And They're Off! (The 2008 GOP handicapping begins)

The Weekly Standard ^ | January 31, 2005 | Duncan Currie

[mowkeka]

And one other note...Democrats DO NOT FEAR John McCain. If John McCain wins the nomination, it's a victory for them!

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"can't be much worse than a last name like "Bush""

Watch it!

NorCalRepub, with a name like that, you must live North of Sacramento.

Holtz
JeffersonRepublicans.com

[gjpino]

I'm also looking at it from an electability standpoint...sitting Senators are rarely elected President.

John Kerry was in an executive position before he was a Senator as well, and it didn't help...

[ncweaver]

I would like to see how well Tancredo would do in the primaries. I think it would surprise a whole lot of Republicans how much support he would get because of his strong stand on illegal immigration. He have GOT to stop this "invasion" ASAP

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Media worship aside, the RATS were practically begging us to nominate McCain in 2000. They've got to have some serious dirt on him.

[mowkeka]

I disagree completely. If the country electred Bush 41 and 43 (twice), there is no reason to think that Jeb can't win.
JEB IN 08!!!!!!

[princess leah]

"Plus, the whole Mormon thing is a bit-overblown"

HA! We have a WOMAN gay governor here in Arizona because we put up a "nice-guy" mormon in Matt Salmon back in 02 and he lost because so many women voted for "the woman" candidate...

NOPE, gotta pick a winner - the dems are packing their hopes on Hillary, so we had darn well better come up with a winner, not some "nice guy" that'll get beat with a stick by you know who! (actually it would be her broom, but who's splitting logs here!)

SOOOO, how about a CONDI RICE and JD HAYWORTH combo! Remember, Condi will bring in an unusual block of voters - black women and all other women who hate Hillary (just think of all the women who slept with Bill for starters!)

[My GOP]

I don't think outside of Nixon, anyone after has ever held a senate seat and eventually gone to the white house.

I belive there has only been four Nixon, LBJ, JFK and
who ??


John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Harrison John Tyler, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Warren Harding, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon all served in the Senate. I hope that's all. I'm doing this off the top of my head. Only Harding and Kennedy were sitting Senators when they were elected.

[SAWTEX]

And one other note...Democrats DO NOT FEAR John McCain. If John McCain wins the nomination, it's a victory for them!


Weekly Standard list with him at the top? Crystal
will not give up. I think McCain would get some crossover
but would it be enough to make up for the ones of us who
would not be at all excited about voting for him.

[Dan from Michigan]

Nixon was a US representative, not a senator.

I believe the only senators to ever win were
LBJ (As VP and incumbent)
Kennedy (Direct)
Harding (Direct)
Not sure before then.

[JohnBDay]

I don't see Rice running for President. The main reason is that she's loyal enough to the President that she would not run without his premission. I doubt Bush would give her premission because she would probably be the only candidate directly tied to the administration, which would be seen as an implict endorsement from Bush.

Also, the nature of the job of Secretary of State (frequent traveling to foreign countries) would make it difficult to campaign in the primary season. She'd have to resign as Secretary of State by mid-2007 at the very latest, probably more like early-2007.

[Irish Eyes]

Rummy/Rice. What a combo that would be. At least we'd have fun with the media.

LOL... The media would go nuts.. I really like George Allen, I hope that he will run.

[My GOP]

McCain's not my first choice but if its between him and Hillary I'll be passionately supporting McCain. He will be 1000 times better than Hillary. It would be foolish for conservatives not to vote for McCain in that situation. Sure he doesn't agree with conservatives and Republicans on 100% of the issues but Hillary agrees with us on 0% of the issues. Four years of Hillary will be a disaster. Four years of McCain won't. Heck, I don't agree with Bush 100% of the time(see immigration) but I still voted for him.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

Romney/Martinez not bad...

Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com

[smonk]

---I doubt Bush would give her premission because she would probably be the only candidate directly tied to the administration, which would be seen as an implict endorsement from Bush.---

by that logic, though, vice presidents would never run for president, would they?

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

Tom Ridge(pres)/ Mel Martinez(vp) I could back that ticket.

[AVNevis]

If we choose from just the A list, I pick Romney. But if we can choose from wither A or B I choose Allen.

[ncweaver]

Bottom line....
We HAVE to win....
Jeb can win...
nuf said.

But I'd love to know what Carl Rove is thinkin'

[My GOP]

Nixon was a U.S represenative from 1947-1951 and a SENATOR from 1951-1953. See my previous reply about the number of people who have served in the Senate and became president. Sorry to seem so persisent but I memorized all the presidents when I was in 3rd grade and right now I'm the Ken Jennings of presidential trivial. If you want to know the answer to a presidential question, ask me. If I don't know, then I'll find it in one of my 10 president books.