Posted on 02/28/2005 1:14:01 PM PST by crushkerry
Thanks for clearing that up.
Why the heck not Sununu?
A strong, well-spoken conservative (lifetime ACU rating of 95%) and WOT supporter from a northeast state that boasts one of the most important Republican primaries, Sununu is on my short list for President in '08.
No - he's a Senator. For VP perhaps, but not President...then again, with a sitting Dem Governor that also makes that a drawback.
You mean the Smith that supported John Kerry for President? That Smith?
RE: "No - he's a Senator."
The track record for Senators in Presidential elections is pretty shoddy (not since Kennedy in '60 has one gained election to the White House), but in a primary race as fractured and disparate as the one awaiting the Republicans in '08, you go with the best that you can get.
What good Republican has a better chance at election than Sununu or Pensylvania Senator Rick Santorum? Rudy Guliani and George Pataki-- way too liberal (he won't even condemn partial-birth abortions). George Allen, Bill Owens-- no name recognition (and Owens is so right-wing he makes the President look like a Kennedy).
I can't think of any truly electable Republican candidate at the moment, unless Secretary Rice deserves to run. Please, God, let Condi run!
NH has a negligible impact on the electoral vote in any event, and will not prevent her from becoming President if she wins Fla. However, I still think she takes NH. Kerry pulled it off, in large part due to the fact that So. NH has become a bedroom community for Boston. I stand by my original point that any state that votes for Kerry would certainly vote for Hillary. Hillary may be polarizing, but so was Kerry. Hillary may be liberal, but so was Kerry.
She may be polarizing, but voters have short memories. In the last 4 years in the Senate, she's kept her mouth shut and stayed out of trouble.
The primary difference between her and Kerry is that she's a woman. That might be a disadvantage, but it might also turn out to be an advantage.
I live in southern NH and have lived in southern NH for the majority of my life. The reason why Kerry won here is that he (really his supporters bussed in from MA) simply campaigned harder then President Bush. The majority of Mass(holes) that voted for him did so far more because he was from their home state then any hard adherence to the left.
LOL. Well, whatever. Smith is and was definitely to the left of Sununu. His record speaks for itself. He shenanigans with the party switching routine also made him a laughing stock and he likely would have lost to Shaheen - if he can't even survive a primary with the base voters, that's a pretty solid indictment.
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