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Rough Road: Republicans should be worried about their White House prospects for 2008.
Weekly Standard ^ | 9/28/05 | Fred Barnes

Posted on 09/28/2005 2:47:53 AM PDT by Crackingham

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To: mariabush

Maybe not, but he would get a lot of Republican votes plus many votes from independents and even a number of Dems. Remember he was elected mayor of NYC a liberal Dem stronghold. Many people like his stand on terrorism. I'm not fond of his social issues either. But if it means keeping Hillary out of the White House, Rudy has my vote.


61 posted on 09/28/2005 5:43:16 AM PDT by driftless ( For life-long happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: Dr. Dyson

Dr.Dyson: member since 9-26-05????????


62 posted on 09/28/2005 5:43:18 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Crackingham
Allen and Romney are inexperienced at the national level.

EVERY person elected since 1976 with the exception of GHWB was a present or former governor with no national experience. So this is a complete non-issue in my opinion. Allen's popularity is skyrocketing, he was a great governor and has become an very influential senator. He has everything necessary to be elected and I think he will win.

What this editorial fails to mention is that the 'Rats have NO present or former governors who are electable. In fact the only person they really have is Hitlery and she is the most polarizing person in political history.

63 posted on 09/28/2005 6:01:53 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: saganite

Excellent point. If it wasn't for Perot,Clinton would never have been elected and re-elected. I always wondered what the leverage Clinton had over Perot to get him to run twice. That being said, who will be the 3rd party candidate to run in '08 so Hillary can win?


64 posted on 09/28/2005 6:02:10 AM PDT by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: dufekin
I have watched Mark Sanford for several years and think he will make an excellent candidate. Unfortunately, earlier this year he issued a statement saying he was not a candidate for President in '08. As far as General Franks is concerned, I think Generals tend make better candidates than they make Presidents.
65 posted on 09/28/2005 6:06:41 AM PDT by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: moose2004

I agree that Hillary may not get the nomination. As the driving force for the DIMS will be electability, an anti-Hillary candidate will emerge. Since Hill can really only deliver NY and the traditional blue states, the party elders (if there are any grown-ups left) will realize that she cannot pick up any red states to win the general election. In order to WIN (the guiding principle), they will have to find an alternative. But, if not the Hildabeast, then who can claim the nomination?

If I were running the DNC, I would put together a Mid-West strategy for victory. The starting point of this strategery is that the typically blue states (on the West Coast and in the Northeast) will fall in line for any DIM ticket. The South will again be written off, but the Mid-West is the real battleground and the place to move a red state or two into the Blue column for victory.

So, with a Mid-West strategy in mind, the Dims would be smart to go with two candidates from the Midwest. The current short list would include Evan Bayh, Tom Vilsack, and Russ Feingold. All are perceived as strong, reasonable leaders. Bayh is very popular in Indiana and would have a great chance there, but would also positively impact Ohio and Iowa (2004 Red States) and could strengthen results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota (weak Blue States for Kerry in '04). With Vilsack or Feingold on the ticket with Bayh, the DIM party could project the face of "mid-western values" that could sway independents and moderate Pubbies all over the country, but especially in the Mid-West. This is something that Hillary will never be able to project, no matter how many right leaning poses she takes.

If Hitlery does manage to get the DIM nomination, watch for her to pick one of these three as VP. She will have the same stategy, to move a Mid-West state into the Blue column.


66 posted on 09/28/2005 6:08:38 AM PDT by HoosierFather
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To: Crackingham

President Bush got elected only 10 months ago. SHEESH!

We weren't wondering who was going to be the Republican candidate in 1997. We were hoping Clinton would resogn in humiliation.

I think it was 1998 before we heard the first Repub candidate, which, IIRC was Forbes. I don't remember Bush getting into the race until a few months before the primaries.

And, until I heard his profession that Jesus Christ was his guide, I paid him no attention. I was for Forbes until then.

Anyone who is panicking this early is paranoid.


67 posted on 09/28/2005 6:13:57 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Christian, Comedian, Husband,Opa, Dog Owner, former Cat Co-dweller, and all around good guy.)
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To: Crackingham
Besides, they may sober up ideologically in 2008. And the media, unless John McCain is the Republican nominee, will be more pro-Democratic than ever.

