Who will you vote for in 2016?

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1. Hillary
2. Cuomo
3. Gillibrand

Unenthusiastic about everyone else, although I'm a Christie fan.

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Clinton or Gillibrand. Schweitzer and Cuomo are not Democrats.

DINOs DINOs DINOs!!!

They both absolutely are Democrats.

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Schweitzer is anti-gun control.

Which makes him a FF. Democrats need to realize they can't pretend to support the Bill of Rights and just ignore one of them.

Oh.

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Clinton or Gillibrand. Schweitzer and Cuomo are not Democrats.

Calling Cuomo and Schweitzer DINOs and being for Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand is lolzy.

Cuomo and Schweitzer have positions incompatible with the Democratic agenda. Clinton and Gillibrand do not.

What official position of Cuomo's are you referring to? Schweitzer is on the record about guns, sure.

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Cuomo isn't on the record for advocating anything that would be contentious in a Democratic primary like Schweitzer and gun control. He's continuously toed the line in his governance as a Clinton-esque centrist, but he wouldn't campaign on anything fiscally conservative. The left would be right to point to his record, but that's nowhere near the same problem as running for the nomination as, say, Huntman's views on climate change or Brian Sandoval and abortion.

Cuomo is just going to try and paint himself as Slick Willy's protege.

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Cuomo isn't on the record for advocating anything that would be contentious in a Democratic primary like Schweitzer and gun control. He's continuously toed the line in his governance as a Clinton-esque centrist, but he wouldn't campaign on anything fiscally conservative. The left would be right to point to his record, but that's nowhere near the same problem as running for the nomination as, say, Huntman's views on climate change or Brian Sandoval and abortion.

Cuomo is just going to try and paint himself as Slick Willy's protege.

Why should Democrats support that approach when Slick Willy's wife, a true blue liberal, is available and by far more electable?

I didn't say he was the best option available; that wasn't the argument (Cuomo wouldn't run and invoke the Clinton rhetoric if Hillary was part of the field, anyway). I'm merely stating that calling guys like Schweitzer and Cuomo DINOs is nothing short of hack-ish.

There are a lot of those on the left who would disagree on Hillary being a "true blue liberal", too.

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Would Cuomo advocate cutting funding for homeless youth organizations in a primary?

There's a difference between running away from criticism for past budgetary decisions (which is what Cuomo would do) and embracing an issue that's completely contradictory to current party dogma (such as Brian Sandoval and abortion). One is maneuverable with political skill; the other is a non-starter when vying for the nomination.

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What, cutting a budget in a crappy economy? That's not really a unique "position" Cuomo holds or would campaign on specifically, and it's not unpopular at all for big state governors. You realize Martin O'Malley of all people claims to have cut budgetary spending more than any other Maryland governor, right? Hell, google any Democratic governor along with the words "budget cuts" and see what they're proposing or bragging about.

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Of all the candidates named above, Schweitzer beats them all hands-down. But Elizabeth Warren would be better.

Only a Kentucky liberal would say that. Again, Schweitzer is not a Democrat. He is incompatible with the 21st century Democratic agenda.

Agreed. Schweitzer's views on health care are much better than the current Democratic agenda.