It's going to depend on how the war goes. If the surge works and Iraq is more stable come 2008 then Iraq isn't the issue and it's back to basic party differences. If the surge doesn't work and we're still mired down then the Democrats will probably clean up.
Would that energize conservatives?
With 'Rat control of all three branches of government in 2008, you can count on the complete push of Owlgore's, Global Warming lie in stone and on our back and our children's back forever.
The 'Rat elite has no other goal than socialism. The Global Warming lie is a prime 'rat lever to destroy capitalism and personal freedoms.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
No, for one very simple reason...
No matter how awful the Repubs are, the Dems are worse. 2008 does not come soon enough for them. By that time they will have lost any hold they had on the "middleground" voters. Too many people will be sick of their see-rap by then. Heck, they've already lost any momentum they had.
2008 is right for bold, real conservative colors. Voters hunger for real leadership.
jw
True.. George Bush pretty much got the slide started with AWOL immigration policies.. The Sandy Berger Affair didn't help.. And the Border Guard fiasco clenched it..
George got republicans THINKING.. Whats up with THIS?..
Oh! and raiseing the tax burden like Lyndon Johnston was a stab in the eye too..
George pretty much fractured the republican party like a car windshield..
Its way too early to make a prediction about 2008. We're only three months into Democratic leadership of Congress - Republicans haven't found their footing yet. If I had to make a prediction this early, I would say that a Hillary Clinton candidacy would unite Republicans more that at anytime in the history of the party.
I think the only GOP nominee who could win is one who could win some dem states while holding on to the GOP states. Fred Thompson can't do that - only a more moderate/liberal can at this point, sad to say.
All else being equal, I'd expect the GOP to lose more ground in the House and Senate in 2008 no matter what happens in the presidential race.
Count me in: I am definitely a FredHead.
The biggest problem the GOP faces right now is the White House. George Bush is tired and ready to retire to Crawford. There is clearly no fight left in the President as evidenced by his willingness to let the Democrats fabricate a "scandal" and then bend over and grab his ankles instead of telling them to go play in the street, nobody is testifying, your subpoenas are in the trash can, and by the way I just fired five more US Attorneys because it's Wednesday.
Nobody wants to jump in a foxhole with somebody who is afraid of his own shadow.
The Party must be UNFIED AND ENERGIZED next year, and JulieAnnie would do just the opposite.
Fred Thompson WILL UNIFY AND ENERGIZE the traditional conservative base. Without the 'base'--the Party will just will not have the enthusiasm for the necessary turnout.
>Of course you guys will pick a-part some of his statements, however the general concept is correct. My take is: two words-Fred Thompson<
Well, to begin with, I've watched with pain the GOP drift further left each year for the past 20, and witnessed the far left plunge of the Democrat party. So we wake up today to find there is the Communist Party and the Social Democrat party with the complete disappearence of the Republican party in America today. The Globalists (New name for the Communists) have finally arrrived on the threshhold of the New World Order that GHW Bush spoke of so glowingly. Sadly, his issue did not fall far from the tree, as he's brought us to the North American Union - regional government in full bloom at last. As all this was emerging, Americans have become dependent on television and computer games, entertainment at any cost, as a result of the public schools which indoctrinated them with Situational Ethics and Values Clarification. Thinking and using their innate gifts of vision and powers of deduction have apparently been severely damaged. Going along with the crowd was simple and far less strenuous than standing up for higher standards in their party. No, the Republican Party died a long time ago, and it's ghost just doesn't know it yet.
Your "take" falls right in with the above: Laura Ingraham waxed utterly sappy over Fred Thompson on her morning show today, as she played clips of his Paul Harvey broadcasts, where he drolly drawled his sound bite observations of no real import. She extolled his wife's encouragement to audition for the role of roles, as the new "Social Democrats" sign petitions to draft him. Timing is crucial in acting, so Fred is sitting back as the mindless momentum builds to a crescendo.
The one true Conservative candidate, still quick, continues his battle to preserve the country he loves with little or no fanfare-two words: Duncan Hunter. Now, that's my take.
That was probably a Republican.
I agree. Or Duncan Hunter or Newt Gingrich.
Who cares about Republicans? I'm a conservative. I have no use for the Republicrats and the Demicans.
Riiiight... the same way the MSM forgot Vietnam veteran John F. Vietnam Kerry who fought in Vietnam.
This article is crap.