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Jan. 16th, 2004 | 09:55 am

Michael Moore endorses Clark.

This comes as a bit of a surprise and, at first, disappointment. MM does have some valid and convincing points though.

Coming on the heels of the endorsement of Dean by one of my two personal favorites (Moseley Braun), this throws me into uncertainty.

There have also been rumors of behind-the-scenes fundraising for Clark by Clinton.

I'm going to see the other of my two personal favorites (Kucinich) speak today.

I wish I could know the running mate of choice for each candidate before voting in the primary.

Clark-Braun? Could win, I think.

Dean-Clark? Also a good pairing.

Dean-Kerry? Dean-Edwards? I don't know.

I doubt Dean is on anyone's short list for VP, and I think Lieberman is thankfully dangling from the fringes of the Democratic party.

I think it likely at this point that either Dean or Clark will get the nod, although things could naturally change.

What VP selection do you think will cement the win for either of them?

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Robert

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from: gurdonark
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 05:13 pm (UTC)
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Dean will have to choose a southerner to his right if he is to have any chance to win, an Edwards type. Clark would need to choose a mainstream "old Dem hand", and it's hard to figure who would be best.

I think Braun would not do well in either role due to her Senate-era problems, but I don't say that meaning to criticize someone you like.



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from: whereistruth
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 05:13 pm (UTC)
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I agree with you on the Dean-Clark thing, I would also support a Dean-CMB pairing.

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Mr. Brightsides

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from: incendiarymind
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 05:22 pm (UTC)
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This really isn't that surprising since Michael Moore in "Dude, Where's My Country" states that if Clark ran (the book went to press before Clark announced) he would endorse him.

Personally, I think Dean/Edwards is a really good ticket and it's something I really pull for. Of course Clark/Edwards is equally as good since it reminiscences of Clinton/Gore.

Mosley-Braun would weight down a ticket since she's got ethics past problems up the wazoo. Plus, she's running for Senator again here in Illinois and she's a strong candidate against a weak Republican field if she chooses to concentrate on that instead of running as a potential VP (although I'm endorsing Danny Davis in the Illinois senate race).

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A Tumbuka lad in exile

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from: tiwonge
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 05:29 pm (UTC)
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Nothing to do with the democratic primaries...

I'll be in Tucson this weekend for a chess tournament. Radisson Suites on E. Speedway Blvd. It'll be all weekend.

Rounds start at 10:30, 2:00, and 5:30 Saturday, 9 and 4 on Sunday.

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i

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from: i
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 07:52 pm (UTC)
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you should come by if you have a chance. we are going to a barbecue tomorrow afternoon, but we'll be around in the morning and most of sunday.

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A Tumbuka lad in exile

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from: tiwonge
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 09:13 pm (UTC)
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Where? I don't know that I have any contact information for you.

Mind if I bring two students with me. (They'll be competing in the Scholastic section.) Their games are a little more packed on Saturday and Sunday, so the best time we'd all be free would be Saturday evening.

My cell phone: (928) 245-0244
(We're leaving soon, right after school, in like an hour and a half, and I'll probably be on the road until about 10 tonight.)

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frank episale

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from: frankepi
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 06:19 pm (UTC)
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i love the idea of Mosley-Braun as a VP candidate, but i think it's unlikely as she doesn's have much vote-getting power. Edwards seems like a great VP choice for Dean as he's Southern and charming and talented and clearly has a future in the party. Braun is probably set up for a cabinet position at this point, which at least keeps her in national politics.

i'm for Dean, myself, despite his position well to the right of my politics on a number of issues. there hasn't been a campaign like his during my lifetime and i don't think there's been as crucial a political emergency as the Bush administration in my lifetime either. i can't vote solely on ideology this time, i'm afraid.

Bush has to go.

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i

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from: i
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 07:51 pm (UTC)
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aside from the fact that i love what she says and how she says it, i think that if she were on the ticket, black voters would come out in record numbers. the only reason i wouldn't pair her with dean is that i don't think he has the draw for voters who might be uneasy with a black candidate.

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GoldLeafGoddess

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from: goldleafgoddess
date: Jan. 16th, 2004 09:56 pm (UTC)
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That was a very interesting interview...I'm waiting to see and hear mor e before I feel I know enough to make a decision.

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глюкiosaur de champlain

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from: chaizzilla
date: Feb. 9th, 2004 05:30 pm (UTC)
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kerry-kucinich

kucinich only seems too liberal till you sit through an entire speech and he spells out the mechanics of why it'll work

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from: chaizzilla
date: Feb. 9th, 2004 05:31 pm (UTC)
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i also think clark-sharpton would do well, tho clark's nod to school of the americas chills me more than kerry's patriot act & iraq war fuckups b/c i think clark's nod is more sincere than kerry's was.

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i

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from: i
date: Feb. 9th, 2004 05:48 pm (UTC)
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i voted for kucinich

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глюкiosaur de champlain

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from: chaizzilla
date: Feb. 9th, 2004 11:55 pm (UTC)
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i saw that, so did i. was working with the dominant paradigm at the time of the post ;)

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from: i
date: Feb. 10th, 2004 02:52 am (UTC)
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subvert the dominant paradigm :p

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