Translation: crap-crap-crap-crap-crap-crap-crap.

Yeah, sure the dems are going to sober up in 2008. A sober dem is an oxymoron and the writer of this crap filled article knows it. And by 2008, the media that may be more pro-dem than ever will certainly be much less credible and influential than ever.

68 posted on 09/28/2005 6:14:17 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Crackingham

How about General Richard Myers?


69 posted on 09/28/2005 6:15:00 AM PDT by GarySpFc (Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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To: Crackingham
But in 2008, there's a reasonably good chance Democrats will able to produce another great field operation. All they'll need is another infusion of money from rich liberals. But Republicans will have a harder time. ... gosh... if only it was so that everything came up roses for the liberals and the Republicans would only get the shit end of the stick, please let it be so, please, please... please... oh g-d, oh g-d, oh ...

Dear fred barnes,

If you must touch yourself, please refrain from doing it in public.

Much appreciated.

70 posted on 09/28/2005 6:20:37 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Larry Lucido

Or how experienced for that matter?


71 posted on 09/28/2005 6:21:20 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty
Firstly, I strongly believe that not only will Rice run in 2008, she will win. But she may not end up running against Hillary, which may seem odd.

Al Gore has been making rumblings. Hillary is stupid. She has none of her husband's political senses. Bill would never have allowed his friends in the media to oversell him like this. He had a sense of timing. Hillary has allowed herself to be nominated in 2005!

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

The Kossacks, the DU crowd-they don't really like Hilly, but they love Al Gore.

Gore knows this. And he's a mean bastard; he'll give Hillary every thing she can dish out.

Until then, Condi '08.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

72 posted on 09/28/2005 6:28:00 AM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: ops33

I agree. I used to predict that the day Hillary announces there will already be an agreement in place for someone to run as a third party candidate to split the Rep. vote. She knows from experience how pivotal Perot's running was to her husband's election and she will want to have every advantage in place. I think people underestimate how easy it might be for someone as devious as Hillary to arrange for wealthy Dem backers to fund a third party candidate that would hurt the Republicans.


73 posted on 09/28/2005 6:33:20 AM PDT by RandDisciple
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To: Crackingham

A good analysis by Fred Barnes and highlights a looming problem. If it were not for the war on terror I probably would not care who gets the presidency for both parties spend money like a bunch of drunken sailors.


74 posted on 09/28/2005 6:45:16 AM PDT by democrats_nightmare
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To: Crackingham

It's pretty scary. I look at it as another case of Republican fatigue, coming at 16-year intervals. A long Republican tenure (8-12 years) leads to tired blood in the body politic, and a fast-talking snake oil artist from the Dem party sneaks in---in 1960, 1976, 1992, and very possibly 2008. Best guess, it'll be John Edwards, without the mole and maybe without the wife as well.


75 posted on 09/28/2005 6:57:21 AM PDT by Graymatter
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To: RedBeaconNY

That is a fact. I won't vote for any Republican who fails to protect our southern border. Any President who calls loyal Americans who protect our own Nation "vigilantes" loses my respect. His party joins him in the "race for the bottom">


76 posted on 09/28/2005 7:03:15 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Crackingham

Cheney/Rice


77 posted on 09/28/2005 7:08:42 AM PDT 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: Crackingham

The actual GOP candidate is keeping a relatively low profile - why give the dims years to trash, manufacture allegations etc.


78 posted on 09/28/2005 7:15:06 AM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: Sensei Ern
A well prepared average lawyer will beat a under prepared good lawyer any day in court.
79 posted on 09/28/2005 8:22:30 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: new cruelty
" All they'll need is another infusion of money from rich liberals. " ...................

No matter how much money they can get,,, THEY ( Liberals/Democrats ) STILL DON'T GET IT " ......

Their message and ideology still does not resonate with most of the American people, that's why they keep losing.

No matter how much money they trow at it, it still won't cure the patient.

They are going to go down in defeat again, and again.
Unless they have a change of heart, change of attitude, change of ideas, change of beliefs, change of message, change of ideology, that most Americans can relate to, they are going down in defeat, but, from the looks of things ? they are just digging a hole for themselves and they don't know when to stop.
80 posted on 09/28/2005 8:33:58 AM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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