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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:26 PM Original message |
Who do you think should be Obama's Secretary of State? |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kerry......n/t |
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carnie_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
80. Olympia Snowe |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hoping for Wes Clark. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Seconded. nt |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bill Richardson. He's got awesome chops for the job and he's very well liked... |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. richardson belond in the cabinet, but im not sure about this spot... |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
65. I'm thinking Richardson for Secretary of Education. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. actually... he's been ambassador to the UN... he really should be the SoS |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
84. Another Vote for Richardson Here |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, not Powell again. I think somebody like Gore or Kerry--or Richardson! |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:30 PM Original message |
Well I doubt Gore would do it, but why would Kerry make |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Kerry has a great deal of experience on the world stage, has met many foreign leaders |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. and a senate foreign relations committee partner |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. as brokaw hinted... powell should be the point guy for middle east peace process |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. God fucking damn it! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. Clark or Richardson |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. oh hell , I don't know, if Powell doesn't want it, lets ask Condi if |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. took the words right out of my mouth, right down to the condi thing. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just because he gave an endorsement, he should be Secretary of State? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Powell is a pariah on the world stage. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. sorry, but that's just... a delusion |
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applexcore (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kerry! Maybe Richardson |
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PolNewf (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. I would not be surprised if he asked Richard Lugar |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Obama considers Lugar a mentor on foreign policy, I believe. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. powell is out of the question. his endorsement today goes a long way |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. But people know what happened and I think they're willing |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. he can and should advocate to fix some of the mess, but he was |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hopefully he fills his cabinet with young progressives |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obama has talked about CHANGE so much, I'm sick of hearing it |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Have a look for yourself: |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. I don't understand why that video refutes my argument about change |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. if there was ever a time that a clean sweep was needed, this is it. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Someone who can work with Joe Biden |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Richard Holbrooke. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. jim webb, chuck hagel, etc |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. What is it about this desire to appoint a Republican as Obama's SoS? |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. i think hagel would be a great asset, even as SoS |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. I'd rather someone more trained for the job. |
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Every Man A King (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Ugh. Have you heard him talk about Russia/Georgia |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. No, I haven't. What's he said? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bill Richardson |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. State is probably the last position where you bring in someone from the opposing party. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wouldn't object to Kerry... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Barbara Boxer |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Richard A. Clarke |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA... but probably wont happen... |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. interesting idea. not sure if clarke has the personality for sos, but |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Clarke is more hawkish than Powell. n |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. im 100% fine with hawks on terrorism. you know... the actual terrorists |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. not a sitting senator |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Jimmy Carter is 84 years old. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Carter- that's an interesting one. He's not disqualified, as a one-termer. |
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specialed (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bill Richardson state. Powell Defense. |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. Richardson - he came out for Obama early - if he wants it, I think he gets it. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. John Kerry |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
96. I really don't think either of those are going to happen. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. here's a crazy notion: what about Bill Clinton? or possibly UN ambassador. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I think Clinton might be disqualified because SoS is somewhere in the line of succession |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. definitely not, although clinton will certainly be able to be an asset |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Clinton doesn't need to be SOS to be a great ambassador to the world. |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Yeah, SoS is actually fourth in the line of succession. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. Wes Clark nt |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kerry the best, but needed in Senate, and in MA, considering Kennedy's health. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Kerry or Richardson |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. No way. Not Powell. |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. Richard Holbrooke |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
47. Even excepting the fact that there are more qualified Democrats for the position... |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. KERRY! |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. Bill Richardson |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. Dupe |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. Samantha Power. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Me, too! n/t |
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Ozma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bill Richardson...........but there are others. eom |
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progressiveforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. Lots of possibilities- wish Jimmy Carter was younger |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
63. Rice |
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always_saturday (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. First and foremost - a DEMOCRAT. |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
67. Kerry. nt |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. From the responses, |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. i think richardson is ideal... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
75. Richardson. We don't want to strip the Senate of our most powerful |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
76. Not Colin Powell-that much I am sure of |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
77. Wes Clark. Obama should keep repukes |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
79. Having a career military man as your head diplomat is like having an atheist as pope. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
81. I would say Wes Clark but he is out of the picture now. |
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amber_86 (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. Hagel? |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
83. Ambassador Joe Wilson |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
85. can we win the election first ? |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
86. I think Powell would be more likely as DefSec |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
87. Bill Clinton |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
88. Bill Richardson, Susan Rice, John Kerry |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
89. Biden....oops, never mind... |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Would have been a great pick nt |
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Sodan (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
90. Wesley Clark /nt |
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Neurotica (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
91. Susan Eisenhower would be an interesting choice |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
92. HILLARY CLINTON |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
93. Definitely John Kerry |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-19-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
95. Kerry, Richardson, or Holbrooke. |
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