10 Soap Opera Politicians Who'd Get Our Vote
By Daytime Confidential on November 10, 2012
No. 2: Josiah "Jed" Bartlet, The West Wing
When it comes to primetime television politicians, The West Wing's Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) remains the gold standard. For two terms (seven TV seasons), Jed ruled the fictional free world with compassion and grace. Through political battles (granting immigration amnesity) to personal ones (multiple sclerosis), Jed proved to be one of the most popular Democrats of all time.
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18 August 2008
9 hours 56 min
Wait, these are character that you would vote for?
The citizens of Salem called - they are trying to draft David Patraeus for mayor...
7 April 2011
9 hours 1 min
Umm...I wouldn't vote for any of these characters. I would vote for OLTL's Victoria Lord, GL's Ross Marler and DAYS's Abe Carver!
22 January 2008
5 hours 36 min
Umm...I wouldn't vote for any of these characters. I would vote for OLTL's Victoria Lord, GL's Ross Marler and DAYS's Abe Carver!
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Umm...Ross Marler is on the list! LMAO I guess that "umm" took too much time.
8 June 2012
9 hours 11 min
I, too, thought I mis-read the title, since I would not vote for most of these scoundrels!
I thought that Donna Love Hudson would have made a much better mayor for Bay City than fratricidal psychopath Grant Harrison. She even had the perfect campaign slogan: "All You need is Love!" Besides, she needed a storyline a lot more than Grant did.
I think my favorite part of Dorian winning the job of Llanview's mayor was seeing the somehwat intimidated but awestruck Oliver Fish address her as "Doctor Mayor Dorian Lord" all the time. You'd think Starr would work into her Port Charles conversations that her aunt is a US Senator, but then perhaps she's not one to name-drop.
Knots Landing's Greg Sumner already was a state assemblyman when we met him. He was running for, and ultimately won, the race for US Senate. That was the position (US Senator) he resigned in order to take over what became the Sumner Group. Whatever the case, I am glad he took on the Sumner Group and married Laura because it allowed Laura the ultimate revenge on Abby Ewing: Laura became the richest woman in the cul-de-sac!
19 April 2012
6 weeks 5 days
YAY BABY EJ DIMERA !
26 May 2012
1 hour 33 min
Senator Dorian Lord Buchanan was my favorite off this list! Love her!!!
I had no idea Luke was once mayor!!!
Abe should really be mayor of Salem now.
31 March 2008
1 week 1 day
The only one of these I'd vote for would be E J Dimera, AND only if I could blackmail him and seduce him into a scorching hot Man-on-Man sexual romp at my beck and call. LOL
28 July 2012
13 hours 53 min
Luke looks better now than he did then!
7 April 2011
9 hours 1 min
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Umm...Ross Marler is on the list! LMAO I guess that "umm" took too much time.
Sorry JG. I must have clicked right past Ross. Forgive the oversight. I loved the "Dreamgirls" episode of GL where Ross had a fantasy on election day where he was confronted by some of his past loves and Alan-Michael (Rick Hearst) is scantily-clad!
19 May 2011
7 hours 49 min
Former State Senator Jack Abbott cold have been on the list, to represent someone from Y&R.
14 December 2008
18 hours 34 min
Love the list! Esoucally E.J. Dorian and Jed! I'd also add Doris Wolfe to the list as an Honourable Mention. I have to represt the LGBT population and as much as I loved that storylinr, Dorian's shame of a marriage to Delphiana's fiancee doesn't count.
13 December 2009
18 weeks 2 days
The Good Wife, a show with the law and politics engrained is overlooked? Where's my guy Peter Florak. Love him. A reformed politician (remember he was "sort of" wrongfully imprisoned) who's still a little sordid around the edges.