An early look at the 2016 Democratic presidential contenders

CBS

The 2012 primary campaign was not particularly exciting on the Democratic side: President Obama did not face a serious challenger, which meant almost all of the attention was focused on the Republican battle for the nomination. But with Mr. Obama entering his second term, the next presidential election will bring with it a primary fight on both sides - and attention is now turning to which Democrats will face off for the chance to succeed the president in the Oval Office. Click on the arrow below to look at the early contenders. (For the early buzz among the Republicans, click here.)

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[thprop]

Howard Dean.................................

[Shibbol]

Patti Murray and Amy Klobuchar have accomplished a lot already. It's going to be a great field, and that can only strengthen whoever gets the final nod. Hillary's tough competition made President Obama's run against McCain a relative cakewalk.

[diddy_back_again]

Great. I wonder what sort of socialist ideas these people have. Nationalizing retirement funds? Government run dental plans? Mandating life insurance? 'Taxing' you if you don't buy a fuel efficient vehicle? I bet some of you think some of these are 'good ideas to build on'. After all, you voted for the Marxist.

[James-At-WhitesWillWin]

We CAN avoid this nightmare, folks. We only need the true AMERICAN majority to see that it's a matter of Self Defense of our values, our original American culture. I'm talking to members of the culture of our Founding Fathers. We created this country. We built this country. See the "Solution" page on my site. search my name above without the hyphens.

[FlashJohnson]

A bunch of America haters. Listen, if you want freedom, freedom to choose, freedom to decide for yourselves what you want to do with your life, steer clear of these wolves in sheep's clothing politicians who get elected by promising EVERYTHING. That's not what America is about, never was, never will be. Wake up and learn how your government works. Don't get your news from the talking heads and celebrities. Your future and your freedoms depend upon you and your kids getting smarter, real fast.

[Holly-wood]

An early look at the 2016 Democratic presidential contenders
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The nomination and the election are pretty much Hillary Clinton's, is she wants it

Biden is a nice guy but he's a gaffe machine and the butt of too many jokes, plus he'll be to old

Coumo is from NY. Guys from the northeast just don't do too well. Remember: Dukakis. Kerry, Romney...

Mark Warner would be a good candidate since he comes from a swing state and has experience as a governor AND a senator.

[Scimajor]

Isn't this like starting to put out the Christmas decorations in January? Well, except that Christmas is fun and elections are .... not fun.

All I can tell you is that it doesn't matter who the Dems. pick as long as the GOP decides to stick with the "Pander to the rich white male vote and screw everyone else" mentality.

[cydygitt2]

Hey folks, the most IRONIC part of the 2102 campaign, was romney's idiotic talk about the 47% supporting President Obama, when in reality, his final vote tally for this election, will be that same 47% -- meaning that only 47% of Americans supported the mormon cultist! LOL!

[Holly-wood]

That's right, check out the spreadsheet of Cook Political Reports David Waserman:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AjYj9mXElO_QdHpla01oWE1jOFZRbnhJZkZpVFNKeVE&toomany=true

Obama is now at 50.8% and Romney at 47.5%
Romney has steadily been going down as vote tallying continues. The guy who dissed 47% of the nation only got 47% of the vote. Now THAT is poetic justice.

[RollotheNorman]

Of course of the many ironic things in Willard's campaign, many of that 47% were actually his strongest supporters.

[cydygitt2]

MARYCHGO says: "A similar story published in 2000 or 2004 would never have seen Barack Obama coming. I suspect this summary omits at least a couple of the names we'll be seriously considering in 2015 and 2016...."

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I agree mary, and have to laugh at such racist comments like this by the highly-partisan and very polarizing infant:
"The white plantation owners of the Democrat Party have returned."

[marychgo]

A similar story published in 2000 or 2004 would never have seen Barack Obama coming. I suspect this summary omits at least a couple of the names we'll be seriously considering in 2015 and 2016....