...I would vote for him in the GE, though. Bernie & Hillary are great second choices for each other!

...but it's in the correct thread!

Sanders, O'Malley.

the GE, then he would be my first choice. I just don't see him as strong as Hillary at the top of the ticket. But he's still a good choice.

And then there is Anita Hill.

Honestly, I am not going to even think about what I will do if the nominee is not Bernie. None of the other candidates are in any way like him. IMO and all that. The other candidates, again IMO, will just perpetuate the crap we have now. No matter how experienced they are at doing just that.

From conversations with my grandson, i do not believe the newly energized younger people will switch their votes or enthusiasm to another candidate. They do not buy into the political kabuki theater. It has not served them well.

a republican president definitely will not serve them well. in fact, a republican president appointing supreme court judges will set this country back two or three generations. think before you take your ball and go home.

I still haven't decided who I will support in the WI primary.

my disgruntled Clinton vote to 4.

about right.

in the GE if necessary.

Biden will get his foot caught in mouth, and further he'd have to address his Anita Hill issue.

Biden, meh. It's quite obvious that the party mucky mucks are only pushing him because they are scared shitless that Clinton will implode. He doesn't really want the job, plus he has a lot of the same baggage that Clinton has - Iraq war, Patriot Act, etc. Plus one big item she doesn't have - Clarence Thomas.

If the party is dumb enough to nominate him, I will reluctantly vote for him. But I hope they don't.

sanders
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chafee

edit..the standard caveat is not likely to apply. many have said they will not support hillary or biden in the ge due the iwr and other reasons

Would prefer trying to draft a firm Al Gore to a cuddly but squishy Uncle Joe.

Lawrence Lessig would be my second if Elizabeth Warren were VEEP, but probably not too likely to happen.

Linc Chafee and Jim Webb are not on my list, and I mention them just to say so.

Looking at this, fortunately, we do have a strong candidate in HRC. She's not going anywhere, so I feel pretty good about that. Given what we face, I'm feeling downright grateful that we have a candidate so well prepared.

Biden brings absolutely nothing that my second choice (Hillary...very distant 2nd by the way) doesn't already have.

Bernie all the way.

Biden is simply not on my radar.

I like Biden, but O'Malley is my first choice followed by Bernie then Clinton. Joe needs to retire and be with his family.

O'Malley is second for me. Neither Clinton or Biden are even on my radar.


No more corporate pretenders for this liberal.

1. O'Malley
2. Biden
3. Bernie
4. Chafee
5. Deez Nuts
6. Hillary

Biden. he is a great friend to wall Street and the banks. Warren has called him out on that. What he says now, to me, is not relevant, given his record.

but I am open minded to the possibility.


That is where I am, that is where I will be for the foreseeable future.

He may not even run, so this whole discussion may be meaningless.

Still love me some Biden.

There is no second choice. Bernie is the only choice we have this time around. All the rest are various levels of status quo, and most of us know where that is taking us.

O'Malley is, and remains, my second choice.

Hillary isn't really an option, as any informed ethical voter recognizes.

I support Sanders and will vote for him in our state's primary. If Bernie doesn't make it, I will look again at Biden. If he get Warren to sign on for VP, I could support that. I do confess that Beau's funeral made me think of Biden in a new way. It really affected me...

that's the best thing that both of them can do for the Democratic party.

I was one of the very few DUers who defended Biden against the left's phony charges of racism in 2007 and will probably have to do so again when the topic is regurgitated.

I've always liked the guy.

Sanders first
O'Malley second

Biden's a great guy & I think he's been a fine VP.

Besides if it is not Bernie as the dem nominee it will not matter at all the end result will be the same

/saecasm

Biden is too much an inside the beltway candidate. He's the media's choice znd would be the media's designated anti-Clinton.

Further, while Biden is everybody's favorite "nice guy", he has far to close ties with the financial industry. He worked hard to make the bankruptcy bill even more punitive than it was.

O'Malley is my second choice. Biden would be even lower than Hillary on my list.

stay that way.

DLC corporatists arent on my voting radar.

1st Choice is Bernie.
2nd Choice is to draft Warren.
3rd Choice is maybe Martin O'Malley
4th Choice: Wow. I'm out of choices.

I would probably vote for someone who says abortion is always wrong in the GE if I had to.

Right now, I rank the candidates this way:

1. Sanders






2. O'Malley








3. All the rest including Clinton.

If Biden jumps in, my rankings will be:

1. Sanders






2. O'Malley








3. All the rest including Clinton and Biden.

Then Marty
Then Joe, if he jumps in.
then Hillary, if I must.

I think he has even less excuses for some of his poorer votes but I think he is more moderate on use of force ideologically and unusually tells the actual truth from time to time, some call this making gaffes.

If Biden got in, I'd switch my second choice from O'Malley to Biden.