# pre-poll baker's dozen Dem candidates for 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 25, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879 "2013-03-25T01:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/1 "2013-03-25T01:42:21Z")
I intend to post a list of possible candidates for the Democratic nomination in 2016, and off the top of my head, I see 13 so far. Could you nominate any more (plausible) candidates, and I will add “other” to the list, and poll the SD on the likely standard-bearer in three years. The 13 are: Biden Corey Booker Sherrod Brown HRC Cuomo Rahm Emmanual Hickenlooper Tim Kaine O’Malley Deval Patrick Schweitzer Jon Tester Warren ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/2 "2013-03-25T18:30:31Z")
What, no Kennedy? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/3 "2013-03-25T18:37:36Z")
I nominate Stephen Colbert, Vermin Supreme, and the “The Rent Is Too Damn High” guy. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/4 "2013-03-25T18:46:45Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > What, no Kennedy? Who’d you have in mind? Joe? Maria Shriver? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/5 "2013-03-25T21:54:48Z")
There is only one Democratic candidate in reality: Ms. **H.R.C.** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/6 "2013-03-26T04:10:33Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > There is only one Democratic candidate in reality: Ms. **H.R.C.** I honestly don’t know why so many people seem to think this after the disgraceful way she ran her campaign in '08. I don’t think she even has any intention of running for office at age 69, but if she does I will not support her in the primary, and if she is nominated I will seriously consider voting third party. ---
**Author:** ![littlespeedysuperbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@littlespeedysuperbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlespeedysuperbike)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/7 "2013-03-26T05:00:28Z")
Klobuchar and Franken; both Senators from Minnesota. If HRC and Biden don’t run, Al Franken will be very, very difficult to beat. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/8 "2013-03-26T06:21:32Z")
Yeah, Warren. I’d give her a high rathing, from what we see so far. And how about Krugman? He’s clearly not the slightest bit interested, but I’d sure like it if he could at least take a job as a Very Serious Advisor in the next Democratic administration. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/9 "2013-03-27T13:41:57Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Who’d you have in mind? Joe? Maria Shriver? None in particular. It just seems that an election cycle is not complete unless there is a Kennedy in the lists. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/10 "2013-03-27T13:48:11Z")
Never in recent history has the nominee been known so early. It’s Hillary. Let’s just skip the Democratic primaries in 2016, this race is over. Sure, someone might beat her. And I might win a 100m race with Usain Bolt. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/11 "2013-03-27T14:47:01Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Never in recent history has the nominee been known so early. It’s Hillary. Let’s just skip the Democratic primaries in 2016, this race is over. If Hillary Clinton is the nominee, the Republican candidate wins, and may God strike me down if I am wrong. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/12 "2013-03-27T14:54:13Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > There is only one Democratic candidate in reality: Ms. **H.R.C.** You know, there area lot of Democrats who don’t like HRC, myself included. I will do everything I can to make sure it is not her, and if it is her, I’ll leave the party. Her nomination was inevitable in 2008 as well and that didn’t work out too well for her. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/13 "2013-03-27T14:59:15Z")
I don’t know if Hillary is planning to run (she’ll be 69 in 2016), but if she does run, she’ll be the frontrunner, by a mile. I have little use for her, but the nomination is hers if she wants it. If BIden runs, he’ll quickly be reminded that nobody liked him the OTHER time he ran for President. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/14 "2013-03-27T15:28:57Z")
In a rational world, having the name “Hickenlooper” wouldn’t be a problem for a presidential candidate. I’m anything but rational, and it reminds me of “Schicklgruber”. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/15 "2013-03-27T16:05:07Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Hickenlooper Pfft. That’s not even a real name. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/16 "2013-03-27T16:26:16Z")
I think Hillary could have it if she wanted, but I also think she might decide she isn’t up for it after all. Partly age (although she would not be the oldest candidate ever to run), but partly putting herself through all of that again - I think she might feel it is not worth it. I am sure there are a few names we have not even considered who might suddenly pop on the radar in the next two years. Even though Biden might go through the motions, he just doesn’t build any excitement and I think he would start losing lots of primaries really quickly. It isn’t going to be easy to top Obama’s first campaign for voter enthusiasm this coming election - no matter who tries. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/17 "2013-03-27T16:40:14Z")
There’s plenty of time for Martin O’Malley to make a splash for himself and god knows he’s not above trying. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/18 "2013-03-28T01:42:56Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > There is only one Democratic candidate in reality: Ms. **H.R.C.** Only if you want a Republican victory, she is unelectable. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/19 "2013-03-28T05:44:51Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Only if you want a Republican victory, she is unelectable. Even Gingrich acknowledged that Madame Clinton’s unbeatable. If Clinton or Biden runs (I doubt they’d both run) then they are the nominee by fiat if not I see a strong race between Andrew Cuomo and Brian Schweitzer. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879/20 "2013-03-28T05:54:52Z")
I wonder if we’ll see either of the Castro brothers in 20 or 24. Julian Castro made quite an impression at the convention last year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-bakers-dozen-dem-candidates-for-2016/653879.md?page=2)