NM11046 Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Most everyone here can agree that our two candidates are maybe not the best our union could have nominated in their respective parties. I'd love to see who we'd rather have. "Pie in the Sky", the "if only"s' ... no limits on creativity! Who would you have liked to see on the Republican and Democratic tickets? Link to comment
mrandyk Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was all for Bernie, if only because he was forward thinking and had no real party affiliation. Can't say I have a dream candidate who isn't running in mind. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I think a Kasich/Rubio ticket, or a Rubio/Rand Paul ticket ( or Kasich as VP) would have been dynamite. To lessor extent a Rubio/ Susana Martinez (NM governor) might have appeal. But it might be seen as too pandering to the Hispanic vote. Rubio/Nikki Haley (SC Gov) also. As you can tell Rubio was my 1st choice. Dem side- I think the Dems would have owned the election wt Elizabeth Warren. Bernie people would like her, she is younger, not as wacky, and you still have the first female nominee. She has a 'clean' image. No scandals that I know of. Personally I could see myself voting for Jim Webb if the repubs came up wt a Trump or similar. Link to comment
Landlord Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was all for Bernie, if only because he was forward thinking and had no real party affiliation. Can't say I have a dream candidate who isn't running in mind. Same. Bernie's pretty crazy and some would argue wrecklessly progressive, but so what? Anything wildly outlandish would never be fulfilled in our checks-and-balances government anyways, so why not go with the cleanest, most consistent, decent and moral record of virtually any Presidential candidate in history? Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was all for Bernie, if only because he was forward thinking and had no real party affiliation. Can't say I have a dream candidate who isn't running in mind. Same. Bernie's pretty crazy and some would argue wrecklessly progressive, but so what? Anything wildly outlandish would never be fulfilled in our checks-and-balances government anyways, so why not go with the cleanest, most consistent, decent and moral record of virtually any Presidential candidate in history? I liked Bernie on a personal level and his honest passion. He's got to be burning inside regarding the DNC working wt the Clinton campaign. Policy wise - pretty far out. Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Donald J. Trump 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thread comes to a Thud Ending. 6 Link to comment
Fru Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Of those that ran. Republicans - Kasich. He was the only adult in the room on more than one occasion. Democrats - Bernie. Easily. Those that didn't run Republicans - Brian Sandoval Democrats - Biden, Warren Link to comment
NM11046 Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 I have to agree with Fru ... although I also respected how Jim Webb conducted himself, I don't know a whole lot about him, but from what I do I'd bucket him with Kasich. Bernie. Those who didn't run: Biden Warren Don't have enough knowledge of Republicans to have an option on that. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Of those that ran. Republicans - Kasich. He was the only adult in the room on more than one occasion. Democrats - Bernie. Easily. Those that didn't run Republicans - Brian Sandoval Democrats - Biden, Warren Yes, on Biden. Forgot to add him on the Dem side. I wonder what goes through his mind if he has any regrets for not running based on current events?? He'd be defeating Trump and would not have Hillary's baggage Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Sanders > Biden >>> Clinton 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Rubio was my choice. He was my choice if I had to suffer a Republican to win Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 My God the radical leftists on this board! Where on Earth did you acquire such socialist/communist ideas? Sanders? Warren (she's got to be about as old as Clinton and nuttier)? Biden is a another reprobate with women but atleast not so radical left. The best candidate by a country mile was Ted Cruz and Rubio was a strong second. That would have been a great ticket. I am hopeful, should Trump pull this thing out as the trends suggest, that Ted Cruz will be our next Attorney General. He has some serious prosecuting to do as Hillary and Bill and a bunch of their associates have some accounting to do. The Rico statutes will apply and I would hope to see that entire Clinton foundation seized as ill gotten booty and used for some real charitable work. Trump has some redeeming values as he will certainly break up the special interests' grip on our federal government and the Congress. I am fairly confident he will be a fairly calm and steady leader once the heat of the electoral battle is over but of course the media attacks will be unending so who knows. He does have a sort of Bo Pelini temper it seems. 1 Link to comment
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