Breaking Down the 2008 Presidential Race

Human Events ^ | January 3, 2006 | Ben Shapiro

[kjo]

Yeah. Clearly, big media and others powerful concerns are pushing for a Hillary/Obama ticket and a McCain/Graham ticket. Either way, the liberals win.

[Gator101]

To that end, the Democrats dub a challenger every four years. Every four years, they talk about how popular the new kid is. Every four years, the old warhorse, the candidate obscured by the blinding brightness of the hot new star, emerges victorious.

But not in 1992. Their last successful presidential selection didn't follow the trend described. Maybe this bods well for us.

[johnny7]

Plant tulips Ben... ;)

[Gator101]

Oops. bods = bodes.

[Jack Black]

Who did more to help move America in a conservative direction - Goldwater or Nixon?

I reject the cental premise of this article. It's thinking like this that gives us people like Nixon.

[rhombus]

Who did more to help move America in a conservative direction - Goldwater or Nixon?

Carter.

[EagleUSA]

Yeah. Clearly, big media and others powerful concerns are pushing for a Hillary/Obama ticket and a McCain/Graham ticket. Either way, the liberals win.
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The Repubs MUST return to conservatism and responsible government. IMHO, Gengrich is the only candidate that will be conservertive, govern conservative, and not be afraid to tell the MSM where to stick it accompanied by calling out Hitlery for exactly what she is -- a Marxist, a liar, a charlatan, grossly unqualified to be POTUS and CinC, all with a criminal mindset. (Did I leave anything out?)

[Antoninus]

Same stuff, different day. Here's my pick:



Duncan Hunter on the issues.

[rhombus]

(Did I leave anything out?)

Has Newt declared yet and what if he doesn't?

[Antoninus]

I reject the cental premise of this article. It's thinking like this that gives us people like Nixon.

Exactly. Conservatism wins! Why don't we try running a REAL conservative?

[joe fonebone]

Gingrich / DeLay in '08

[rhombus]

Exactly. Conservatism wins!

For President? When? I can think of only once and the conditions today are far different.

[ClaireSolt]

I saw Hunter on c-span. He was actually talking about bedrock government concerns, not about a bunch of touchy feely stuff.

[rhombus]

Thanks for the link on Hunter. That's a nice run down of his record.

[scottdeus12]

SANTORUM/GINGRICH 08

[Reagan Man]

>>>>Same stuff, different day.

Get use to it. ;^)

Btw, I like Duncan Hunter. He has good conservative credentials to be Prez.

[lewislynn]

Breaking Down the 2008 Presidential Race

OH GAWD! Give it a rest already!

[TomGuy]

A detriment, too, is the cost. Estimates are that a candidate must start out with nearly $100 million just to be considered viable. Some estimate that the 08 election may cost around $1Billion.

That eliminates many of the political 'unknowns', even in the governors' ranks. Few politicians can garner that kind of funding at the get-go.

If a candidate had the financial backing he (she) could sell an image, but that takes money to buy the media and time to create the image.

Incumbents have made sure that challengers have a difficult time raising the amounts necessary to pose serious challenges.

[Antoninus]

For President? When? I can think of only once and the conditions today are far different.

How often has it been tried? Reagan won twice as a true conservative. And G.H.W. Bush won as a third-term to Reagan. G.W. Bush won twice as a "pretend" conservative. Meanwhile, G.H.W. Bush lost when it became clear he was a "moderate." Dole lost because he was a terrible candidate, though he was generally a squish on conservative principals.