If the election were held today...

...who would you vote for?

Reasons why would be helpful.

Sanders. I like most of his policies and the only one I really disagree with is immigration but I expect Republicans in Congress will prevent him from doing anything so it doesn't really matter.

Clinton. There's nobody who has more experience at the highest levels of the political system. She's a calculating politician, no doubt. She'll latch onto any issue of the moment if it will get her a few votes. I don't know if she has many core values beyond being a career politician and wanting to continue her political career as the first female president. But I do think she's a competent, highly ambitious professional. She's usually described as a centrist. That's fine. In football terms, she may not be the QB who throws for 550 yards and 7 touchdowns, but she's a great game manager who understands how to work the clock and avoid costly turnovers.

The rest of the field, both Repub & Dem, is simply too cartoonish to take seriously.

I have no great desire to see Bill bring his womanizing ways back to the White House, with the inevitable scandal where he's caught smuggling one of his chubby bimbos into the Lincoln Bedroom, but I guess that's the trade-off I'll have to accept.

I thought Bill Clinton was off the bimbos (so to speak) due to his severe heart problems.

And "working the clock" is really only a useful talent when you are already ahead........

I'd have thought Clinton represents everything you've been railing about since you "turned conservative."

Most patients can resume normal activities post-CABG.

I don't know what you mean by that, and I'm not particularly interested in filling in your blanks.

Obamacare? I've always been in favor of health care as a basic human right. I don't believe life & death should be a function of economic status. What I have argued is that Obamacare, THE LAW, is an unweildy mess, a script that should have gone through about 20 more rewrites and then a polish by the Coen brothers. That stance has *always* been qualitatively different than your mindless cheerleading and unquestioning acceptance of any propaganda posted to healthcare.gov.

Abortion? Do I really think that Santorum or Huckabee could end abortion on demand? Nope. So why not vote for someone who might have a clue about how to deal with the other 1000 issues involving foreign policy and domestic economics?

A rational, well-thought-out post marred by a calculated dishonesty. Ah, well, some progress is better than none, I suppose.

I think teh baba is going to take this one by a landslide.

Yeah, much as I hate to agree with Flashlight, pretty much this.

And what, pray tell, was my "calculated dishonesty?"

Baba is behind both Sanders and Clinton.

Clinton is a moderate and has a better shot at working with the GOP Congress than self-proclaimed Socialist Sanders.

Christie is my runner-up. Again, moderation and an ability to get things done.

Christie is a bullying, loud-mouthed jerk, an unapologetic asshole who would quickly alienate just about everyone. Christie wouldn't get anything done.

You could make that exact claim of everyone on the list. They're politicians.

I'll vote for Bernie.

I think Hillary will try to work with the GOP just like moderate Obama bent over backwards to work with the GOP. That said if the GOP just wants to block everything because "we don't want to hand a victory to the other guy", which has been the Republican goal since Obama has been in office, then nothing will get done. The President has to have a partner and the Republicans would filibuster their own bills the moment Obama said he agreed with them.

So, you WANT to hand over 80% of your paycheck to the government?

Wait, are we acting like the president has a magic wand now?

How did Obama bend over backwards to work with the GOP?

I believe that's what Bill used to call it.

He constantly compromised with his compromises in hopes of enticing some Republican votes. He even copied the Republican health care plan and took single payer off the table to make them happy yet he got stiffed without a single Republican vote.

Democratic candidates have 60% of the Wordforge vote. Interesting.

I'd vote for Paul because he's the closest to a liberterian the Republicans have.

You have to remember right forge cried and ran away because someone dared to challenge them. The idea of disenting voices just wounded them so.

That's why right wingers tend to hide out in their own echo chambers. There is less chance of getting challenged on an issue before Rush Limbaugh or Faux gets to tell them what they are supposed to think.

Bill and Opus.

Actually if I had to vote for a Democrat it would be Sanders. If I had to vote for a Republican I guess it would be Christie.

Well, Lincoln Chafee of course.

#FeelTheChafe

A Republican Congress would just send Hillary to jail for any one of about thousand felonies she's already committed. She'd better pick a squeaky clean VP.

Personally, I'm hoping for another Joe Biden vice-presidency regardless of the Democrat who inevitably beats the Republican token candidate.

8 more years of Uncle Joe in the Eisenhower Building!