Meet the Next President: George Allen stays the course

The Examiner ^ | Sept 19 | Bill Sammon

[tiger-one]

A historian, educator who can articulate the message, the man who designed and excuted, "The Contact With America" take control of the house from the demos. Hardly a "has been," he has just started.

Mitt, Pataki, Mario are RINO's, I like Allan but he can't complete a sentence.

[mikeus_maximus]

If Republicans decide to replicate the style and substance of President Bush...

(just what we need-- another "communicator")

...when nominating a potential successor in 2008, they will likely choose another conservative named George.

There's the "conservative label" lie again.

[muawiyah]

It was the Washington Post reporting on a Channel 9 (CBS affiliate) reporterette asking impertinent questions with clear antisemitic intent.

A Jewish publication had reported on George's Grandparents earlier.

All of this was reported fully in FR.

[advance_copy]

Outstanding analysis.

[muawiyah]

Yes, he will become President and vist you on weekends just to remind you of that fact.

[PghBaldy]

I don't know much about him, but aside from his somehwat poor performance over the racial issues (they're hard to deflect- it's just the charge that's remembered, UNLESS one let's out a Dem-like "I'm so angry and saddened by these smears..." type Grand, and I mean GRAND, denunciation of them. Full of righteous indignation etc), he has said some wonderful things. He needs practice. Speaking before Senators is MUCH different from speaking in front of the Hillary worshipping media. They hope to knock him off his Senate seat AND out of 2008. He could still be a great 2008 candidate, if he regains his confidence. The slip-ups are minor in the end.

[Cathy]

I was really shocked by Sabato - he has some balls! I hope Allen is able to turn this around - Sabato has been completely unprofessional. This will be on the front page of the WashPost for 6 days like the Macaca story.

[PghBaldy]

See #53. It's the name of a series. It's a rhetorical device...

[Darnright]

>George Allen, that is, the junior senator from Virginia, who agrees with Bush on most major issues. On their few points of disagreement, such as immigration and campaign finance, Allen sides with the more conservative Republicans who will dominate primary election voting.

“I like him very much — I consider him a friend,” Allen says of Bush in an interview with The Examiner. “And I know a lot of people like to criticize him. We even have Republicans distancing themselves from him because his approval ratings are in the 30s.”

“You know, he may be unpopular and down in all these surveys,” he adds. “But I just don’t think you kick a friend when they’re down.”

[areafiftyone]

The Examiner is doing a series of "Meet the Next President" with Democrats and Republicans - so far they did Kerry, McCain, Giuliani and a couple of others. They are not endorsing anyone.

[ConservativeDude]

How long before someone tells us how Mitt is the next Prez....? "

Well there is going to be a next President...I don't think it is Allen.

I suppose if I were betting, it would be Giuliani at this point.

[onedoug]

A Senator. Right.

[PghBaldy]

I know I have been trying to say that See #53 - it is from the article, if you click on View Article History

[Coldwater Creek]

Is your friend John Kerry?

[meandog]

Do you ever post any other time than just before elections?

I post all the time...I've been here as long as you have.

[angkor]

"It was the Washington Post reporting on a Channel 9 (CBS affiliate) reporterette"

I stand corrected.

[shekkian]

Running Newt in '08 would be like running Al Gore in '08. He's yesterday's news.

[areafiftyone]

I saw it. Thanks. Any new polls out on how Allen is doing in his Senate race yet?

[Iowa Granny]

click on the link to see a list of positions at the end of the story.

Somehow, we need to figure out if the list is accurate.

[meandog]

Then why did your previous post come straight out of the Webb campaign's talking points? If you were a Republican, and if you admired President Reagan as much as your tag line indicates, you wouldn't break his 11th commandment of politics--thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. If you're a Republican, pick on the Rats--not a fellow Republican.

Check the record, pal...Webb was a Reagan man. Besides, the 11th commandment doesn't apply any longer as evidenced by the preponderance of those on this site trashing Republicans such as McCain, Graham, John Warner, Specter, Chafee, DeWine, Snowe, Collins, Shays, or anyone else not deemed "Bushleague" enough. My Reagan philosophy revolves around government being "the problem" as in "Democrats out of our wallets (and schools, property, etc.), Republicans out of our bedrooms (and drug cabinets, churches, etc.); and both of them out of our Constitution!"