To: streetpreacher
the GOP runs the risk of allowing a true third party threat to take shape in 2008. They wont be able to win but it will ensure a Hillary presidency. She must be loving the idea of a Rudy nomination.I agree that a substantial thid party draw would ensure a Hillary presidency. But I disagree that she must be loving the idea of a Rudy nomination -- Rudy couldn't win the FR vote, but he is capable of winning the national vote and defeating Hillary. Hillary is hating that idea. And it would be a very sad chapter in US political history if FR played into Hillary's hands, by drawing off Republican votes from Rudy to an unelectable third party candidate.
To: GovernmentShrinker
If the party nominates a candidate that alienates and drives away a significant portion of the base, that’s the fault of the party and the candidate, not the people who choose to vote their conscience.
139 posted on
04/21/2007 7:21:09 PM PDT by
rottndog
(American First, Conservative Second, Republican Increasingly Reluctantly...)
To: GovernmentShrinker
If conservatives are so disaffected by the Republican party that they turn to a third party, whose fault is that?
We survived the Clintons once if it comes to that. If the Republicans don’t want to get hit in their right flank then they should not leave it open.
773 posted on
04/21/2007 9:52:41 PM PDT by
Hawk1976
(It is better to die than to live as a slave.)
To: GovernmentShrinker
But I disagree that she must be loving the idea of a Rudy nomination -- Rudy couldn't win the FR vote, but he is capable of winning the national vote and defeating Hillary. A northeastern lib will beat a northeastern lib? How's that gonna work?
4,927 posted on
04/23/2007 11:04:40 AM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
(A pacifist sees no distinction between the arsonist and the fireman--Freeper ccmay)
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