I'm not in favor of running female candidates (I don't care about the feminist reaction to this!), but I am wondering if there has been any recent effort to draft Mrs. Dole for a 2008 presidential bid.
Not is I have any say so in it.
And honestly, even if Dole is trying to look "bipartisan," it's not going to help her one bit. Anyone who actually buys Sheehan's bilge at this point is a leftist who is going to vote against her, regardless of who is her opponent. So all that she's really accomplishing is the alienation of her base.
When will Reps quit trying to pacify liberals? It doesn't matter how nice they are, those liberals will NOT vote for them, so I don't know why they waste their time. I agree with you Phantom, about Dole meeting with that woman. When I heard that she wanted to meet with Dole while she was in Raleigh last month, I called Dole's office and told her I didn't want her to meet with her. Her assistant almost sounded embarrassed as she told me that there were a couple of NC people (who were Dole's constituents) who had asked her if she'd meet with Cindy. She said that all North Carolinians were Dole's constituents and she felt she needed to listen to all of them. I told her: First of all, Cindy Sheehan isn't one of her constituents and anyone who was a friend of or sympathetic to Sheehan wasn't one of her supporters and that she had better remember the people who put her in office and pay more attention to what they wanted, if she wanted to be re-elected.
The reason I said that is that I worked my tail off for Dole, in her campaign--working 14, 16 and 18 hours per day, 7 days per week, and volunteering at that and I didn't appreciate her giving legitimacy to this lunatic. This conversation took place 2 weeks ago and I'm just FRIED that she met with her. Shows where her loyalty is. I hate that I found out she met with her, because I will NOT try in any way to help her get re-elected. I've already been receiving notes from her about helping next time. Now, I will write her a note and let her know how I feel that she didn't respect her REAL constituents enough to ignore that crazy woman, because meeting with her, gives her an ounce of legitimacy.