Posted on 10/17/2004 3:04:17 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Senator Elizabeth Dole. :)
Glad to see some of that...he's my Senator and though I was glad to see Wellstone go (not in the manner in which he did, however) I wasn't too thrilled with the former Democrat...though, like Reagan, he says the Dems left him, not the other way around
Because a Jewish president would have every foreign policy action questioned through the prism of Israel. Dual loyalties, etc. It would make life very uncomfortable for conservative Jews - and all Jews. As a Jew, I don't mind having a bible-believing evangelical as President one bit.
Not gonna happen. Here's why: There is only one person in the history of the United States of America who won the Presidency in his first electoral victory who hadn't been first credited with victory in a war. That person was Herbert Hoover.
Hillary is smart enough to know that she can't just jump from First Lady to Presidential hopeful. She knew that she'd have to do time as an elected official -- as did Robert F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, John Edwards -- before she could possibly be taken seriously.
Right now, I can't think of who would be a formidable challenger to Hilliary, but it will have to be someone who has won an election before. For more on this, check out my 2000 thread, "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AN ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION."
Are you THE Maria Bush, Neil's wife?
My point exactly.
Jeb is smart not to run, because he'd lose. Tancredo not only will not be the nominee in 2008, if he ran it would only be to raise his profile in the House. Colin Powell is a strong possibility. Condi Rice would make a great Veep choice for anyone but Powell. John Kyl is the most able Republican for the job. Talk about gravitas.
He's too old! He was born in 1937 so he would be 71 in 2008. He would be almost two years older than Ronald Reagan when he ran for his first term. If he had wanted the job, he would have run in 1996 or 2000.
I wouldn't support any senator except those who were former governors for President in 2008. Only two sitting US Senators have ever been elected President of the US. Kerry will not be the third. Traditionally governors of medium to large states have tended to be the most successful candidates. The presidency is an executive position like a governorship not a legislative position like a Senate or House seat. I think Mitt Romney would be in a strong position to run in 2008. He is a conservative governor who has been elected in the most "liberal" state in the US. I think he may be able to hold on to the states Bush carried in 2000 and is going to carry in 2004 while improving Republican chances in northeastern states where the GOP has been weakest in recent presidential elections.
I would definitely vote for Rudy if he ran. I see no one who is good enough to run for president in 2008 as it stands!
But long before that Rudy would lose primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. He is not conservative enough to win the nomination.
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