In my view, Bush has made rightist ideology untouchable in 2008. I believe any rightwing ideologue in '08--real or apparent--will be savaged by the left and ultimately rejected by everyone but the rightwing ideologues.
That is one reason why Rudy is, in fact, the perfect candidate for 2008. (Among the others are his leadership qualities, his terrorism credentials and his achievements.)
A interesting ticket: Rudy-Fred.
"While I see your point, I think we must look beyond it in this election."
I think this next elections critical for one thing ie judicial picks. I do concern myself over the war, but for some reason I don't think it's the biggest problem in itself. For some reason I think our next president won't have to deal with Iraq as much as Iran.
Although I still hope we don't go to war with them...I hope they concede. Or by some miracle we produce a viable alternative fuel in America e.g algae fuel. In this case, the technology can encircle Europe and our trade partners. But it's looking like a dangerous road ahead of us. To that point, I might have to just go to the poll with an R.
"will be savaged by the left and ultimately rejected by everyone but the rightwing ideologues"
Bush's level of Conservatism is rather weak in clear perspective. He's obviously conservative in a sense of religion, but economically I'd say he's more of a moderate.
I don't know. I'm not going to claim otherwise, but I do think we're a right leaning country...even more so than Rudy.
If that does happen, I won't have as much of a problem voting. What Rudy can do to seal things is say....Fred will be mostly responsible for judicial appointments and domestic issues, while I'll deal with security and economic review. That would convince me a bit.
Also no amnesty Rudy. That's one of the reason I feel completely at odds with Rudy.