“That had a great deal to do with Jorge’s plunging approval and with the growing weariness with Iraq. All that will not necessarily attach to the Republican nominee for 2008.”
Sorry, I meant to get this in that last post. Bush is still dragging down the GOP, and all the candidates have the same position as he does on the war. So I have to disagree that it won’t necessarily attach to the Republican nominee.
“Sorry, I meant to get this in that last post. Bush is still dragging down the GOP, and all the candidates have the same position as he does on the war. So I have to disagree that it won’t necessarily attach to the Republican nominee.”
I think it will depend on how the situation if Iraq is perceived a year from now when the two nominees are on the campaign trail. Polls have also shown that Americans don’t want to pull out and leave a disaster.
“It’s my belief that if Thompson gets the nod, he will carry the south and a few Rocky Mountain states.”
And Rudy is likely to lose several close states that Bush won: Missouri, Virginia (not close, but changing) Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, even West Virginia, Iowa and Arkansas. Rudy will be very demoralizing to conservatives in battleground states and some will stay home.
Rudy could win little more than the Deep South and far west, with the so so chance he might win some blue states that Bush lost. Just as likely to lose several red states that Bush won.