Who would be a better female candidate?

[msallied]

Since Hillary's run is looking to be historic in the "more negative by the day" sense, who do you think would be a worthy female Democratic candidate? One who doesn't carry the messy Clinton legacy? One who wouldn't be an automatic lightning rod? One who possesses the intelligence and tenacity to lead the nation without the whole megalomaniac thing?

[samdogmom]

1. Barbara Boxer--my first choice! n/t

[MadBadger]

2. Barbara Boxer n/t.

[BattyDem]

3. First name that came to my mind? Barbara Boxer

:-)

[Quixote1818]

4. Barbara Boxer has MUCH more integrity and smarts than Hillary!!! Love her! nt

[LWolf]

5. Boxer.

Edited to add:

Richardson would have been a decent latino candidate.

I'd frankly rather have Sharpton or Mosley-Braun as the first African-American president. Even better: Barbara Lee.

[MadBadger]

6. God, I want an Obama/Boxer ticket sooooo bad.

[grmamo]

7. Barbara Boxer absolutely..........n/t

[BattyDem]

8. 10:24pm ... three simultaneous replies .... all Boxer

That says a lot about the lady. :patriot:

On edit:

10:25 ... 26 ... 27 ... still Boxer. ;-)

[MadBadger]

9. Not just 10:24, its unanimous.

[BattyDem]

10. Yeah, I just noticed that

More replies came in while I typed. Well ... at least DUers agree on something! :bounce:

[patrice]

11. I'm very interested in Barbara Boxer. nt

[madrchsod]

12. i know of no one at this time

i`m sure there are qualified women on the state level that could become a candidate for the president in the future


opps..i really have to read...i`ll agree, boxer would have been better.

[MadBadger]

14. You know of nobody? How bout the woman that every single person had suggested?

[TheWraith]

13. That's hard to say.

Remember, Obama came out of nowhere: if you'd asked five years ago who was likely to be the first black president, you'd have had no idea. Born leaders are where you find them.

That said, there's a couple candidates. Kathleen Sebelius is pretty good--despite being the governor of Kansas, she's anti-gun, opposes an amendment to ban gay marriage, opposes the death penalty, is pro-education, etcetera.

Barbara Boxer is great, but has a long history in the Senate, which traditionally makes it hard for people to get elected. Too many votes that can be spun negatively, etcetera.

Christine Gregoire of Washington is also a solid exec with good Democratic policy gravitas.

[madrchsod]

18. i have heard good things about gregoire

it would be nice to hear from her and sebelius at the convention

[msallied]

19. I live in Washington...

Gregoire has been gaining in popularity it seems. I wasn't sure about her initially, but she seems to have done a good job of uniting both Democrats and Republicans. I just wish they would do something about Seattle's HORRID transportation issues.

[msallied]

15. Well Boxer sure looks popular! lol

I admit to being only vaguely familiar with her, but I know she drilled the hell out of Condoleeza Rice on her Secretary of State confirmation and also didn't want to certify the electoral votes in 2004. She seems like one tough cookie. Has she ever hinted that she'd like to run for President?

[FlyingSquirrel]

16. Ann Coulter.

Kidding, kidding!

:evilgrin:

[msallied]

20. I said FEMALE candidate. LOL

[zonmoy]

23. if she hadn't died with her lover.

and considering the current political nature of our country. eva braun.

[msallied]

27. ooh. Ouch!

[babylonsister]

17. In 8 years?

:D I just want to get over the primary!

[madrchsod]

22. come on now.... do`t bum us out.......

:hippie:

[msallied]

26. Wouldn't it be a kick to Hillary's nuts if

Obama chose a female running mate that wasn't her? lol

[madrchsod]

31. by the looks of things there are more than a few....

[iamjoy]

21. Kathleen Sebelius

even though she isn't a very inspiring speaker.

[loveangelc]

24. I think she's high on the VP list for Obama.

[babylonsister]

28. How about Janet Napolitano, AZ guv? I like her a lot from the

little I've seen. And the big dawg liked her!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Napolitano

[madrchsod]

29. well she looks like a winner for vice president...

a new york born italian methodist who lives in arizona plus all the other credentials...dam she`s impressive

[babylonsister]

30. She's got it all goin' on!

:D

[Johnny__Motown]

35. I like her too, and ...

she may not be a very inspiring speaker but she is attractive enough that many of us are not really listening anyways (yes, sexist.. sorry)

[iamjoy]

48. Sexist But True

Maybe I'm not a true feminist if I can acknowledge it, but I did notice Sebelius' looks and think they were perfect for a woman in politics. She's handsome. This is important because if she were cute like Governor Granholm (or overly sexy) she'd could encounter challenges being taken seriously. If she were ugly, men (and some women) would dismiss her and attribute negative mental characteristics based on the physical.

It isn't fair to women that we are judged this way - we have to be as smart and good as a man, but good looking as well if we want success. However, that is the way things are, and it is not going to change anytime soon. So, I don't get mad at men having this view, it's just sad. I at least give credit to men (and women) who acknowledger the bias.

[CK_John]

25. Melinda Gates. n/t

[cliffordu]

43. The woman who gave us Microsoft Bob, you mean??

[JI7]

32. Boxer, Pelosi,

[PADemD]

33. Barbara Boxer

[meow mix]

34. Diane Feinstein

i mean Boxer.

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[TheWraith]

36. Oh thank God.

My first question was going to be, WHY? :)

[EFerrari]

37. . . .

:spank:

[Warren DeMontague]

40. That's funny.

You win the "WHAT THE!?!?!!?-- oh, okay" award for this week.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. Boxer. nt

[EmilyAnne]

39. Barbara Boxer!

[canadian_is_cold]

41. Oprah

[Awsi Dooger]

42. There's no female candidate who even approaches Hillary's stature

Give me a break. Put the other names mentioned in this thread in a national primary and they'd be scrambling to reach 3-5%.

And that's for the foreseeable, if Hillary fails, which appears all but certain.

I'm convinced any female candidate would be butchered by the media, if running for the presidency. I posted that on many sites in 2006. Hillary as unlikable is severely overblown. Put any woman in that threatening position and the white male establishment will recoil in strike-mode horror. It reminds me of David Brock's book, "Blinded By The Right," where he describes how his hit pieces on females were the biggest sellers and biggest hits of American Spectator, with the publisher begging him to find more females he could attack in print.

[Quixote1818]

45. Don't confuse "stature" with name recognition

There are many more women with 100 times the stature, experience, accomplishments, personality, likability etc. than Hillary.

[joshcryer]

46. Uh, yeah. Stature.

Do you not know what stature means? In this society name happens to be one thing going for you. Not one name in this thread would invoke any sort of interest.

Obama was an "unknown" in the mass media but the reality is that he has ridden the "Horse Race" that the media has created from the start. They wanted to pit two "historical candidates" up against one another. And they did.

[quakerboy]

44. Not sure, but

I do remember someone saying they liked someone named... oh, what was that, Yoxer, Moxer, er, Its on the tip of my tongue, but I just cant quite remember what that was.

[JoFerret]

47. He would make a good candidate for female

and he can afford the operation