Welp... Tsongas, Bradley, Clark, Edwards, and now O'Malley

[Recursion]

Looks like having my support at the start of the primaries is the kiss of death.

[Glorfindel]

1. Me, too...especially Tsongas

What a President he would have made!

[Recursion]

12. I was angry at the health attacks at the time (I was 16), but in the event

he did die before the end of his hypothetical 2nd term, so maybe there was a point there.

[actslikeacarrot]

2. Haha I know the feeling.

trying to convince family, friends and acquaintances to vote for Martin was like pulling teeth. The dem side has really only been a two person race. I started a sanders supporter but switched.

[askew]

3. I had Brown, Dean, O'Malley

The only one I picked right in my lifetime was Obama and I am still shocked he won.

This is the most heartbroken I've been though. Knowing that we've lost an opportunity for a president who passionately supports immigration reform and would make it one of his top priorities breaks my heart. I look at the other two candidates and am so incredibly disappointed.

[Flying Phoenix]

4. You deserve a lot of kudos

for sticking with your man. I did on another thread!

[cali]

5. Lol. I know the feeling.

[Arazi]

6. At least we know how much to weigh your input here

based on your stunning predictions so far...

[Recursion]

7. I think Tsongas, Bradley, or Clark would have been better than whom we went with those years

So I'll stick by that support, personally...

In fairness, about Edwards I even actually said "He has all of Clinton's strengths, without the womanizing!" On that, I'll cop to an "oops" moment.

[Arazi]

13. I apologize for my mean spirited comment last night

No excuses.



MOM supporters have my deepest respect and sympathy. My comment was snarky and mean.

[Recursion]

16. No worries

Primaries are an emotional time. Democrats Abroad vote on March 1st, and although voting there would disqualify me from voting absentee in DC, I'll probably do it since March 1 looks like a rough day for Sanders and I figure he could use some help.

[Arazi]

19. You're a good egg

Thanks for being so gracious

[tazkcmo]

29. You are too.

It's easy to be snarky but much harder to admit being wrong about it. Been there done that! Good on you for owning your words/actions!

[Recursion]

32. Back atchya

Let it all be forgotten in the flood of Republican tears we cause this November.

[redwitch]

14. The Two Americas speech made me an Edwards supporter.

He made me so sad, I thought he was the real deal.

[Recursion]

23. Same here. And I copped to my "oops" on that above.

But, yeah, that was incredibly disappointing. I think his "two Americas" framing would have been unbelievably powerful, and still could be.

[redwitch]

31. I think Bernie has been saying it all along.

Really hoping Iowa has perked up the ears of people who haven't been listening to the news. It is amazing to me that more people don't pay closer attention to politics and what is happening in the world around him. I admit to being a junkie.

[alcina]

38. To be fair

Edwards was a philanderer, not a womanizer.

He was also my favorite candidate. Phone-banked for him to the bitter end. As noted elsewhere in this thread, his Two Americas platform was beautiful. Strangely (or not), the most vicious opposition I ever got was from Hillary supporters. Irony, I guess.

[Renew Deal]

18. It's not a prediction.

This is who the guy supports. And there are some good choices there

[Recursion]

20. And some bad ones. But I was younger then

Arazi and I reached a detente on this, so no more need be said.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Don't feel bad.

I favored Mike Gravel.

[Recursion]

9. I really liked him in the debates (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

11. He's a smart man.

He was my senator when I first moved to Alaska. I always admired him for reading the Pentagon Papers into the congressional record.

[Armstead]

10. Sorry, you were a trouper -- and I'm familiar with that feeling

[bigwillq]

15. LaRouche, Bradley, Dean, Kucinich

I know how you feel.

[Recursion]

17. Wait, seriously LaRouche?

I don't know that I've ever met someone who voted for him!

[Hortensis]

35. No internet then. I knew a couple who admired the

face LaRouche presented on TV and would have been shocked if they'd seen the real, extremist one he kept for his true believers.. I thought he sounded interesting on some interview show -- until i was interested enough to go read, and then whoa! There are probably a number of ex- brief LaRouchies here. He was a very clever left-wing nut-creep. The Democratic Party refused to let him run on our ticket.

[bklyncowgirl]

21. Let's see...My losers: Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, Jerry Brown (twice), Bill Richardson, Howard Dean

Bill Bradley too.

Gary Hart was the worst because of the way he lost. Obama was the only winner I voted for in the primaries but that was because my first choice had dropped out.

I have a bunch of campaign buttons which I hope to some day mount and frame and call it my wall of losers.

[Recursion]

22. Oh, I *LOVED* Richardson!!!

He was actually my first choice that year before it became absolutely clear that it was not realistic. What's he up to now, anyways? We need another bearded President!

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. Damn you. Why didn't you support Hillary?

[Recursion]

25. Hell, at this point I'm considering backing Trump just to send my curse his way (nt)

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. I support this ^

[JustAnotherGen]

26. Me to

On Bradley, Clark, Edwards, and O'Malley.

[Recursion]

27. Aren't we roughly the same age?

I was 16 for Tsongas, so that "support" was entirely moral.

[JustAnotherGen]

28. Possibly

1973 - first election was 92.

[Recursion]

30. '76 here. Literally on the bicentennial

Red white and blue baby room. Still gives me nightmares.

I volunteered for the party in '92 but couldn't vote; I supported Tsongas before he dropped out.

[Odin2005]

33. I was Dean (loss) and Obama (win)

So I'm 50/50?

[RobinA]

36. Dukakis Voter Here

I was hoping to vote for O'Malley in the PA primary, but figured he probably wouldn't get that far. I always wonder at who gets traction and who doesn't. I mean, why Sanders (who I have nothing against) but not O'Malley?

[OriginalGeek]

39. I can't speak for everybody

but I have been hearing of (and liking) Bernie for years and years. I never heard of O'Malley until this election cycle so he wasn't on my radar at all. But I like what I hear from him. He'd be my second choice.

[FSogol]

37. Carter, Hart, Tsongas, Richardson, O'Malley.