The guy you KNOW will never run but you want him/her to?

[Blackacre]

I mean, come on. There's all the excitement about Hillary Clinton maybe being President, speculation about Cuomo or Christie or O'Mailey or Bush, and others. This is not about those people. This is: who, out of everyone who we are mostly sure is not running, would you REALLY want to see run for President?

For me: Al Franken, (obviously) Rachel Maddow, Scott Brown, Bernie Sanders

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Bernie Sanders is up there, as is Howard Stern, Pete Seeger, Mitch Daniels, Pat Buchanan (well, he already ran, but a fourth run at it would be cool), Willie Nelson, Rachel Maddow, and David Walker.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Herman Cain and Jon Stewart.

[Beet]

Bernie Sanders and Russ Feingold, maybe. Actually, more Feingold than Sanders. But I can't think of anyone who clearly stands out from the pack.

[Blackacre]

Jon Stewart.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Bernie Sanders and Herman Cain for totally diffrent reasons.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I think he's done.

[Maxwell]

Clint Eastwood.

[Asian Nazi]

Donald Trump

[Blue3]

Hillary Clinton really is the person who I want to run.
After her, Kirsten Gillibrand.
After her, Hickenlooper.
After him, Schweitzer.


Maaaayybeee Jerry Brown.


I'm curious about a few of the Democratic freshman Senators, but I don't expect or really want them to run in 2016 (at least not without saying how they do over the next couple years).

[Vosem]

Me.

Or, actual politicians -- I don't know, there's no one with quite my set of beliefs out there for me to get excited about. I suppose I'll get behind the call for Stewart, he's a good dude.

[Paul Kemp]

Not a never ran but Howard Dean again.

[Simfan34]

My father.

Seriously, my father would make a great president. Socially and economically moderate. PhD, pro-business.

Simfan Sr. for President!

[justfollowingtheelections]

I like Merkley from Oregon and he might run for all I know...

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Russ Feingold.

[Miles]

Brad Miller.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Stephen Colbert (another fake, unsuccessful run maybe, but it's unlikely he gets on the ballot).

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen, Tim McGraw

[tmthforu94]

Mitt Romney

[Incipimus iterum]

Maria Cantwell, Joe Donnelly

[Antonio the Sixth]

Bernie!!!

[Joe Biden 2020]

Brad Henry

[Donerail]

Ron again.

[Del Tachi]

For the Dems, Mary Landrieu or Al Gore

For the GOP, Richard Burr or Roy Blunt

[Link]

Clint Eastwood.

Awesome pick.  Surprised more people didn't mention him.  A true fiscal conservative, who isn't a bigot, and actually cares about the environment.

The problem with a lot of these picks is they would get torn apart by their respective parties in the primaries.  Eastwood is not going to change his views on gays or the environment from some gun toting Bible clinger.

If someone like Eastwood were to head up the Republican ticket and the Democrats ran someone like Al Gore or John Kerry I could see myself voting for Eastwood.  Washington would be interesting.  I don't know how much he could really get done though.  Both parties would find tons of stuff to hate him for.