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1 Prediction:

If Hillary sees Guiliani is going to fight for her seat, then she'll drop out, knowing she would loose, so that she doesn't have to be crushed by Rudy, and thus severely hurt her chances of running as the Democratic nominee in 2008.

She'll say publicly that she's not seeking reelection so she can form a Presidential exploratory committee to run in 2008.

1 posted on 07/01/2003 6:45:59 PM PDT by Pubbie

To: JohnnyZ; Theodore R.; Nathaniel Fischer; AuH2ORepublican; LdSentinal; Kuksool; Coop; ...

2 posted on 07/01/2003 6:49:39 PM PDT by Pubbie (Bill Owens for Prez and Jeb as VP in '08.)

Claiming the 2006 election is a stealth way of pursuing the 2004 election without raising rat concern.

3 posted on 07/01/2003 6:55:57 PM PDT by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)

Oh my God....my bad? I thought Rudy was a Democrat. I just posted on another thread that if he ran, he would be the first democrat I've ever voted for. Holy crap :(

4 posted on 07/01/2003 6:57:56 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (America...love it or leave it. Canada is due north-Mexico is directly south...start walking.)

5 posted on 07/01/2003 7:02:14 PM PDT by proud American in Canada ("We are a peaceful people. Yet we are not a fragile people.")

7 posted on 07/01/2003 7:08:39 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (Liberals - "The suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked")

If Hillary sees Guiliani...she'll drop out...and thus severely hurt her chances of running as the Democratic nominee in 2008.

She has a back-up plan. She'll probable drop out in 2006, as you suggest, but she'll run instead for a safe house seat, announcing in advance her plan to run for POTUS in 2008, and wanting "to do the right thing" (barf) by not committing herself to 6 more years on the senate when she can only serve 2. Meanwhile, she'll make her husband run for Mayor of New York against the unpopular Bloomberg, and instruct X42 to paint Rudy and Bloomy with the same brush, and blame the city's current state of affairs on how THEY mishandled the aftermath of 9/11.

Then she'll spin her husband's inenvitable win against Bloomberg as a defeat for Rudy, and since Rudy will run virtually unopposed for the Senate seat (against some Democrat unknown at her instructions) she'll be able to claim that it's a hollow, symbolic victory.

I'm cringing as I'm writing this, because I live in New York, and I hate the fact that she's my senator. But sadly, when I look at the future of my state, I believe the worst will happen.

8 posted on 07/01/2003 7:08:46 PM PDT by zencycler

What if rudy also wants to run for president in 2008?

9 posted on 07/01/2003 7:11:06 PM PDT by jd777

"A Clinton-Giuliani face-off would likely be the most hotly fought, exciting, closely watched - and most expensive - political campaign in all of 2006, political experts agree."

That would be fun to watch.

15 posted on 07/01/2003 7:45:17 PM PDT by lilylangtree

Guiliani is the only hope for 2008. Also, the only hope to keep Hillary out of the White House.

18 posted on 07/02/2003 4:06:20 AM PDT by tkathy

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