Posted on 01/13/2005 2:23:00 PM PST by tellw
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Four years from now, if some Harvard students' predictions turn true, Sen. Chuck Hagel will be preparing for his presidential inauguration.
That's according to a group of students tasked with researching this past presidential election and looking forward into the next election cycle.
Student authors Miriam Barhoush, Kevin Bourke, Amanda Coe and Paul Scott, predict Hagel will win the White House over Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, of Indiana. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will be the Republican's running mate and Mark Warner, currently governor of Virginia, will be the Democratic counterpart.
The students wrote the paper for the course, "Driving Forces in American Politics," taught by David Gergen and Elaine Karmack at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Karmack served in the Clinton White House and Gergen has worked for Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton.
Hagel spokesman Mike Buttry called the exercise "interesting."
"We'll probably see a lot of projects like this over the next four years," Buttry said Monday.
Hagel has not said whether he'll run for president in 2008.
The students predicted Hagel will have to overcome his largest obstacle -- name recognition -- to win the nomination over Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Colorado Gov. Bill Owens.
These students say Hagel will win the primaries because he represents "the quintessential New Hampshire candidate (with) unquestioned credentials on defense and fiscal management."
Not all Republicans may back Hagel as nominee, the students cautioned.
"His reputation as a maverick could hurt him with rank-and-file Republicans who strongly support the current administration," the study read.
But Hagel could attract some middle-of-the-road voters, the students wrote.
"Hagel's straight talk will win over moderate voters and those who feel that our foreign policy warrants better management," they wrote.
Popular with moderate voters themselves, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and current Secretary of State Colin Powell will endorse Hagel in the New Hampshire primary and he'll become "the anti-establishment candidate," the students wrote.
He'll even collect his nomination near his home state, they predict. The students suggest that the 2008 Republican convention will be held in Kansas City, Mo.
I dsidn't call you a troll did I, but maybe I should watch you as well.. Hit the road.. I can handle this little demorat, you can bet the farm on his being a wanabe centerfold on DU.. :)
People who cry "troll" at the slightest disagreement with them usually have a despicable agenda to push-- and I'll have none of it. If nearly 800 posts in over 8 months means that I am a troll to you than you have become willfully blinded by your own assumed "intellectual superiority".
I suggest you start acting like a FReeper and stop acting like the boogeyman of the boards.
P.S.= Wafffling opportunist Hagel be damned-- Owens, Jeb Bush, Santorum, and Rudolph Giuliani (though he is pro-abort-- ick!) would all be finer choices for the Republican nomination in 2008.
Very interesting article today by Senator George Allen. Br>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/Commentary/com-1_14_05_GA.html
Early word is that he might run, and from what I've seen and heard from him early I'd be inclined to back him. If we can't have another prez named Bush maybe we can have another named George ;)
I am sticking up for the poster you viciously attacked because there was absolutely no reason for any sane FReeper to accuse them of being a troll.
Who the Hell are you to push your idiotic superiority complex on other FReepers just because they disagree with you about which Republican makes the greater candidate for President? I'm sure as hell no Hagel fan, but it does not make one a "troll" if they are, and you are nothing but a controlling freak to attack NorCalRepub for their position on Hagel's candidacy.
What if JimRob turned out to be a Hagel fan (which I'm pretty sure he's not, BTW)? Would you attack him as a troll on his own website? What about the supporters of one of those "anti-war" Republicans like Ron Paul or Mel Gibson?
Carlo3b, since 1-7-2000.
Hmm, since when does a person's FR registration date correspond to their date of birth?
Begone mental toddler, and let the adults decide who'll be the next president of the U.S. (only 14 more years 'till you can vote like a grown-up-- I bet you can't wait).
Ouch, that smarts... I'd better go and hide.. smirk.. Have a great day.. :
Are you stil here???
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