[areafiftyone]

YIKES!! Is this all we have???

[jtminton]

Good morning. I hope your weekend was well.

[vmivol00]

what about Condi?

[Calpernia]

1010 WINS - New York's All News Station | 1010wins.com
Clinton: Wife Would Make "Excellent President"

Feb 27, 2005 8:37 am US/Eastern

Former president Bill Clinton said Sunday his wife, Hillary, would be an excellent choice as the first female leader of the world's most powerful nation.

In an interview with Japan's TV Asahi, Clinton said that he did not know whether his wife had any plans to one day run for the U.S. presidency, which has been held by 43 men but no women.

"I don't know if she'll run or not," he told the network, but added, "She would make an excellent president, and I would always try to help her."

Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she plans to run for re-election as senator of New York state in 2006. Speculation has periodically surfaced, however, that the 57-year-old former first lady may have her sights set for the presidency in 2008.

Results from a U.S. poll released last week showed that six in 10 American voters believe the United States is ready for a female president.

Fifty-three percent thought Hillary Clinton should try for the job, according to the survey by the Siena College Research Institute and sponsored by Hearst Newspapers.

"If she did run and she was able to win, she'd make a very, very good president," Clinton said Sunday.

When asked which of the two was more talented, Clinton was not as direct.

"I was in it more so for a long time I was better. But I think now she's at least as good as I was," he replied.

Clinton was in Japan on a three-day visit to attend an international forum organized by the Asahi newspaper and to promote a Japanese-language edition of his best-selling memoir "My Life."

[newgeezer]

Oh, boy. I suppose the Condi fawners will have a cow.

[TheForceOfOne]

NEWT! NEWT! NEWT!

[sittnick]

YIKES!! Is this all we have???

No, the author is only selecting from sitting governors. Reagan was six years out of office when he was elected. Jimmy Carter was two years out of his only term. Clinton had to "break his promise" to serve his full term (he also had the elections changed to every four years, instead of every two years, so he would still be gov if he lost). So, among sitting governors who ran for president, our only examples are George W. Bus and Bill Clinton. Granted are the most recent, but they are still exceptions.

George Allen (Virginia) may be a Senator, but he also was governor of Virginia. As the son of Hall of Fame Coach George Allen Sr., his name gives him a built-in following. He should be included in any list of potential candidates who have been governor.

[monkapotamus]

I'd support him:

[deport]

YIKES!! Is this all we have???

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Well this article is talking about potential candidates coming out of the Governors ranks..... Who else out of the remaining 20 Republican Governors do you see as a candidate?

[My GOP]

Forget about the governors, my thinking is more along the lines of a former mayor.