GOP Views Clinton As Virtually Unbeatable

The Politico ^ | 2/7/2007 | Carrie Sheffield and Jim VandeHei

[weston]

What if Colin Powell were to throw his hat in the ring?
He's a RHINO but he would beat Hillary.

[OMalley]

yep:)

[alnick]

Too many want to thow up any R and hope that person gets elected. Then they will whine about how so many so-called Rino's get elected.

It's far too early for that.

[RockinRight]

Doubt it.

[bray]

Oh HilaryCare, Don't throw us in the Briarpatch!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[leilani]

Both of you guys are right: the piece doesn't really back up the headline at all. (the pubbies have essentially conceded the 2008 election to HRC in Feb 2007? lol!)

Basically what these GOP pols are doing is stating the obvious (i.e., HRC's campaign is a well-financed juggernaut, duh). Big woo, it's the same boilerplate fire-up-the-base to raise money stuff you hear from politicos in any party around this time. I'll bet you can find dem pols making the same remarks around the country giving the same chicken-little warnings to their base about Rudy Giuliani.

Measuring in political years, there are about 7 lifetimes until D-day Nov 2008. This is silly.

[pissant]

Silly is an apt term.

[ClarenceThomasfan]

Hillary will NOT be the next president. Heck, she may not even win the Democratic nomination.

Rudy Guiliani or John McCain will be the next president.

[RetSignman]

We put our faith in people we elected, unfortunately, they caved in to DEMSM pressure and acted, not as Conservatives, but CINO'S (Conservatives in name only).

They weren't true believers and their rhetoric didn't match their actions, they allowed criminals in the democrat party to walk away with 'wrist slaps', allowed a porous border, allowed assaults on the party to go unanswered, allowed a "gang" to control the Senate and allowed politics to direct the war on terror.

We have few options available for '08, the only man who could change the consequences , IMO, is Newt but our party is so filled with the spineless they fear what the DEMSM will say and won't get behind him. They think they would have a better chance with people like Rudy or McCain because they would appeal to the DEMSM.

The Clinton / Obama ticket is going to be almost unbeatable if the Republican Party doesn't grow a pair and FAST.

[jveritas]

Agree, and I am afraid that AL Gore is the one who has the biggest chance of becoming President and he is the toughest to beat.

[IndyTiger]

Newt is a brilliant guy and a dynamic speaker. I would love to see him take on Hillary in a debate. But I fear that Newt has been so demonized by the mainstream media that he is unelectable on a national ticket.

[NittanyLion]

Too many want to thow up any R and hope that person gets elected. Then they will whine about how so many so-called Rino's get elected. Maybe, if the GOP would put up a viable, strong conservative candidate, they wouldn't have that problem. Instead, they keep rushing to the left to fill the void of the Dems moving even further leftward.

Actually, what they do is tell those who would prefer a more conservative candidate that "the time for that is in the primary". Of course, when the primary rolls around there they are again screaming that a conservative is unelectable, and the party's only chance is to unite behind a moderate.

I've seen this pattern of behavior time and again during my stay here at FR.

[aruanan]

What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.

Then they may as well run Newt and we can have fun watching him tear Hillary a new one in debates.

[pissant]

Most likely, but the ammo to use against this moonbat could fill 1000 warehouses.

[GulfBreeze]

Only pussed up. Wimps, see her as unbeatable.

She is rich white trash.

My candidate can beat her!

If you are a Freeper supporting Duncan Hunter please make your voice heard in this poll!!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=170

[Ramcat]

This is exactly why we can't run a nominee who's only 25% more conservative than Hillary.

You're exactly right!
Run a conservative, fight like wild dogs, give America a real choice and see what happens.
If the "beast" wins, make her miserable life the most miserable it's ever been for four years then do it again.
The key to this is giving America a real choice.

[dmw]

"Hillary's greatest supporters are single-issue conservatives who would refuse to vote because they disagreed with the GOP nominee on that single issue."

Or said this way,

Hillary's greatest supporters are single-issue liberals masquerading as conservatives who refused to consider a conservative candidate because they think ONLY Rudy can beat Hilliary.

There's two sides to this argument, ya know?

[jveritas]

As if Hillary Clinton has better charisma? She is much duller than John Kerry and of course much meaner and nastier.

[william clark]

Giuliani won't win NY. If they were stupid (and definitely liberal) enough to elect Hillary as their Senator, they'll hand her the states electoral votes without giving it a second thought. Or a first thought, for that matter. After all, they're liberals.

[Beagle8U]

"They need to find someone that can appeal to more than the hard right."

We need someone that wont turn off 50% of the Republican voters.

Everyone that thinks you can throw away all the social issues they so hate and just run on lower taxes and less government better stop and think real hard what they are asking for.

You would become nothing more than another Libertarian party, and the last I knew they can't win much of anything!

Do you think there would have ever been any "Reagan Democrats" if he ran as Anti- gun? Pro-abortion? Pro- Queer?

Not a Chance! We have to offer more than just not being a total socialist. Many of those Dem's that crossover to vote Republican do so because they can't stomach the Rat party's position on those social issues. If those voters are offered no choice on those issues they will vote Rat every time.