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janbb's avatar

Should Hillary Clinton be the only Democratic candidate at this point?

Asked by janbb (63258points) March 19th, 2015

Why is she the anointed one? Shouldn’t we have more options? Your thoughts?

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johnpowell's avatar

I think part of it is a money thing. She is good enough and if she has a competitor she has to spend money in the primaries. Money that could be saved for the general.

I don’t like her but will vote for her since every Republican option is 1000 times worse.

edit :: for the record Elizabeth Warren is my #1

edit2 :: for clarity I don’t personally dislike her. I dislike the idea of dynasties.

osoraro's avatar

I don’t vote for liars.

Pachy's avatar

Yes indeed we should have more options. Not a clown car full of silly candidates like another party I won’t name, but at least, in this pre-primary period, a mix of smart, experienced and I think more youthful ones who will challenge their opponents (and us) with increasingly better ideas.

I’m far from convinced that Hillary’s the best option.

chyna's avatar

@osoraro You must never vote.

janbb's avatar

Side question: Would a Hillary Clinton/ Elizabeth Warren ticket have any legs?

syz's avatar

I would love to be able to vote for a Warren/Sanders ticket, but it would never win.

janbb's avatar

@syz That would be my first choice too but not gonna happen. But I wonder if putting Warren as VP with Clinton would energize the left wing of the Dems – and if the Dems care about us.

osoraro's avatar

@chyna Of course I vote. It’s just that Clintons are so pathological and open about their lying that she will never have my vote. If Warren runs I will vote for Warren. If Clinton wins the nomination I will vote for whichever Republican is running against her.

dappled_leaves's avatar

@osoraro Well, that makes sense. Republicans don’t lie.

osoraro's avatar

@dappled_leaves They lie no more or less than anybody else does. Their politics may be to the right of what I’m comfortable with, but I’m entitled to a protest vote. As I said, as of now my favorite is Warren. But she’s not running yet.

dappled_leaves's avatar

@osoraro What good is a “protest vote” if no one recognizes what you are protesting, or even that you are protesting?

janbb's avatar

@osoraro I’m not going to argue or debate with you but you might want to take a look at the Congressional committee sites that @johnpowell has pointed to in his question.

osoraro's avatar

@dappled_leaves It doesn’t matter if nobody knows I’m casting a protest vote. It means something to me.

@janbb I’m not arguing with anybody. I’m not going to criticize anybody voting for Clinton. I just won’t vote for her myself.

janbb's avatar

@osoraro I know you weren’t. I just meant that you and I are both tired of engaging in questions that become argumentative on here.

osoraro's avatar

@janbb Ah, right. Yes, you’re right. I’m done with that—that was with my old iteration here.

Charles Krauthammer wrote a good article on Clinton’s pathology. His cure is Elizabeth Warren also.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/early-onset-clinton-fatigue/2015/03/12/5801a542-c8d8-11e4-b2a1-bed1aaea2816_story.html

janbb's avatar

@osoraro That confirms my preference for a different candidate but I would write in or abstain if I felt I couldn’t vote for her.

LostInParadise's avatar

There will be other candidates. They don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the nomination, but there will be other candidates. Unfortunately, I take Elizabeth Warren at her word that she will not be among them. Maybe Martin O’Malley

hominid's avatar

The Democrats could run a toaster oven on the ticket, and it would get my vote. Lesser of two evils would still apply.

janbb's avatar

@hominid Hey – with a toaster oven we could at least do something productive!

ARE_you_kidding_me's avatar

It’s good to hear others think she may have sociopathic tendencies. I figured Fluther would be all up in her vajayjay.

livelaughlove21's avatar

Toaster ovens help us make food. I like food. A lot. The toaster oven gets my vote…but only if it’s a Democrat, because Republican toaster ovens are just obnoxious.~

dappled_leaves's avatar

@livelaughlove21 And those who even believe in the existence of toast refuse to make it.

Darth_Algar's avatar

It’s still fairly early yet. There will be others running for the nomination.

@osoraro

If you’re going to protest vote then why not at least cast that vote for a 3rd party candidate that may better align with your views, rather than simply throwing it to the other big party?

osoraro's avatar

@Darth_Algar I might. It depends upon who is running. But the third parties usually nominate wackaloons. But I live in California, so my vote will mean nothing anyway.

Strauss's avatar

@osoraro
But the third parties usually nominate wackaloons. But I live in California… That made me laugh!

Third party votes are, IMHO, protest votes. I it wasn’t for the third party vote in the 2000 (Green Party), I believe the results would not be as close and Gore would have been president.

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