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(47,470 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 09:43 PM Jun 2014

Jim Webb for President?

In TIME's Joe Klein story about Hillary - and I always take everything he says with a grain of salt - he has this:

And former Virginia Senator Jim Webb–who also has a new book out, aha!–has not ruled out a presidential campaign.

Also

I recently asked Webb what he saw when he looked at America a year after he left the Senate. “Groundhog Day,” he said. Nothing had changed. In his book I Heard My Country Calling, Webb writes about a country “governed by a club of insiders who manipulate public opinion in order to serve the interests of hidden elites who hold the reins of power.” That could be a call to arms for Democratic populists and Tea Partyers alike. It is a bit over the top–hidden elites?–but it is a voice to be reckoned with in a ticked-off America.

http://time.com/2826277/the-myth-of-inevitability/?pcd=hp-magmod

(The magazine also has a major expose about Schweitzer. Seems that everyone wants to be on site, if and when he enters the race).

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Jim Webb for President? (Original Post) question everything Jun 2014 OP
I've never paid a lot of attention to Webb, but my impression was Jackpine Radical Jun 2014 #1
DUzy! truebluegreen Jun 2014 #3
I like Webb in general davidpdx Jun 2014 #2
No. Chan790 Jun 2014 #4
No to Webb nt WhiteTara Jun 2014 #5
NO! dwilso40641 Jun 2014 #6
YES HR_Pufnstuf Apr 2015 #7

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
1. I've never paid a lot of attention to Webb, but my impression was
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:05 PM
Jun 2014

that if he were in a country/rock band, they could call it Blue Dog Night.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
2. I like Webb in general
Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:06 PM
Jun 2014

One thing is he would be a strong advocate for veterans. His stances on other issues might be too conservative.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
4. No.
Sun Jun 8, 2014, 01:01 PM
Jun 2014

No to Webb. If I wanted to vote for a stealth Republican, I'd be an enthusiastic Hillary Clinton supporter...but I don't want to vote for a stealth Republican. That is why Clinton, Webb and even Schweitzer can bugger off.

Where are the progressives, dammit?

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