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Looking for Mr. Right(Dick Cheney maybe...)
Time ^ | Jan. 4, 2007 | KAREN TUMULTY

Posted on 01/07/2007 9:51:28 AM PST by kellynla

It wasn't so long ago that conservatives believed that George Bush's presidency would usher in a political realignment that would last for decades. But as the right looks forward to the next election, something close to panic is setting in. Surveying the leading G.O.P. contenders for 2008, direct-mail guru Richard Viguerie pronounces "not a one of them is worthy of support from conservatives." Says Craig Shirley, a public relations executive who represents many conservative groups and who has written a book on the Reagan revolution: "There's anger, there's angst, there's dismay in the conservative movement." Some activists, Shirley adds, have even begun talking quietly among themselves about forming a third party.

All that worry might seem premature, given that the Iowa caucuses are still a year away. But the race for the Republican nomination is already taking a shape that alarms many conservatives, especially the Evangelicals who were so crucial to Bush's re-election in 2004. None of the top three potential Republican candidates considering a bid to succeed Bush has a record that makes the right entirely comfortable. Senator John McCain originally opposed Bush's tax cuts, supports looser immigration policies, voted against a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and was an architect of the deal under which Senate Democrats retained their right to filibuster Bush's judicial nominees. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in favor of gun control, abortion rights and same-sex civil unions. And outgoing Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney espoused liberal views on gay rights and abortion when he was running for office in Massachusetts, though he has disavowed them as he has moved into national politics. Many conservatives had high hopes for Virginia's George Allen and Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum--until they lost their Senate re-election races last year.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: conservatism; conservatives; gop; potus
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To: Norman Bates

If Dan Quale is smart, and he is, he won't run again because he has no chance to win the nomination. IMO

The media has portrayed him as a laughing stock since the day Bush 41 picked him for VP.


21 posted on 01/07/2007 10:17:09 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: roses of sharon

Exactly, why does the liberal media always stick its nose into Republican political affairs?


22 posted on 01/07/2007 10:18:54 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
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To: HawaiianGecko

okay name one...'cause George Will hasn't come up with one...


23 posted on 01/07/2007 10:19:30 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: LdSentinal
If you like Bush's attitude toward Illegals, you'll LOVE Huckabee..

sw

24 posted on 01/07/2007 10:19:46 AM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife ("One Nation, One Standard")
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To: HawaiianGecko

Rudy would have to renounce his views on abortion, gay marriage, and immigration in order to get the nomination. I don't think he intends to do that.

On the other hand, he would be tough with terrorists.


25 posted on 01/07/2007 10:19:58 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: kellynla
The only GOP candidate I see out there who can win in 2008 is Dick Cheney.

I admire your confidence. Cheney is about the only politician out there who's polls are lower than the president's.

26 posted on 01/07/2007 10:21:06 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: LdSentinal
McCain, Romney and Rudy are sucking

If you had stopped right there, you would still be correct.

27 posted on 01/07/2007 10:21:19 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Hey! What happened to my tagline?)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

It has been 14 years since Quayle has left the public's eye. A great campaign can change long-ago perceptions. How does it go? A week is an eternity in politics? How about Nixon's 8 years? Quayle can reemerge if he wants: it's upto him. Either way it's certainly not upto you.


28 posted on 01/07/2007 10:22:10 AM PST by Norman Bates (President Ford †)
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To: Hardastarboard

Duncan Hunter of San Diego is looking better.
Due to immigration concerns..I could not vote for Guilliani,McCain or Romney. If it was them or Hillary..I think I would suggest that Hillary would make things so bad that it would swing the country back towards a conservative...


29 posted on 01/07/2007 10:24:45 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Rudy kinda reminds me of Arnold...and Arnold won despite the "true" conservatives hating it.

I would love to see Jeb run but I think Barbara Bush was correct when she said "The country has had enough of the Bushs for now".

30 posted on 01/07/2007 10:25:03 AM PST by daisyscarlett
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To: Non-Sequitur

well if you have someone better, don't be bashful, name 'em!


31 posted on 01/07/2007 10:25:31 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: daisyscarlett
I would love to see Jeb run but I think Barbara Bush was correct when she said "The country has had enough of the Bushs for now".

Jeb seems like a very good candidate, but I guess he really isn't interested right now.

32 posted on 01/07/2007 10:28:12 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: larryjohnson

Run Cheney run.


33 posted on 01/07/2007 10:28:58 AM PST by maxter
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
LOL, as I said, its the Republicans/Conservatives who decided to speak this Dem hack.

But they have no choice but the prostrate and demean themselves before the MSM alter.

Since they have no alternative Conservative media with the influence or power of the MSM, who have run rings around them for decades.
34 posted on 01/07/2007 10:30:29 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: maxter

How about Cheney/Hunter for '08. Has a nice ring to it don't you think?


35 posted on 01/07/2007 10:30:39 AM PST by maxter
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To: maxter

All you Cheney people...STOP DREAMING...stop it. It'll never happen. At least waste your time here by discussing things that actually have a chance of happening.


36 posted on 01/07/2007 10:31:33 AM PST by Hildy (Words are mere bubbles of water...but deeds are drops of gold.)
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To: Norman Bates

Quayle cannot be elected for because of one, simple word:

POTATOE

and that's the long and the short of it.


37 posted on 01/07/2007 10:32:08 AM PST by agooga (Let the Wookie win!!!)
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To: maxter

How 'bout Cheney/Rice....cause ya know the 'Rats will run Hitlery/Obama


38 posted on 01/07/2007 10:34:51 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

It won't be Cheney and he couldn't win if it were. Newt is too much a policy guy, he'd be a great VP. Condi Rice could win, but she's not expressing any ambition, plus she's got time. Romney is pretty much unknown.

Neither the RNC nor DNC cultivate a deep bench or have developmental plans to nurture candidates who can win elections years in the future, instead they just let big money and politics sort it out. Planning for political succession is no different than succession planning in a business. Failure to do it puts the enterprise at risk of extinction.

If the R nominee turns out to be McCain or Guiliani, it may precipitate the rise of a Conservative Party. WAnd that would be a good thing!


39 posted on 01/07/2007 10:37:06 AM PST by bigbob (2)
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To: Hildy

Never say "never!"

and of course if you have someone better, name 'em!


40 posted on 01/07/2007 10:37:06 AM PST by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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