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I'm finding the preliminary results of my B2 poll a little telling. The right candidate doesn't have to be perfect right now, but there seems to be...

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Jul 16 '18, 11:18

...A real reluctance to name anybody (except for Max and Booker). That isn't great. Should be a couple of names starting to show real signs of projectablity.

(For the record, I'm think Gillibrand and Klobuchar are the real front-runners if they choose to enter. Feels like a woman will be nominated.)

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I honestly don't think a woman can beat trump. not yet. (LESLIE KNOPE 2020!!) -- nm - amanda Jul 16, 12:08 1
- Exactly. The clock has been set back and it would become a Man vs Woman vote to too many people. - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 16, 12:10
It’s easier to find names I’d be reluctant to support. - znufrii Jul 16, 11:52
It's not even the mid-terms yet dude. -- nm* - ty97 Jul 16, 11:31
I like Booker, Gillibrand, Baldwin and Harris, in that order. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:28 7
- ("Brooke Baldwin? The journalist?") - Max Jul 16, 11:32 1
  - "Chuck is going to leave the Constitution Party?" -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:38
- I'm not sure Alec has the right temperament -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:30 3
  - Billy. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:30 2
    - in that case, I remove my objection -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:32 1
      - the election of any of them would leave Bieber, like, 28th in line for the presidency -- nm - prayformojo Jul 16, 11:42
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On the one hand it would be nice if obvious candidates were obvious, on the other it should be nice that it's not an issue this far out. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:25
I think Booker, Biden or Harris sounds right to me. - Inigo Jul 16, 11:23 1
- I'm not saying we need to know *the* candidate. But the party is probably helped by having some sense of field by this point. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:26
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- In summer of '06, Obama was already seen as a solid prospect for the job by A LOT of Democrats. Nobody is close to that right now. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:24 26
  - (a little later, I think. October was when he got his first Time cover, when The Audacity of Hope was released) -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 11:55 1
    - He was a future Presidential candidate about ten seconds after uttering "We worship an awesome God in blue states" - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Jul 16, 12:06
  - In the summer of 2014, who were the solid prospects for the Republican nominee? - Inigo Jul 16, 11:27 20
    - Here we go: July 2013, "if you had to lay money today on the 2016 GOP nominee: Rand Paul, Rick Perry, or Chris Christie?" -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:37 [Backboard] 11
      - June 2014: "Hee. I just checked the odds for 2016 US Presidential Winner at bet365." -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:40 [Backboard] 10
        
        November 2014: "Poll: 2016 time people!!!! Poll: Who will be elected President of the United States approximately 2 years from today." -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:42 8
        
        April 2015: "Super early place your bets candidate poll: Who's going to be the GOP candidate for President in the 2016 election?" -- (link) - Max Jul 16, 11:47 [Backboard] 7
        
        man...looking at both links...wow. -- nm - Remlik Jul 16, 11:49 2
        
        huge shift after Jeb declared in December. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:50 1
        
        A classic example of "Just because someone is supposed to run doesn't mean he/she should." -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:55
        
        Anyone recall who ML predicted? -- nm* - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:49 3
        
        Based on spamlet's responses, I'm guessing Scott Walker. -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 11:59 1
        
        Yes. - Reagen Jul 16, 12:05
        
        Spike -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 16, 11:49
        
        I wonder what the odds were for Trump at that point. -- nm - Inigo Jul 16, 11:41
    - Not true. Bush. Ryan. Walker. Christie. Rubio. All were widely seen as running and were easily projectable. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:32 5
      - And we all gave you likely candidates in that vein. - Inigo Jul 16, 11:38 4
        
        It's not a question of who should be the frontrunner. It's just to get a sense of who people like. Gives a sense of what they are looking for. - Name Withheld by Request Jul 16, 11:42 3
        
        Outside a few anti-Sanders people, you'd find it hard to get people to say a plausible Dem they wouldn't vote for. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 11:44 1
        
        word -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Jul 16, 11:44
        
        You got that answer then: NOT TRUMP -- nm - ty97 Jul 16, 11:43
    - yeah I think odds were on Jeb at first. -- nm - Max Jul 16, 11:28
    - Jeb -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:28
  - so was John Edwards, the point being we just don't know right now -- nm - crash davis Jul 16, 11:26
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    - spoiler - ty97 Jul 16, 11:32
I'll pick among the candidates for the primary and there isn't any of them that I don't need to know more about (except maybe Bernie and Biden). - pmb Jul 16, 11:21

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