Brian Schweitzer, governor of Montana, might have the chops. He is a tough compassionate conservative Democrat. He is fiscally tight as a drum and will not tolerate deficit spending in the state.
Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernie Prabhakar Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RC] Who would be your ideal populist candidate? On Oct 10, 2011, at 2:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: Dang, someone beat me to it: http://www.politico.com/politicoprimary/ Time for a hero. Will one emerge ? A major gamble for anyone who tries. Politico assembled a decent list, all the usual suspects plus a couple dark horses: * Erskine Bowles * John Chambers * Hillary Clinton * David Petraeus * Condoleezza Rice * Michael Bloomberg * Jon Huntsman * Colin Powell * David M. Walker * Mark Warner I could totally see the AE crowd getting behind a Bloomberg, Petraeus, or even Mark Warner candidacy. Maybe even Jon Hunstman, though me may be too far Right. But, I still suspect for this thing to catch fire we'd need someone with a strong populist streak, yet still intellectual and pragmatic enough to not freak everyone out. Everybody seemingly wants to be the next Reagan or the next JFK. Where's Teddy Roosevelt when we need him? -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
