Presidential sweepstakes, Democrat-style

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has pulled out of the presidential sweepstakes — no loss, really, too much of a centrist for my tastes, too bland. Odds remain that Hillary Clinton will be the nominee, which is bad news for the party (if there is a more polarizing figure these days, I’m not sure who it is).

I like Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold (no surprise, right?).

Here is how I rank them based on my own preferences:

Could easily vote for:

  1. Russ Feingold, U.S. senator from Wisconsin
  2. John Edwards, former vice presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. from North Carolina

Some trepidation:

  1. Al Gore, former vice president, but not running (or so he says)
  2. John Kerry, former presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Massachussets
  3. Tom Vilsack, governor of Iowa
  4. Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico
  5. Christopher Dodd, U.S. senator from Connecticut

Yuck:

  1. Evan Bayh, U.S. senator from Indiana
  2. Joseph Biden, U.S. senator from Delaware
  3. Hillary Clinton, U.S. senator from New York.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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  1. I could vote for Feingold or Edwards at this point. Kerry will never, ever, ever again get my vote. In fact, I don\’t want to hear what he has to say.I\’m afraid the Dem side has no one that they will actually nominate (see also: Russ Feingold) who has a snowball\’s chance in hell against St. John the Bush Fellater McCain.

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