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KEATING FOR PRESIDENT?
Real Clear Politics ^
| December 02, 2006
| Robert Novak
Posted on 12/02/2006 9:47:29 AM PST by FloridianBushFan
Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, in a recent lunch with veteran Republican political consultant Ed Rollins, explored the prospects of his making a run for president. Rollins replied that he should run only if he could raise a sufficient war chest.
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The rationale for Keating's presidential ambitions is the absence of a clear and viable right-of-center presidential candidate now that Sen. George Allen has been eliminated by his defeat for re-election in Virginia. Keating is a conservative and a prominent Catholic layman who at one time was a prospect to be George W. Bush's running mate in 2000.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: 2008election; electionpresident; gop; keating; president
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Don't know a lot about him. Does anyone think he would have a chance?
I guess let the bashing begin as it does in all of these threads about possible 08 contenders.
To: FloridianBushFan
Is he into compassionate (socialist) conservatism? I want someone with a moral sense who doesn't believe in big government.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:50:23 AM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: FloridianBushFan
...now that Sen. George Allen has been eliminated by his defeat for re-election in Virginia... I don't remember reading this in the American Politics Rule Book! Just because Allen lost his Senate race, it does not eliminate him as a viable candidate.
"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore..."
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:50:37 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
To: FloridianBushFan
I like and would consider voting for him. He is a Roman Catholic as I am. Is the country ready for a Catholic Pro Life President? Sadly, I don't think so.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:51:36 AM PST
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
To: FloridianBushFan
He'd have to do a Jimmy Carter: move to Iowa and campaign for two years. It's doable, but unlikely. Carter had the MSM mostly on his side, always protraying him as a gritty, down-to-earth conservative Democrat. In addition, Carter had the extra-factor of being from the South; that was new and different in 1975-'76. Today it's old hat.
I don't see it. Looks like we get McLame, Rudy, or Romeny. Hold your nose and take your pick.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:51:41 AM PST
by
kjo
To: FloridianBushFan
I thought that Keating had something in his background which kept Bush from taking him as VP in 2000.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:53:00 AM PST
by
furquhart
(Time for a New Crusade - Deus lo Volt!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
It isn't 1968 anymore. Isn't Reagan the last president to have had "time off" between his last political office and the presidency?
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:54:05 AM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(Consult your doctor before taking tagline. Do not take tagline with alcohol.)
To: FloridianBushFan
I really like Frank Keating, but he has some baggage that might be a problem, including his wife!
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:54:15 AM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
(The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
To: kjo
If McLame, Rudy or Romney are our choices then the Dems win even if we win.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:54:35 AM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: PhiKapMom; 2Jedismom
Ex-governor of Oklahoma running for President ping!
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:54:40 AM PST
by
MizSterious
(Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Exactly. That's why the MSM, which is the Dem pimp media are pushing these guys.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:55:40 AM PST
by
kjo
To: alice_in_bubbaland
I'm not a Catholic, but I can't understand why you think that Evangelical's would not support a pro-life social, fiscal conservative!
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:56:43 AM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
(The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Yeah, except Nixon lost because of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Allen lost because his IQ doesn't come close to being in the triple digits.
To: FloridianBushFan
One thing is clear, there won't be a McCain-Keating ticket in 2008 or any other Presidential year.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:56:43 AM PST
by
AdvisorB
To: furquhart
I could be wrong, but I think that the baggage came after 2000. Keating is former FBI. What happened probably wasn't illegal, just unethical.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:58:35 AM PST
by
Coldwater Creek
(The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
To: FloridianBushFan
"During the United States presidential election, 2000, Keating, while still Governor of Oklahoma, was considered a potential candidate for the Republican nomination of Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush. After Bush choice Dick Cheney, and won the Presidential election, Keating was a contender for U.S. Attorney General in Bushs administration. However, he was rejected when it was reported that from 1990 through 1997 Keating had accepted gifts of nearly $250,000 from mutual fund pioneer Jack Dreyfus. Keating publicly stated that the gifts were fully disclosed and were approved by the Federal Office of Government Ethics."
I don't think so.
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posted on
12/02/2006 9:59:10 AM PST
by
Torie
To: kjo
I don't see it. Looks like we get McLame, Rudy, or Romeny. Hold your nose and take your pick.Did you just tell me to pick my nose?
I'll trade ya a black one for a green one.
Oh.... I was speed-reading. Never mind.
To: PhiKapMom
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:01:43 AM PST
by
Torie
To: republicanwizard
Cuban Missile Crisis was in 1962; Nixon lost in '60.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:01:53 AM PST
by
kjo
To: Lunatic Fringe
I don't remember reading this in the American Politics Rule Book! Just because Allen lost his Senate race, it does not eliminate him as a viable candidate. Yes it does. If a Republican can't win Virginia he can't win the presidency.
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