Jimmy Carter in '08

[LSparkle]

OK, I may be dreaming, but he only served one term so couldn't he run again? Just as the country turned to him post-Watergate, this nation now needs a down-to-earth, honest, EXPERIENCED, principled NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER to lead us out of the quagmire of the Bush era.

LET'S DRAFT HIM!

[ananda]

1. No, not as Prez..

.. but rather as a very powerful diplomat.

Carter makes a great ex-president.

[benburch]

2. I think you have no idea exactly how old and feeble he really is.

He hides it well, but he is clearly not physically up to the job now, and certainly will not be in '08.

[ISUGRADIA]

3. i'd rather have an 84 year old secretary of state than an 84 year

old president.

[vespucci]

4. I had never

thought about that before....but I LOVE Jimmy Carter and voted for
him the first time.....do you think he would consider it?.........
Maybe Mondale would jump in as well?

[LSparkle]

9. I'd love to see John Edwards as his Veep ... brings youth to ticket

[EndElectoral]

5. Why not Tom Harken?

Same type, a vet and form the Plains states

[ISUGRADIA]

6. I think Tom's chance came and passed in 1992. He'll be busy in his

Senate reelection campaign in 2008. 1992 all the heavyweight candidates passed early on and Harkin still did poorly.

[pstans]

22. That would be Harkin, not Harken

the energy company the Bu$h family was involved with is called Harken.

[radio4progressives]

7. No. It would be too much of a deja vu with the timing of the last time he

held office.

oh, please. no.

Carter makes an excellent Ambassador, statesmen. He's good for America, but the brownshirts would do him in.

He's a gentle spirit, so let's not go down that road again.

[WI_DEM]

8. Carter's not interested

his life has been very full, eventful and productive as an ex-president and at his age I think that is what he wants.

[leveymg]

11. Jimma, is that you?

Just kidding. ;) I'd love to have a chat with him, though. So, if you're listening, you know where you can find me.

[rogerashton]

10. I'd support him, but ....

n/t

[Loonman]

12. Uhhhhh....

You weren't around during the Carter presidency, I take it....


If so, you must have been doing some kickass drugs.

[LSparkle]

13. Wrong .. I was around ...

Yes, we had problems, but it was because Carter was a realist and called for sacrifice -- shared sacrifice. Everyone had to sit in those gas lines, and the haves/have-nots discrepancy wasn't anywhere near as bad as it is now. And a second Carter presidency wouldn't necessarily be a return to the first (although if we returned to the policies he advocated then, considering in the current world climate, that might not be a bad thing).

[WinkyDink]

28. I was around, too. And so was my Mother, who made what little money

she has now, from the great interest rates in the Carter years.

[ldrw123]

14. And he has a great smile!

I would vote for him.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi ldrw123!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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[Ignacio Upton]

16. Carter in '08, or is it Carter in '80?

Notice the numbers can be reversed. Anyway, his time passed as President. He is a nice guy, but why do you think he lost in a landslide re-election to Reagan? While his heart was in the right place, the country wasn't doing very well in 1980. It would excite some older Republicans if they could take out one of their old anti-Carter bumper stickers, though. Carter will also be 84 in 2008.

[Catchawave]

17. Love the Jimma, but

he may be a tad old for 2008 ? I LOVE, love him as an elder Dem right now, especially that our nation is where he was at, and comforting, in '76.

Just a thought, could Bill Clinton be a Vice President? OMIGOD, that would be wonderful :)

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[NYC Liberal]

19. No, the 12th Amendment would prevent Clinton from taking office as VP.

[Catchawave]

20. Can Bill run/ be Mayor of New York ?

This gal can hope :)... but like Jimmy, we NEED Bill and refreshing Democratic honesty filtering in the Bushie Admin :)

My worse fear right now is Va's Senator George Allen running unopposed in 2006. Warner's been catapulted to Pres08, we are screwed.

[NYC Liberal]

21. Hey, I'd love for Bill to come run here!

He would definitely win easily, too. But I don't think that he will..just my personal feeling.

[ISUGRADIA]

26. Not necessarily

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/08/columns/fl.dorf.goreclinton.08.01/

"But these naysayers would be wrong. The Constitution permits Clinton to be elected vice-president, and if necessary to ascend for a third time to the presidency as careful attention to the language of the 12th and 22nd Amendments shows.

The 12th Amendment would allow a Clinton vice-presidency. Its language only bars from the vice-presidency those persons who are "ineligible to the office" of President. Clinton is not ineligible to the office of president, however. He is only disqualified (by the 22nd Amendment) from being elected to that office.

This is no mere semantic distinction. Article II of the Constitution carefully defines exactly who is "eligible to the Office of President": anyone who is a natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, and has been a U.S. resident for at least 14 years.

For example, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is ineligible for the office of president because she is a naturalized, rather than a natural born, citizen. Accordingly, the 12th Amendment renders her ineligible to the office of vice-president as well."

[Hippo_Tron]

23. I don't think that Jimmy Carter is electable in today's climate

Don't get me wrong, he's a hell of a guy and a hell of a President. But frankly I wonder if he's too progressive to be elected Governor of Gerogia today let alone POTUS.

[NJ Democrats]

24. I don't think so

Too old, and he isn't electable.
I heard a rumor that Clinton may run for Gov. of California, but not Mayor of NYC. Too bad.

[AmericanDream]

27. Love him... but NO! He was an incompetent president...