The one thing I don’t get in all this election stuff is why didn’t the Bush administration make any push at all to help with the next candidate? He hasn’t come out for ANYONE at this point and it doesn’t seem like he is the slightest bit interested...I am very supportive of President Bush, but I admit that he really could have helped here if he had but simply formulated a plan of action. I love Dick Cheney, but for all the changes that occurred in the 2nd Bush administration, the one we really needed heading into 2008 was a VP that was preparing to run on the next ticket.
“He hasn’t come out for ANYONE at this point and it doesn’t seem like he is the slightest bit interested.”
Your comments about Bush are interesting, I don’t know why this is true, maybe it’s because he feels his presidency is under attack and he is in the middle of a war that we need to win, so maybe it isn’t a priority to him right now. Plus, it’s still early. Maybe he’s not sure yet who he would like to see win. Right now, I would like to see Fred and Mitt together, but I don’t know if that will be possible. I did listen today to Savage on the radio and he said it was possible that someone would come out from nowhere and we don’t even know who that person is yet. Something needs to happen. Even though I like the idea of Fred and Mitt, the truth is, I really don’t know a lot yet about either. I still think it’s early too.
“we really needed heading into 2008 was a VP that was preparing to run on the next ticket.”
That was bad planning from the get-go, we all knew that Hillary was going to want to run in 2008 yet Bush delibertly picked a VP who from the start made it clear he had no interest in being President. Heck, we were just lucky that Chenney made it to the finish line without having a heart attack, let alone him running for President. That was probably an irresponsible choice on the part of the GOP, they knew what we would eventually have to face, and they made no prepartion for it at all. It’s too bad.