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Who should Republicans run for 2008?
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Nov. 4, 2004 | Joseph Farah

Posted on 11/04/2004 7:34:08 AM PST by SeasideSparrow

NOW BEGINS THE NEXT CAMPAIGN

There's no time for celebrating.

There's no time for relaxing.

There's no time to lose.

Right now, beginning today, starts the next campaign – the one to give the American people better political choices in the next election.

Unfortunately, Americans think about politics every two to four years. They think about it when they see political commercials airing or when they get mail from candidates or receive a telephone solicitation.

That's not the time to think about politics.

The time to think and pray and plan and volunteer and work is before the choices are presented to you. Now is the time to determine what those choices are.

It's no secret I wasn't thrilled about the choices we had in the presidential race. In many ways, it was no choice at all. It was the choice between bad and horribly unimaginable. I don't think I was alone.

But, my guess is, that today, most Americans are complacent, happy. They are thinking: "The politics is behind us. Now things are going to be all right."

It's not true. Everything is not going to be all right.

Now is the time to get active. Now is the time to get political. Now is the time to turn the pressure up on elected representatives. Now is the time to start working within the system to build viable third parties and to take over at least one of the two major parties.

Maybe you think I'm nuts. Maybe you think I'm some kind of fanatic. Well, guess what? You have to be some kind of fanatic to be effective in this game of politics. Witness Hillary Clinton.

She is not sitting back relaxing. She is not resting on her laurels. She is not mourning the loss by the John Kerry campaign. She is getting her ducks in a row and preparing a presidential campaign that begins right now.

If you want to beat her, you've got to think like her. If you want to beat her, you've got to beat her with someone. My thought is to beat her with someone really good.

Who should that be?

We've learned there is tremendous power in the Internet. It has become a major tool in the organization of political campaigns. I suggest we start the dialogue immediately. If we have to draft a candidate, we need to find him or her right now. We have no time to lose.

Who is that candidate? Who are our future leaders? Who is being positioned right now to take on Hillary Clinton in 2008? Who is being groomed and refined for that kind of challenge?

Are you willing to leave it to the party professionals? Are you willing to leave it to the political establishment?

This is where the real action is – in finding and positioning the next Ronald Reagan.

George W. Bush told us yesterday he has run his last campaign. Who will succeed him? It's not going to be Dick Cheney. I hope it's not going to be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who is it going to be? Are you going to sit around and wait to be told? Or are you going to get active in politics right now – starting today – and help make define the choices we will have in four years.

Let's get the dialogue going now. Let's start the debate. Let's start floating ideas. Don't let Hillary claim the high ground. Don't let her have a four-year head start. It's time to find the successor.

Who is it going to be?

Joseph Farah is founder, editor and chief executive officer of WND and a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. He is also the founder of WND Books. In addition to his daily column in WND, he writes a nationally syndicated weekly column available to U.S. newspapers through Creators Syndicate.


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KEYWORDS: 2008; farah; who2008
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1 posted on 11/04/2004 7:34:08 AM PST by SeasideSparrow
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To: SeasideSparrow

Rudy!


2 posted on 11/04/2004 7:34:57 AM PST by Mears
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To: SeasideSparrow

Jeb and Romney


3 posted on 11/04/2004 7:36:28 AM PST by The G Man (Are Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein better off now then they were 4 years ago?)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Owens/Santorum
Pawlenty/Santorum
Owens/Giuliani (MAYBE-if Rudy lightens up on his pro-choice and gun-grabbing stances)
Tommy Franks/?


4 posted on 11/04/2004 7:36:31 AM PST by RockinRight (Bush's rallies look like World Series games. Kerry's rallies look like Little League games.)
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Bill Frist.................


6 posted on 11/04/2004 7:36:39 AM PST by ncfool (WE GOT FOUR MORE YEARS OF LEADERSHIP....WITH BUSH.)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Me?


7 posted on 11/04/2004 7:37:27 AM PST by KJacob (I seem to have lost my tagline.)
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To: Mears

You beat me to it!


8 posted on 11/04/2004 7:37:30 AM PST by Ike
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To: SeasideSparrow

Rudy, Frist, or Jeb. Start marginalizing RINO's like McCain now.


9 posted on 11/04/2004 7:37:53 AM PST by stopillegalimmigration
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To: SeasideSparrow

Mitt Romney is in a prime position to run as a Republican governor of Massachusetts, assuming Rudy won't do it.


10 posted on 11/04/2004 7:38:04 AM PST by SpinyNorman (Stop the attempted coup d'etat by the liberal media! Vote Bush!!)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Pataki and Giuliani won't sell in the South....

McVain too old and won't sell in the South....

Bill Frist has Senator's disease....

George Allen has been a Governor and this makes him qualified.

Tom Ridge could bring Pennsylvania but too liberal for the South

Jeb has said "No" and it may be too soon for him anyway....

Colorado Gov. looks interesting...


11 posted on 11/04/2004 7:38:10 AM PST by Tribemike (Here is the text of the article....)
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To: RockinRight

Rice/Giuliani


12 posted on 11/04/2004 7:38:23 AM PST by mnehring (Fear leads to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to John Kerry.)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Two of the following four: Owens, Santorum, Frist Sanford.


13 posted on 11/04/2004 7:38:56 AM PST by NittanyLion
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Can't be a socially liberal Republican after the '04 result. The losers in this election are Rudy (even though he campaigned well for Bush), Pataki and John McCain.

A social conservative will win and my first pick is Rick Santorum. If GW Bush has an unbelieveable 4 years I think Jeb would be a great pick. I know that is a lot of Bush's but his popularity in Florida and his mastery of the Spanish language is big. He is also very conservative and a very likeable person who is good at getting his point across.


14 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:06 AM PST by truthandlife (http://www.neverforgetneveragain.com -- If you want Bush re-elected pass on this video link!!!!)
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To: Ike

Condi Rice!

With perhaps Keyes as VP.


15 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:14 AM PST by Mogger (Independence, better fuel eonomy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
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To: SeasideSparrow

And let's not forget about doing all we can to eliminate opportunities for vote fraud at the same time!


16 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:35 AM PST by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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Keyes....now there's a legendary vote-getter....


17 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:46 AM PST by Tribemike (Here is the text of the article....)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Condi Rice
trumps the obvious 'Rat Klintoon...


18 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:48 AM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: SeasideSparrow

Pawlenty-Rounds
Pawlenty-Rice
Pawlenty-Sununu


19 posted on 11/04/2004 7:39:58 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: mnehrling

Santorum/Coulter


20 posted on 11/04/2004 7:40:04 AM PST by agere_contra (The Daily Mirror. How can 2,175,332 people be so DUMB?)
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