Posted on 01/16/2006 4:38:45 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
President Bush's advisers are resigned to the Democratic capture of the White House in 2008, according to senior Republican sources close to the White House.
GOP sources said White House strategists have attempted to persuade Mr. Bush that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat and her party’s current front-runner to be the next presidential nominee, cannot be defeated in 2008. Bush strategists said the president should instead focus on seeking to retain the Republican majority in both houses of Congress in 2006 and 2008.
"There is nobody in the White House that will openly say we lost the presidency in 2008," a senior GOP source said. "But while the Democrats are completely focused on 2008, the White House has been completely aloof."
The strategists have argued that given the forecasts of a downturn in the economy, crises with China and Iran, Mrs. Clinton would be besieged with major problems that would ensure a one-term presidency, the sources said.
The strategists have pointed out that Mr. Bush, given the failing health of Vice President Dick Cheney, does not have a natural successor. Recently, Mr. Cheney, who suffers from heart problems, was rushed to the hospital because he had difficulties in breathing.
The sources said the strategists have assessed that Mrs. Clinton would easily win the Democratic leadership and the subsequent race for president. They said Mr. Bush has pledged to campaign vigorously for any GOP presidential nominee.
Administration sources said Mr. Bush has discussed the prospect of a Clinton presidency. But they asserted that the president has focused on the 2006 elections for Congress and the need to maintain the GOP majority.
"If we lost our majority in Congress, then the president immediately becomes a lame duck," an administration source said. "So, the talk of 2008 is not only premature, it's harmful."
PT Barnum was right.
Correction:
The wicked witch from HELL
Let's see what Condi has to say about this? Hillary will NEVER beat Condi if Condi decides to run. Bush is grooming her as a foreign policy expert as we speak. She would carry at least 25% of the black vote (no matter what liberals try to paint her as) and it wouldn't even be close. Just my 2 cents.
Quadruple pantload.
LOL, it could pass for satire.. or is it? HAHA!
Only a similar combination can beat her.
Then all politicians would be dead and gone.....
I'm just exampling the track record of her previous close acquaintances....
What do you plan to do about all the people in this country who believe in the Bill of Rights and the 2nd Amendment who would no more vote for Rudy than Hillary? The Republican party minus those people who would stay home would certainly mean Hillary would not just win, but win big.
Oh, if he were to be a politician in our present world today, wouldn't he make for a most formidable Democrat?
Of course Satan appeared to Eve in the form of a serpent, so whats preventing him from appearing to the world as ..... a Hildabeast?
More "news" presented with hope that it is self-fulfilling prophecy
The left tries to steer the country with these type of stories
The repubs gotta counter with "boy this economy is so dam great no democrap will EVER be president again!!!"
Dick Morris is obsessed with Hilary. She's all he ever talks about and he's never right in his predictions.
Liberals are like black holes. Concede on these current social issues with a Rudy and 4 years later we will be fighting against the leagalization of infanticide, pedophilia, and beastiality. Our country would be meaningless...Victory for the Dutch.
This is the most laughable thing I've just about ever read disguised as news. It reads like it was written by someone from the National Enquirer or Weekly World News. Anybody that knows anything about politics knows that the political landscape can change instantaneously due to unforeseen and unpredictable circumstances. It would be ludicrous for anyone of either party to suggest that an election nearly 3 years away is a lock to lose or win. I can't believe anyone would write such crap and expect to be taken seriously. The only person more stupid than the author of this piece is the person who reads it and believes it.
Oh, how dearly I wish Dutch was back...
Well Mr Dasher, there ya go again, assuming that elections are won from inside the beltway! Have you ever heard about the 'grassroots' Mr Dasher? Your lady would drown a walrus with her baggage. And , make no mistake about it, this country is not ready to elect as President a socialist who wears pant suits while she adores Ellen Degenerate....... Think again....
When they finally bow at her feet with sincere devotion, they will realize after seeing her inhuman like ankles that perhaps their devotion was misguided and a bit demonic!
Hillary is the result of crossbreeding between a slug and a hyena.
If I didn't have to live in DC, I'd run against her just so I could beat her A$$.
To win, the GOP must not sell out!
I repeat: I didn't write the bloody thing - just posted it.
I find it ridiculous, too. It's still good to know what's floating around out there, though.
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