Posted on 05/31/2005 6:46:53 PM PDT by Dustin Hawkins
Who will win in 2008? (Duh, it is only 3 years away)
See the players here
Features Analysis and Interest Group Ratings of "Players"
Check it out. let me know if I missed some "important players" or if you have more IGR ratings on some of the potential runners. I also want feedback on the candidates, how likely are you to vote for each. Ok, I'm done. ; )
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Allen is my first choice by far.
If Hillary Clinton was a Republican, she would be a shoe-in.
If she runs, her opponent must tread a fine line between being anti-Clinton and anti-woman.
It could be a similar race to when her husband beat GHWB if W can prevail in the war on terror.
I fear Americans are just stupid enough to elect another Clintoon.
I hope I am very wrong.
Show me for whom Melham and Rove are going to work and I'll tell you who the front runners will be.
Next look at the pollsters for each candidate, then the advertising agencies, then the finance chairmen, then the consultant/advisers in each issue area , then the spokesperson, advance team, candidate's wife.....
Look at the people and organizations that are endorsing the candidates.
Then finally look at the candidate to see if he has the physical stamina and mental discipline to let his organization do its job instead of shooting in all directions like a loose cannon.
Unfortunately some people would bet on a candidate who's running the whole show himself or letting his little sister run show it. Those candidates are called "vanity candidates" and there will be a bunch of them in 2008. They're just trying to sell books, compile mailing lists and get cheap publicity.
Yes he will!
Brown/Rice
Sorry, I haven't had dinner yet.
Good analysis except the Allen beating Clinton comes down to Ohio and Florida.
For all of Dean's bluster, they are are not going to compete anywhere else in the Midwest or South except for maybe MO or ARK.
Hill has a huge man problem, think we're going to see her in a duck blind? (yeah and watch the NEA and Emily's List faint).
Sure the MSM is going to go gaga over the first woman President and a Clinton to boot but it won't be until she actually declares that her true negatives will show up.
Allen, btw, has a history of coming from behind and cleaning clock when it counts.
He has a hand-picked by Clinton female candidate's scalp hanging on his belt from his last Senate race, he's not afraid of running against a woman.
If you look at the list of perceived candidates, Allen is the only one who has won a bruising campaign in a Red swing state.
My only reservation with Rice is she's pro-choice. I don't know if the conservative base would back her. But, you're right about Tancredo being a polarizing figure. The secret service would really be earning their pay watching him.
Abortion is over politicized. Abortion should not be a defining issue or a litmus test for an elected or appointed position. The abortion issue detracts from immediate and far-reaching issues that affect all citizens more equally and more profoundly. Medical Ethics should define what is the MORAL difference between infanticide and partial birth abortion on demand (aka "rights".) Certainly, politicians and political appointees are neither astute nor wise enough, nor trustworthy in deciding matters of ethics and morals, and where the value of LIFE begins and ends.
Abortion is a pander/polarizing issue. Issues should focus on the better interests of all citizens - security and economy, and upholding our REPUBLIC's constitution. Oh, we face a glaring issue which is protecting America from the ACLU's aggressive subversive activism.
Thanks for the invite to your site.
She's already ordered the Camo pant suit.
It's absurd to leave moral and ethical decisions concerning abortions to those who are paid to perform them. Medical Ethics have been abandoned - the mass majority of abortions are unnecessary, and their sole purpose is to end life (hardly ethical).
aaawwww all right, President Rice. You won me with the "Hillary would have an anuerism" comment. Wait a minute, I think you've come up with a great bumper sticker idea!!!! ;-)
i read up on the views of Mike Pence, he seems to be one that we should keep an eye on. He is truly in the spirit of Ronald Reagan. He wants to fix the tax code, preserve life, and he is very strong on defense. i did have trouble finding his views on illegal immigration though. but he seems very viable and an actual conservative, unlike what weve been told we have to live with. what about Pence/ Condi in '08 and '12 and then Condi in '16 and '20. seems like a plan to me
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