For this category, the following information is required for a nomination to be valid:

*The name of the member that you would most like to see elected to any public office (feel free to state the office, although not a requirement for nomination).

NOTE: The nominated member must not be banned, restricted or validating.

Reference: Members list

Quarkhead

Lots of qualified individuals, but I'm going to give the nod to DaffyGrl. We need some passionate, unbought-and-unbossed and principled people in politics and DG qualifies.

Amlord seems sensible and pragmatic. From the posts I've read it doesn't seem that he is a power monger or driven by money so he may be the perfect candidate.

I'm going to go with turnea. He's thoughtful, intelligent, informed, and interested - four qualities lacking in almost all of our elected officials. I also suspect that he'd not be easily bought - and I don't think that can be said of any existing politician. If nothing else, he acknowledges that it is possible to change one's position due to changing circumstances, life experience, and actually listening to opposition arguments - and is not afraid to do so. This is extremely uncommon not only among politicians, but also among the general populace - yes, even here at America's Debate. The ability to allow one's position to evolve as events unfold is an indispensable trait in an elected official. That said, turnea's positions (even when I disagree with them) always seem to have been formed by fully and carefully considering the alternatives and weighing the possible ramifications of any given policy against his own ethical sensibilities. turnea 08!

Lederuvdapac

CP

I'd like to see moif as the next Kissinger.

Easy, DTOM

Most members would probably do better than the politicians in Washington, so it's hard to narrow this down, but I'll nominate ConservPat.