Clinton has sponsored lots of bills. I disagree with a lot of them, but saying she hasn't done anything is just "truthiness" (ie, a flat out lie).

[ingac70]

6. Gotta have a southern accent to win in the South!!

And pray that Guilliani is the Repub candidate against him to keep the Theocrats home on election day!!!!

[Bucky]

10. They'll never nominate Giuliani.

The idea of Rudy Giuliani getting the nomination next year is laughable. When all the skels come flying out of his closet, the entertainment will be nonstop. The Leno and Letterman jokes will practically write themselves. When the elephant dust clears, they'll nominate McCain or possibly Brownback.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. Edwards/Clinton '08

I could go with that.

[Bucky]

11. Clinton as vice president? I don't see it. It has all the negative of her as president...

....and none of the pluses.

[MasterDarkNinja]

8. I'd vote for Obama, but I like Edwards a lot to

[mahina]

9. well I voted but I have to say

it's fun to think about for a second, between bouts of actual work in our districts and counties. That is what we can do now that will help- build the democratic community, starting yesterday.
Thanks.

[CrazyForKucinich]

12. Obama...the only anti-death penalty candidate out of the 3

I'd vote for Edwards in the General. I won't vote for Clinton under any circumstance.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. Why?

I'm honestly trying to understand the practical difference between Clinton and Edwards.

Clinton is vilified here for three main things:

1) voted for the IRW
2) voted for the 2001 Bankruptcy Bill
3) the DLC


Edwards not only voted for the IRW, but co-sponsored it.
He, too, voted for the 2001 Bankruptcy Bill
He, too, was a member of the DLC.

Why is he so much more acceptable?

[AtomicKitten]

19. You posed a provocative question

that I see no one has answered .... and that silence speaks volumes.

[GreenArrow]

26. yeah, why...what's the difference?

I don't get people ragging on Hillary and then creaming their jeans over John Edwards, when Edwards' record is roughly the same, arguably even worse.

Out of the three listed in the Original Post, Obama is the only one warranting consideration. And while I'm inclined not to vote for anyone who voted for IWR, to say nothing of co-sponsoring it, I'd vote Clinton before Edwards, largely for reasons of competence.

[Cameron27]

27. Why?

Because Clinton's a handy dandy smokescreen used to hide the flaws of certain other candidates (at least on DU). Edwards is MORE culpable than Clinton, since he actually co-sponsored the IWR, yet it's the "let's muck up-Hillary bandwagon" that everyone jumps on.

[solinvictus]

15. John Edwards...

because he's a Southerner and since JFK, all winning Democratic presidential candidates have been Southerners.

[Neshanic]

16. Edwards is Hillary in drag, so no diff there. After the freeps get info on Obama...

it will be Obama who?

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Edwards, then Obama, then Hillary. But it's going to be AL GORE, and he's gonna win.

Mark my words.

[adadem]

18. That's my prayer n/t

[FlaGranny]

25. Ditto! n/t

[Seabiscuit]

21. It happily appears that DU is Edwards country. n/t

[Toucano]

24. Nobody is more "road tested" than Hillary Clinton.

I'm not advocating for her, mind you. I'm simply pointing out that she's about as vetted as any human being can be, having lived her life under a microscope for, what 25 years?

[helderheid]

28. Right now, Obama as he was always against the Iraq invasion, then Edwards, last Clinton.