Look at MSNBC's front page

[CatWoman]

So even tho Bush* sucks to high heaven, people still don't want to elect a democrat?

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[diplomats]

4. The problem is there's no Dem frontrunner

and the field's too large for inroads to be made. I just hope when a prospective nominee emerges he'll have an effective campaign to exploit Bush's obvious weaknesses.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Yep. There's a big void to fill

and Kerry will do nicely IMHO.

[rasputin1952]

19. But that will change...

we have to go throught he 'culling' process, and as painful as that may be for some of the supporters of their candidates, it is a necessary evil.

Personally, I hope that Wesley Clark gets into the fray, that would change things considerably. He could lose the nomination, but of all the possible prospects out there, he seems to be the best at this point.

Of course, I could run too, but I hate to bring perfection to politics.

[otohara]

2. Nukular Bomb Company Spin

Pay no attention to the librul media. They hate the democrats.

[Jacobin]

3. Message:

Smirk is an incompetent lying idiot (but puhhleeeze, no Dems)

Goddamned corporate media has killed this country.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. You know

We are seeing a historic shift in the media... this is stradling, we will see this change fast for real news.

Right Wing Teevee is not selling

[Nottingham]

6. The Bottom line is Bush is dropping and dropping

and he can't stop it :bounce:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. So even though a Democratic president gave America an unprecedented

period of growth, the Dems get no boost from this. I don't know whether to attribute this to:
a) The state of the unchallenging media
b) public aloofness
c) The inability of the Dems to craft a clear unified message.

[Maccagirl]

8. All of the above NSMA

n/t

[karlschneider]

10. Polls indicate Dumbya is only 7 or 8 points against an UN-NAMED Dem

that has to be scary to Rove & company...
;-)

[LuminousX]

11. What are they saying?

Every American may want Bush removed from office but in now way would they vote for a Dem (even though a vast majority of the people voted Dem in 2000)?

[dweller]

13. they are self-justifying

their complicity in the 2000 selection.
whores, all o' them!
liars...look: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3556&mesg_id=3556&page=

reporting a story they have debunked already in the past...as a diversion...

dp


edit:updated

[booksenkatz]

14. Maybe...

...they've all gone Green?
:shrug:

[Imalittleteapot]

12. Just wait 'till people meet our fine Dem candidates.

They will come around! Tables will turn unless, god forbid, Bush gives them something else to be afraid of. :bounce:

[Rose Siding]

17. Exactly! Where is the general public supposed to have

learned anything about the alternatives? It's been Bush Bush Bush walks on water in the media since Sept '01! And STILL the people are detecting a problem.

This isn't the middle of any campaign season. It is early even for primaries.

msnbc is just propagating the myth that the Dems aren't an option.

[bocadem]

15. We need, desperately, to stand behind one democrat.

For me that one guy is Howard Dean.

Unfortunately we are strong minded people and tend to vote with our hearts.. so it's unlikely we will all agree.

*sigh*

[tkmorris]

16. Hiya Bocadem

Welcome to DU :hi:

By the way....is that a Boca Raton reference? I'm in Delray myself. :)

[newyawker99]

18. Hi bocadem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[EOTE]

20. I think this is to be expected....

It's ridiculous that the media is making a big deal about the number of democratic candidates. The repugs had quite a few candidates in the 1996 election, and oh yeah, in the 2000 election too. They didn't make a big deal about it then because, oh yeah, they're republicans. Of course most of the candidates won't have great name recognition, there's 9 of them, most of them are not Washington insiders, and it's like 16 months until the election. Wait until the field is culled a little bit and the dynamics will change drastically. Once people start seeing a good deal of the primary candidates and how their vision of America is so drastically preferable to shrub's, they'll jump ship like there's no tomorrow.