11-13-2016, 03:04 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bunk
Obviously a lot of Democratic soul searching to come, and who knows what the political dynamics will be in 3-4 years, but who are the leading possibilities?
Bernie - probably too old. He'll have passed average Male life expectancy in 2020. Agree.
Elizabeth Warren - certainly can straddle both progressive and centrist wings. No, she absolutely cannot straddle anything. She's quintessentially representative of the sanctimonious politics that were just rejected. She'd be destroyed.
Cory Booker - might remind people of Obama in style and politics. One of the better options, but he's despised by teachers, which would make it pretty tough to get the nomination. Also, he's unmarried, which shouldn't matter but does.
Tammy Duckworth - decorated war veteran She's a pretty bad public speaker and I'm not sure how she gets the base energized.
Chris Murphy - Connecticut Senator, strong gun control advicate. White guy. Don't know much about him other than the filibuster after Sandy Hook.
John Hickenlooper - popular governor in a swing state. Fun name. Another white dude. Same here, only know him from his speech at the DNC this year, seemed pretty boring.
Some less congenital choices:
Oprah Winfrey - hey, stranger things I do think she'd probably win. I don't think that would be a good thing.
Kanye - again... End of the world.
Michelle Obama - Very unlikely, but she is basically the anti-Trump I dunno, would she win? For one thing I think there's no way she'd do it.
Michael Moore - Midwest factor Fantasy election booking: Moore vs. Coulter. Who wins?
An actor - say Tom Hanks, Leonardo DeCaprio.Don't think they'd have a chance. Would just come across as elitist.
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I think the best option they may have is Deval Patrick, but he doesn't seem at all interested in getting back into politics. Seems to want to just make piles of money for the time being.
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