Hundreds of liberal organizers and anti-war activists have signed a petition pledging to oppose President Barack Obama's renomination in 2012 unless he reverses course in Afghanistan and pushes for significant cuts to military spending.[...]
From former high-ticket lawmakers to ex-intelligence officials to veterans advocates, the petition (available here) has garnered the support of a multitude noted figures, including Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, retired FBI agent Coleen Rowley, and 2006 US Senate candidate Jean Hay Bright.
Those are some high-profile names, but they’ve been doing what they’re doing for years, and pretty much being ignored by the power in Washington. So long as it’s only “hundreds” of organizers and activists, I don’t think Obama will be particularly concerned.
[T]he activists haven't coalesced around a preferred alternative for the 2012 Democratic nominee, but [...] described ousted Democrats Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) as potentials who "would be far and away better than President Obama."
Russ Feingold perhaps.
But kudos to anyone who refuses to be forced into voting for someone they don't approve of. It's your vote. It's your voice. And at this point it should be screamingly obvious that a vote for a lousy Democrat is really no better than a vote for a lousy Republican if we want to get out of this financial and political hell hole we're dragging the entire world into. (If it isn't too late already.)
Two other potential candidates, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), said they won't run in 2012 and discouraged a Democratic primary challenge, adding to the view that an Obama renomination is a foregone conclusion.
What happened to Denis Kucinich? I’ve had moments of doubt about his progressivism, but it seems like he’s truly gone over. And Dean? I guess I always wondered about him, too. So maybe Grayson would be a more likely change than Feingold. Frankly, I’m not sure there’s anyone in politics that would be worth supporting. Bernie Sanders maybe. Barney Frank?
For my money, though, we have to go outside politics. I nominate Bill Moyers. Although I really wouldn't want to see him in that position. A good man (or woman) would be torn to shreds and left to die a lonely painful death.
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