"Electable" gave us Bob Dole as the Republican candidate. Supporting the conservative right-wing kook gave us President Reagan. I rest my case.
Good point! Do we have an experienced governor running? (On our side...) I am partial to executives who have run states or large municipalities...not Senators or House members. So, for me, that leaves Romney and Giuliani.
(Alas!...what Jeb could have been....hope he will be down the road....)
""Electable" gave us Bob Dole as the Republican candidate. Supporting the conservative right-wing kook gave us President Reagan. I rest my case."
That's not the whole story. In 1996 things were reasonably well and Clinton had some decent approval ratings so there is really no surprise then that Clinton, has the incumbent in favorable conditions, won. In 1980 the country was in a mess and Carter's approval ratings were low. Its no surprise he lost. Bozo the Clown could have beat him. Unless Iraq turns 180 degrees in the next year we are going to be entering an election year with an unpopular incumbent Republican President which favors the Democrats big time. Its going to take a more than John Doe conservative to win next year. I believe Rudy is the only one that can win.