Re: [RC] Who would be your ideal populist candidate?

[David R. Block]

Title: ORourke1 Signature

In answering the issues questions, I find that most of the answers are to the left of me. Some of them to the FAR FAR FAR left of me. Go figure... David "Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke On 10/10/2011 4:11 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: Let's play the hypothetical game, since it is conceivable it could become real: http://www.americanselect.org/official-documents Say the Occupy Wall Street group turns into a Tea Party of the Left, complete with its own Sarah Palin-esque leaders. Say that AmericansElect gets critical mass, and manages to avoid terminal dysfunction. Say that centrists get energized and mobilized to find a way to pull this all together. What then? The more I think about it, the more I suspect we actually need a "person" not a position paper.  An individual who is ideologically pragmatic and ruthlessly competent.  Who has the managerial skills and political temperament to be President, but didn't have the stomach for a traditional nomination process. If we can find that person now, before the media circus, perhaps we can help influence him (or her) to take the stage. Even Draft them if necessary. But who?   Billy, you're the researcher:  who's smart and centrist enough to theoretically rally both sides of the populist vote? -- Ernie P. P.S. And no, before you ask, I'm not available until my daughter turns three (she turns one next month).  -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org