McCain, Giuliani or Who? GOP 2008 Uncertainty

Accuracy In Media ^ | July 19, 2006 | Paul M. Weyrich

[presidio9]

Arizona Senator John S. McCain, III is everywhere. He virtually lives at NBC. If not there how about CNN. And talk shows. And late night shows. Oh, how the media loves him. A maverick who came close in 2000, he is looking to make one more run at the Presidency. And at the same moment, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says he is thinking very seriously about running for President. Rudy, too, is loved by the media. How many times have you heard "America's Mayor" in introducing him. He is available to any network at the drop of a hat. My fondest hope is that they both run because they will be going after the same voters. Those voters within the GOP are driven by one issue alone and that is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). Fear of Clinton's election to the Presidency is palpable.

To cast aside issues of great importance from immigration to right to life to guns to marriage and many more merely for a theoretical match-up in the media is stupid to say the least. Polls I have seen show McCain edging Hillary by only a point or two. The same for Rudy. We don't know for certain that Clinton will run in 2008.

If she were to run she may or may not have a primary opponent. Just last Friday morning there was a story in a Washington, D.C. newspaper which suggested that if Senator Joseph I. Lieberman were to lose the Connecticut Democratic primary Hillary would be much more likely to face a challenger from the Left because of her support of the war and the defense build-up.

If both McCain and Giuliani run they would do so in the Republican primaries as well

[bmwcyle]

To the GOP: we need a real conservative.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Mc Cain is a MSM diversion, beware!

[Gipper08]

Mike Pence

[presidio9]

Those voters within the GOP are driven by one issue alone and that is Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). Fear of Clinton's election to the Presidency is palpable.

Obviously there's something to be said for that, but McCain, and especially Giuliani are media darlings mostly because they are social liberals. The MSM would not mind seeing either of them win the election.

[MattinNJ]

IMHO, there won't be any uncertainty. I see Allen romping. Rudy of Rice on the undercard would be awesome.

One thing is for certain, no matter who runs they won't be conservative enough for FReepers. I've even seen Pence get trashed here lately.

I think Rudy would make a great POTUS but I don't trust him on Judges. Hopefully Dubya will get to replace the jihad Justices Ginsburg and Stevens. Rumors are that they are retiring.

[MattinNJ]

ooops. Rudy or Rice was what I meant to type.

[AmericanMade1776]

Let me just say, there is no way , that it will be McCain!

[P8riot]

George Allen

[Jim Noble]

Mike Pence

Has a sitting member of the House with no executive experience ever been elected President?

[bonfire]

I'd vote for Guiliani before McCain any day of the week. McCain's got a screw loose. Guiliani, for all his left leanings, kicks butt, gets a job done and doesn't give a darn what people think of him.

[presidio9]

Has a sitting member of the House with no executive experience ever been elected President?

I think a lot of us here are sick of hearing his name. It's a distraction. He's not running, and he couldn't possibly win if he did. The best way to get Clinton elected would be to nominate a guy like Pence.

[tkathy]

Instead of whining, conservatives should come up with an articulate, powerhouse candidate who is capable of being ELECTED!!!

[Huck]

Fear of Clinton is a total waste of time. She won't even win her party's nomination. Such drivel. McCain and Clinton are non-issues. Neither will be nominated or even come close.

[Huck]

Has a sitting member of the House with no executive experience ever been elected President?

Abe Lincoln is close.

[Huck]

George Allen--the GOP version of Al Gore.

[presidio9]

Guiliani, for all his left leanings, kicks butt, gets a job done and doesn't give a darn what people think of him.

If getting the job done means nominating a couple of Pro-abortion SCOTUS justices, outlawing handguns, and recognizing gay marriage then no thanks.

[Gipper08]

Garfield.Has Government ever shrunk in consecutive years? Has a Government bureau ever been abolished and not replaced?
Has Roe vs Wade ever been overturned and LIFE PROTECTED?
Has our border ever been secured?
Has power ever been permanently been returned to the states from the Federal Government?

There are a lot of things that have never happened but must happen if our country if to be preserved.I am not big on being a slave to precedent.The best man with the best ideas will win.

[Clovis_Skeptic]

What about this guy? He'd get my vote, except for his having passed away....

[areafiftyone]

LOL You have him down to a Tee!