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9.26.2003
At this point, W. is still the forerunner for Republican candidates, and he's a pretty predictable guy - But, the crop of Dems, however, seems to be ever-growing and ever-changing. (Please remember THIS author, not necessarily the other d-con members, claims political apathy, um, I mean, multipartisanship, so the choice of subject for the following tutorial was simply for the public good.) How in the world is a person supposed to keep all of them straight? We may have the answer!
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An introduction to the 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates.
Wesley Clark
He's got spunk - lots of spunk, jumping in kind of at the last minute like that. But he's smart and clean-cut and during a "war" people may feel more comfortable electing a regular-army man. It kind of makes sense - to have a four star general as commander-in-chief. He's politically untested - a country can't be run the same way as the military. But Bill Clinton likes him, so that bodes well.
Howard Dean
A trend setter. Started the big web campaign boom - which may be today's answer to the old railroad campaigns. Had the first blog out of the candidates. Plus he's got experience on his side - and has had success with health care and economy in Vermont. But America is considerably larger than Vermont - Will the programs stand up to the expansion? Also, his anti-Bush, anti-war stance is appealing to many Dems (I hear), but may be a turn-off to moderates and wandering Republicans.
John Edwards
I admit it - I've been ignoring good ol' John Edwards. I had to look up some info. What I found: if you donate to his campaign through his webpage he gives away a "fuzzy retro headband". Goodie! I know he's anti-large-corporation. I also know he's head to head with Gephardt for the populist vote. Yawn.
Richard Gephardt
This guy has something going for him: His wife's name is Jane! That makes them, officially, Dick and Jane. Awesome! I wonder if their dog's name is Spot. . . ? That could make a good campaign motto: See Dick. See Dick run. Run, Dick, Run! He's easily one of the front-runners and he's kind of got small-town nice-guy appeal.
Bob Graham
Kind of a conservative. But hard to figure out. Not too many op/ed pieces about him floating around the webpages or newspapers.
update: 10/6/03 Bob Graham announces the end of his presidential bid.
Dennis Kucinich
Big on health care. Talks like a throwback to the early 20th century. The good old days? I guess we'll find out!
John Kerry
Fighting with Dean for the leftist position. I'd be worried that they're both going to knock each other out. They both need to win NH, and obviously they both can't. Someone's got to fall, and it's going to hurt. He's perhaps got an edge over Dean because of his slight physical resemblance to Paul "Macca" McCartney (or is that just me?), but isn't as exciting and hasn't quite got the name recognition as the Doctor from the Green Mountain.
Joe Lieberman
Talks like a Republican. And if you're neither hot nor cold, then you're likely to be ignored.
Carol Moseley-Braun
An unconventional candidate, she's been overlooked in the race quite a bit. Probably doesn't have a chance, honestly, but may step on a few toes before she's done. The hyphen (or lack thereof) in her last name causes me much grief. I've seen it both ways, and have reason to believe that she had it surgically removed so as to come first in alphabetically-organized lists.
Al Sharpton
That is, the Reverend Alfred C. Sharpton. Running on equal-rights issues, and to get D.C. statehood privileges. Just smile and nod, smile and nod.
My recommendations: Zaphod Beeblebrox or Tom Lehrer. Because I want to, that's why!
--Posted by s. on Friday, September 26, 2003.
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