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3. Mike Mansfield

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 06:04 PM

Sep 2012

Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American
politician and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a
U.S. Representative (1943–1953) and a U.S. Senator (1953–1977) from Montana.
He was the longest-serving Senate Majority Leader, serving from 1961 to 1977.
During his tenure, he shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate,
but strongly opposed the Vietnam War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mansfield

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Who would have made an interesting president, but never got the shot? [View all] Bucky Sep 2012 OP

I'm going with Eugene Debs arcane1 Sep 2012 #1

Debs would have been interesting Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #5

me too bodem1955_om Oct 2012 #15

First I thought of as well. cdogzilla Jun 2015 #22

Noam Chomsky. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #2

God, no Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #6

About as good or well as anyone else. ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #8

Chomsky's tone is "my way or nothing" Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #9

That may be what you hear, but that is not what I hear. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #10

Do you seriously see Chomsky compromising on anything? Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #11

Chomsky has said that compromises are necessary. ZombieHorde Aug 2015 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #27

Mike Mansfield Ptah Sep 2012 #3

Gary Hart... jaysunb Sep 2012 #4

Eugene McCarthy, John Anderson, to name a couple. bemildred Sep 2012 #7

+1 for both of them no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #46

Martin Luther King, Jr. charlie and algernon Sep 2012 #12

That's the first name that came to my mind, too! DavidL Oct 2012 #13

Before he was shot, there was significant support for the idea Ken Burch Dec 2016 #45

Yes. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #36

Mo Udall was my first serious political hero...he ran in 1976 and finished second to Rowdyboy Oct 2012 #14

Another good choice. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #37

William Jennings Bryan jonpaulprime Oct 2012 #16

Nelson Rockefeller left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #17

What should have been danbenbow Oct 2012 #18

I HAVE TO SAY ROBERT KENNEDY .. JUST IMAGINE YOHABLO Nov 2012 #19

Ross Perot,just saying. SCALA13 Nov 2012 #20

At the top of my list of Morris Udall. I don't know whether he would have won the GE if he had StevieM May 2015 #21

I think 9/11 would have just been another Tuesday. 47of74 Aug 2015 #29

I was never a 9/11 conspiracy theory, but I am rethinking my attitude in light of additional JDPriestly Jun 2016 #38

Bob LaFollette (nt) cdogzilla Jun 2015 #23

Bill Bradley cdogzilla Jun 2015 #24

Henry Wallace Southern Belle Blue Aug 2015 #25

Good one. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #39

I agree. The saddest thing is he came so close, thucythucy Mar 2018 #61

Abraham Lincoln serving out his full second term. thucythucy Mar 2018 #62

Al Gore boatsnhose Aug 2015 #26

Paul Tsongas 47of74 Sep 2015 #30

Paul was in it--but then he ran out of money. He won 7 states. MADem Feb 2017 #47

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #31

Joe Biden paul ofnoclique Nov 2015 #32

Think how different our recent history would have been.... lastlib Jan 2016 #33

A Humphrey-Kennedy ticket (if Bobby hadn't been murdered) would've been stronger Bucky Jan 2016 #34

Interesting Almost President aswanson Feb 2016 #35

Robert Kennedy SheriffBob Jul 2016 #40

I absolutely agree with you on that one, he had so much to offer, and the temperament, too. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #43

Who would have made an interesting president, but never got the shot? RedHornet44 Jul 2016 #41

UGH. Horrible pick. nt MADem Feb 2017 #48

Henry A. Wallace RedHornet44 Jul 2016 #42

Paul Wellstone and maybe... RealityChik Dec 2016 #44

Adlai Stevenson....eom mrmpa Feb 2017 #49

There you go. Basic LA Feb 2017 #56

The word they used in the 1950's was "egghead"...eom mrmpa Feb 2017 #57

Ross Perot ParanoidFactoid Feb 2017 #50

HRC JustAnotherGen Feb 2017 #51

Hear, Hear stephensolomita Jun 2017 #58

Mo Udall Binders Keepers Feb 2017 #52

Cuomo my first throught hibbing Feb 2017 #53

Get To Know The Real Cuomo stephensolomita Jun 2017 #59

I meant his father n/t hibbing Jun 2017 #60

Jay Rockefeller. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #54

Henry Wallace gopiscrap Feb 2017 #55

Elliot Richardson Doc_Technical Mar 2019 #63