Decius wrote: Mike the Usurper wrote: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton trails five top Republican presidential contenders in general election match-ups, a drop in support from this summer, according to a poll released on Monday.
Funny how that "electability" problem keeps cropping up...
Who do you support Mike?
Personally, I lean Edwards. Couple of reasons for that one. The populist agenda is a worthwhile area to pursue (including oddly the anti-NAFTA non-anti-immigration areas and the actual support of no tort reform. Tort reform is bad. Bogus lawsuits are bad, but when corporations do bad shit, there needs to be a way to pound them for it. You can't send them to jail, so monstrous lawsuits seems to be a good option). There are others I'd be happy to back as well (all on the D side of the fence, but that's been obvious) but Hillary is not one of them. The triangulation concept is void of a core. It's a moderate position the may not oppose the R side, but is more "centrist." Right now, that's a wreck. 30 years of that has pushed the US farther to the right than any rime in its history, and the right loses. Always. The right clings to past glories and fears and doesn't move forward. It is not a position of either strength or sustainability. So my current preference is Edwards as a frontrunner, Dodd or Biden both have serious brainpower and chops, Kucinich has balls, Gore would be good but he's not going to step up. Richardson doesn't understand that the current makeup of the R side is one of zero compromise so he's marginal, Obama seems to have the "hope" idea down, but is missing the vision thing beyond that, Mike Gravel is kinda crazy, and given the circumstances, I'll take Ron Paul over Hillary. Hillary is Bush lite, and that's nothing near what this nation needs to turn things around and start moving forward on the road of ideals that Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams and Franklin all pushed. They didn't get it right, but they pointed the right way. And right now, we're headed down the road of 1920's Italy. The wrong way, and just as clumsily. That's who and why. I'd love to hear other opinions, not just who, but WHY. |
