So who should we run in 2012?

[Drunken Irishman]

[Thrill]

1. Jack Bauer?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. I say Kucinich.

[Aviation Pro]

2. I think the question is a typo....

...I think you meant to type 6 in the fourth position rather than 2.

[high density]

4. Paul Krugman, obviously

:rofl:

[GarbagemanLB]

6. Krugman in 2012! He is infallible!

[Sanity Claws]

5. Run out of town?

I can't imagine you mean who we should run on the top of our ticket in 2012.

[tridim]

7. I have to assume all the "I'm smarter than Obama" DU'ers will be running in 2012. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Sounds about right.

I love how many economists have popped up on DU over the last two months.

[Born_A_Truman]

54. Like all the "campaign managers" did in the primaries

"If Obama doesn't go negative, he doesn't stand a chance...."

[azmouse]

10. There are simply too many of them for just the Presidency.

Some will have to be in the Cabinet, others in the Senate and House.
Aren't we lucky to have so many 'smarter than Obama' people on DU? :)

[damntexdem]

9. The bulls in Pamplona.

Or will we ever be able to run with the bulls again?

[depakid]

11. Jimmy Carter faced a primary challenger in 1980

Partially due to the state of the economy- so it's not out of the realm of possibilites.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. So, you're nominating Jimmy Carter?

Ok.

Let's see:

Carter
Kucinich
Jack Bauer
Paul Krugman
Barack Obama

This is setting up to be a fine primary!

Anyone else?

[depakid]

14. Nope- just saying that 3 years down the road a lot of things can happen

that political neophytes fail to consider.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. However, that was not the question.

So, who we runnin' in 2012?

[depakid]

16. Won't know that until 2012

[Drunken Irishman]

19. We'll have to know before then!

Silly, the election cycle kicks off soon!

Obama is done, finished, toast.

Right?

[depakid]

22. Last I saw, the first caucus was still in January

I probably should have mentioned that Johnson had a challenger, too.

A bit different circumstances- that was primarily about the war.

[Drunken Irishman]

41. We had candidates before then, silly!

You can't just go throw your name into the ring on caucus day!

We should really get our candidates ready by 2010, since that will leave 2 years to really go after Pres. Obama.

[onenote]

23. obviously lots of things "can" happen.

But the question is how likely are they to happen. Between the economy and the Iranian hostage situation, Carter had approval ratings below 35 percent when Teddy and Jerry Brown decided to challenge him.

Consider that Jimmy Carter was elected with 50.1 percent of the votes and 40.8 million votes total while Obama was elected with nearly 53 percent of the vote and almost 70 million votes total.

Not saying that things can't change so dramatically as to make a primary challenge possible or even likely. Just that, without knowing what those things are, its difficult to say who would be most likely to mount such a challenge.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

13. And that turned out just gangbusters.

Perhaps we should wait until 2011 to get a challenger ready.

[leftstreet]

17. NADER

obviously

:beer:

[Drunken Irishman]

20. Nader! Oh man, perfect!

Add him to the list.

[Occam Bandage]

18. Krugman, obviously.

[camera obscura]

21. Michelle Obama.

[rufus dog]

24. The DOG IN 12

Rufus Dog and his band of DU keyboard warriors are going to storm the Country. We will have no wars, and turn the US into a Utopian Society. Maximum wages will be 75k per year, people will be forced to move out of any house over 2000 sq/ft, and if you live in CA or NY, tough shit, get by on that salary.

[rug]

25. Someone who will get us out of Iraq.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Too vague, you fail.

Try again.

[rug]

28. I anticipate your defense of an Iraqi presence in 2012.

You have three years to try.

[Drunken Irishman]

29. That's not the question! We're picking candidates for 2012.

Name a name!

[rug]

30. It's deeds not names.

But I imagine there's some local politician somewhere making a speech againt the Iraqi war. Maybe he'll catch on.

[Drunken Irishman]

31. You're failing at this.

But ok, we'll go with Unknown Local Politician.

Add him to the list!

This is shaping up to be an awesome primary!

[rug]

32. Your entire thread is failing.

[Drunken Irishman]

36. No! It's awesome!

We've got a list! YAY!

[depakid]

33. At this point in 2004, Barack Obama was a local politician

[rug]

35. Yes he was. Will we still be in Iraq at this point in 2012?

[tekisui]

38. Of course we will be.

And, any local politician speaking about getting us out, will evolve between now and then.

We will SOME troops there for another decade, if I was to bet.:-(

[Drunken Irishman]

39. So hopefully Pres. Unknown Politician will get us out by his second term in 2016!

[tekisui]

40. Or her.

:P

[Drunken Irishman]

43. Or It.

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

[depakid]

44. Maybe, maybe not- but we're likely to be in Afghanistan- or possibly Pakistan

Though that's not really the point. 3+ years is an eternity in politics.

[Drunken Irishman]

37. Yup and look where that got us!

Next!

[depakid]

47. We'll see where it got us 3 years from now...

Carter and Johnson also had high approval ratings at this stage of their presidencies.

[stillcool]

27. Paul Krugman..definitely

[Two Americas]

34. Obama of course

What is the point stirring things up?

[tekisui]

42. It is the DU way!

If we quit stirring, things will settle to the bottom, and start burning.

[Two Americas]

46. good grief

There are always a hundred threads complaining about the critics then the critics ever post.

I learn about most of the "controversies" from the posts by people saying that it isn't a controversy and we shouldn't be talking about it.

[tekisui]

48. I know exaclty what you mean.

Nontroversies take on a life of their own, and are nearly impossible to kill.

[and-justice-for-all]

45. Obama, he is a 2 term president anyway...nt

[Hippo_Tron]

49. Obama will, without a doubt, be the Democratic nominee in 2012

Even if he faced a primary challenger, he has the best political organization in the world. He would easily crush even the most serious primary opponents.

[Hutzpa]

50. George Bush

What??? haven't you heard he switched parties.



:evilgrin:

[Sebastian Doyle]

51. Bernie Madoff

If we're going to let Wall Street Vampires continue to steal every last cent from the American people, let's be fucking honest about it. Jack Abramoff can be his VP.

[Bucky]

52. 14-times Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps

He'd be, like, y'know, man?

[Drunken Irishman]

53. We're totally going to have a kickass primary field!

I'm sooo excited!

[Phoonzang]

55. Carl Weathers. nt

[SoxFan]

56. David Hasselhoff, Vince from the ShamWow ads, Bret Michaels, and a narwhal

That should cover it, right?

[saltpoint]

57. I like the guy we got now. Let's renew his contract.

[Cali_Democrat]

58. Hillary Clinton?

:evilgrin:

[Whalestoe]

59. Obama, no doubt.