who will/should the Dems appoint? [Poll]

by shlenny, Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 10:39:24 PM EST

The Dems have agreed to participate in the Bush's Iraq Advisory Group.  Initially, Pelosi and Reid rejected the idea because Bush insisted on choosing the democratic members who would constitute the group.  In exchange for allowing the Dems to choose the members of their delegation who would form the group, they agreed to participate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001085. html

This is a critical decision that will let us know how committed the leadership is the withdrawing from Iraq.  One question is whether Lieberman will be allowed by the Democratic leadership to be member of the group....interesting politics.


Poll
Who should the leadership choose to advise Bush?
Lieberman
Ben Nelson
Barney Frank
Joe Biden
Russ Feingold
Ted Kennedy
Diane Fienstein
Hillary Clinton
Rahm Emmanuel
Jim Webb

Votes: 18
Results : Vote Link : Polls


Tags: Iraq War, Bipartisanship, Lieberman, Pelosi, Reid (all tags)

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Was there any doubt (none / 0)

that the first votes would be for Webb? I did consider Joe Biden because he is a smart guy, and I think he is right that we need to break Iraq up, but the guy is so... so... the guy said he "needed to be the best Biden he could be" for God's sake! Jim Webb.
"And so in the place of the palace of privilege, we seek to build a temple out of faith and hope and charity."-FDR
by jallen on Tue Jan 30, 2007 at 10:56:07 PM EST

Re: who will/should the Dems appoint? [Poll] (none / 0)

On war and peace the three members of the Senate I trust the most are Teddy Kennedy, Robert Byrd and Russ Feingold.  Funny thing is, I don't trust Byrd nearly as much on anything else.  Too bad Paul Wellstone is no longer with us.  

If somebody from "the leadership" is named, it has to be Dick Durbin.  He will not cave and doesn't seem to have any "higher" ambitions that cause him to trim his sails to the political wind.  Durbin's harangue on his amendment to shield the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan was great.  Not the best delivery but right on about stripping the income away from the Guard troops sent into harm's way.


by David Kowalski on Wed Jan 31, 2007 at 12:07:36 AM EST

Multiple Choice Poll (none / 0)

This is a perfect example of the type of poll where multiple choices should be allowed.  

Feingold, Kennedy, Webb.  After watching Kerry -- man, he was on fire -- in the cmte hearings last week, I'd put him on the list too.


Dennis Kucinich, Progressive Democrat for President in 2008
by hoose on Wed Jan 31, 2007 at 08:45:50 AM EST


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