Hypotheticly if a Kerry/Edwards ticket develops where will your vote go?

[wheresthemind]

I have been a little disturbed by the responses to Iowa on this board last night and people wanting to jump ship if their nominee is not chosen.

Just hypothetically if a Kerry/Edwards ticket develops where will your vote go?

[BurtWorm]

1. Let's see who actually wins the primaries first.

I'd rather not be forced to make this decision now. ;)

[wheresthemind]

2. I aggree....

I just want to see that its just a few people who would think of jumping ship if its not their candidate.

[Warpy]

5. I disagree

We need to keep our eyes on the prize, and my cat would be better than Bush. Kerry/Edwards would likely be DLC business as usual, but even that is better than four more years of eroded civil rights, degraded environment, international bungling, and incessantly fattened rich people.

[BurtWorm]

6. I may make that decision if forced to.

I'd rather not be forced to just yet. I still have hope for a meaningful general election campaign.

[Stefkaskid]

3. Kerry/Edwards

Actually, that is the exact ticket I WOULD like to see!

[Nicholas_J]

14. I think

Kerry/Edwards will be a good ticket if Kerry is the nominee, but If Edwards is the nominee, it may be a good decision for Kerry to stay put in Congress, as he would be able to do more in the Senate to back up Edwards platform, than he could as V.P.

Then again in the case of Edwards/Kerry or Kerry/Edwards, there is a very good shot at eight years of both as President giving 16 years of consecutive Democrats in the White House, which would give them time to start to retake first the Senate, and then the House.


In Iowa, Edwards and Kerry have garnered 70 percent of the Democratic vote, and they will most certainly be the recipients of Gephardts votes bringing the total support for these two to 81 percent.

As a matter of fact, from a 3 day survey of 1000 Voters in Iowa from Jan 16-18, the results for who people considered as their second choice were as follows:

Table 2: Second preference

Question: Which candidate would be your next choice in the event your candidate was not eligible for consideration in later rounds of the caucus process?

John Kerry 25 percent
John Edwards 25 percent
Dick Gephardt 18 percent
Howard Dean 11 percent
Wesley Clark 2 percent
Dennis Kucinich 2 percent
Joe Lieberman 1 percent
Undecided 16 percent


http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040119/clm036_1.html

This indicates that both Kerry and Edwards supporters are most likely to support each other's as nominee if either wins.

Out of the top 4 candidates in Iowa, and now the top 3, Edwards and Kerry seem to be most respectful of each other, and neither have engaged in any sort of negative campaigning towards each other. Kerry and Edwards have been most supportive of each other when euther has been attacked by other candidates, and their platforms are the most similar of any two candidates, particularly their fiscal platforms, which is partly responsible for them going from rather distant third and 4th place candidatesin Iowa ten days before the caucus, to both of them being way out in front yesterday.

Yes, either way this would be a very winning campaign, and I cant help but thinking that it is an idea that has been percolating behind the scenes for a while and has played a small part in Edwards decision to not run for the Senate, as if he wins the nomination and beats Bush, he is president, and if Kerry wins the nomination Edwards gets the V.P. slot if Kerry wins, and the combination of the two would now appear to be a combination that would have a very, very overwhelming chance of beating out Bush, given the results they both got in Iowa.

[BOSSHOG]

4. I'm a little confused but what the hell?

If my candidate, General Clark, does not get the nomination and Kerry/Edwards is the democratic ticket I will work my ass off to ensure that Kerry/Edwards gets elected.

Yo my Fellow Democrats: Do we have a starting rotation and bullpen to take the series or what? Dean, Edwards, Kerry, Clark, Kucinich. I must admit not being a Lieberman or Sharpton fan, however, take the first five, put two together as P/VP and I ask, are they not head and shoulders better than what the other guys offer America? Just asking - my Fellow Democrats!

[rock]

7. Now that the field has cleared a little

I'm voting for whoever the Dem party nominates. (Joe and Gep were both concerns to me).

[incapsulated]

8. It goes to the nominee, period

And I can't say what I think of those who say otherwise without getting banned.

[WildClarySage]

ABB

all the way to the house, with whoever isn't *

[WildClarySage]

9. ABB

all the way to the house, with whoever isn't *

[FreeperSlayer]

10. You down with ABB?

You need to be!

[emulatorloo]

11. I will support the Democratic Ticket

I really like the idea of Kerry/Edwards, but I will support and work for whoever is the nominee. We cannot afford 4 more years of GWB.

[AntiCoup2K4]

12. I will not vote for Skull & Bones and PNAC

period.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Right there with it.

That's a strong ticket. I still like my guy better, but hey. We can't always get what we want.

Kerry: proven Democratic leadership, national security background, makes Bush look like a coward.
Edwards: good message, charismatic, will be a great President in 8 years.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. "The grass is Greener.." they say.

If the pro-war duo in any combination gets the nomination, I'll be checking out that old saying.