So who will run in '08?

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Mr N8

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I would love to see a Rice / Giuliani ticket for the Republicans. Intelligence and charisma on one ticket? Unheard of.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I would love to see a Rice / Giuliani ticket for the Republicans. Intelligence and charisma on one ticket? Unheard of.
That would be the first time two political whores ran for office.
 

arsbanned

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Or will it be Barbara Bush VS Hilary Clinton?

Or perhaps it will be one of the two Bush daughter's against Hilary?

Who's up in '08?

The way this country is going? 2 clowns again. Any two will do.
 

raildogg

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OMG forget 08.

Bush won and thats all that matters. We have so much time to worry about 08
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
Originally posted by: conjur
Cheney will be stepping down soon.

Giuliani will be named the replacement.

i forgot about Giuliani , he could run against Billiary, but it would be a subway series, not good selling to south/flyover states, although the 9/11 tie in he has would probably work

Giuliani/Condi or
Condi/Giuliani

Maybe throw the governator in there if they can get the legislation passed.

The moment the first plane hit one of the two Towers Giuliani became a great mayor. Prior to that he was a fsck up with a limp dick.

You are kidding me with your ignorance...NY was a friggin corrupt sleazeball cess pool before he took over.

If the democratic party decides to run Hillary, the republicans could run a skinhead and win...
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: Nitemare
The moment the first plane hit one of the two Towers Giuliani became a great mayor. Prior to that he was a fsck up with a limp dick.

You are kidding me with your ignorance...NY was a friggin corrupt sleazeball cess pool before he took over.

but he trampled on civil liberties to get there, and a lot of NYC'ers were happier with old-NYC.

pre-9/11, his approval ratings were pretty low, especially with his affair.
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: MoobyTheGoldenCalf
I pray Hilary is the nominee. That would be a bigger republican sweep than Reagan/Mondale...

Sorry, folks. There will NEVER be a woman president in any of our lifetimes....

I'm only 23. I think there will be one within my lifetime.
 

Infohawk

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Clark / Edwards if they come out and magically turn into Christian Zealots. I don't think there's any way the Democratic party in its current form can beat the Christian coalition.
 

imported_Snagle

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Infohawk I really doubt the dems would run Clark again, he did poorly this cycle.

I don't see how Hillary could win if she ran. I hope she doesnt get the nomination. Obama is an option, especially if he can get his name on a few things in the senate in the next few years.

 

Train

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Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Nitemare
The moment the first plane hit one of the two Towers Giuliani became a great mayor. Prior to that he was a fsck up with a limp dick.

You are kidding me with your ignorance...NY was a friggin corrupt sleazeball cess pool before he took over.

but he trampled on civil liberties to get there, and a lot of NYC'ers were happier with old-NYC.

pre-9/11, his approval ratings were pretty low, especially with his affair.
lol, I love how the liberals rephrase being tough as "trampling civil liberties" you mean like requiring welfare recipients to actually PROVE they were eligible for benifits, which for some strange reason half of them didnt even try to, saving the New York taxpayer millions, if not Billions over several years in fraudulent welfare payouts.
 

assemblage

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Alan Keyes, Al Sharpton, and Al Gore. Al Gore will win because in 2000 he would have won and the same people still like him and probably more. If conservatives, Christians and Republicans don't cheat he would win by a landslide in 2008.
 

NumbersGuy

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Cheney won't run, he'll have had two terms already, heart couldn't take it.
Giuliani would be fine.
Condi... has done a very poor job at everything assigned to her, has no shame, should return to piano playing and Halliburton.

Dems? A moderate southern(?) governor with a good record, if any.
Hillary is hated by too many people.
Edwards couldn't even carry his state.
Or an unexpected new face.

Four years is a long time, maybe some of you will have been drafted, anything can happen.
Heaven help us!
 

rile0161

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Could you imagine the campaign ads if Hillary were to run? A picture of Monica Lewinsky, then a voice saying something along the lines of "She couldn't even control her husband...how can she control the country?" or something that shows Hillary forgiving Bill then showing evocative such as Pearl Harbor, 9/11, etc and the voiceover saying "Is there anything she wouldn't forgive?"
 

jman19

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The last thing the Dems need is Hillary running for office.

This election has made several things clear (in this day and age):
1. Running a northerner means conceiding the south.
2. Senatorial candidates are too easy to smear in the media.
3. Anyone with a predominately liberal voting record is doomed, as the Republicans have effectively made "liberal" a negative word.

On that note, the ideal Dem candidate will be one with some Southern apeal, who doesn't have an easy record to attack, which likely means a governor or a young senator/congressman.
 

crimson117

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Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: FuzzyBee
Originally posted by: conjur
Cheney will be stepping down soon.

Giuliani will be named the replacement.
If this were going to happen, it would've happened before the election.
No. That would have been a mistake for the Bush campaign. That's a major move and to do it before an election would rattle the foundations of the Bush supporters.

Cheney is out of politics after this term, Giuliani will be named a replacement before long.
If cheney steps down, how is a replacement chosen? It's not just whoever bush wants, since VP is an elected position. Would congress/senate decide or is it like federal judges where the president proposes and the congress/senate vote on it?

 

OneOfTheseDays

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A young black senator like Obama would be an excellent candidate. He would definitely sweep the minority vote like no other, and he would enjoy massive success and appeal within his own Democratic party. People would be excited to vote FOR Obama instead of against the opponent. I don't see Obama doing too well in the South though because he's black, but maybe he can squeak out a victory.
 

crimson117

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Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I would love to see a Rice / Giuliani ticket for the Republicans. Intelligence and charisma on one ticket? Unheard of.
Repubs will never put a black woman on the ballot - then they couldn't count on their southern racist base.

 

EagleKeeper

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Originally posted by: crimson117If cheney steps down, how is a replacement chosen? It's not just whoever bush wants, since VP is an elected position. Would congress/senate decide or is it like federal judges where the president proposes and the congress/senate vote on it?

The President will select a VP. Approved by Congress.

Look back at history: Nixon/Agnew/Ford

 

EagleKeeper

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Originally posted by: assemblage
Alan Keyes, Al Sharpton, and Al Gore. Al Gore will win because in 2000 he would have won and the same people still like him and probably more. If conservatives, Christians and Republicans don't cheat he would win by a landslide in 2008.

Get over the fact that Gore lost in 2000.
There was no cheating going on.

That stupid theory has been fought over for four years now and nothing except paranoid losers think it so.

Rules were set, and followed according to the law. Votes werre counted according to the laws in the state of Florida and elsewhere.

Now you are starting the crying sour grapes that in 2004, Kerry was cheated.

The Dems need to find a candidate that appeals to the majority of the country and convince the majority that that person is better qualified to lead the country.

 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: jman19
The last thing the Dems need is Hillary running for office.

This election has made several things clear (in this day and age):
1. Running a northerner means conceiding the south.
2. Senatorial candidates are too easy to smear in the media.
3. Anyone with a predominately liberal voting record is doomed, as the Republicans have effectively made "liberal" a negative word.

On that note, the ideal Dem candidate will be one with some Southern apeal, who doesn't have an easy record to attack, which likely means a governor or a young senator/congressman.

Zell Miller/Lieberman for the Democratic ticket would win. Zell Miller would win the south. Lieberman could pick up the northeast and California would vote for him simply because he is on the democratic ticket.

When the retarded democratic party realizes that they can not win with an ultra left wing socialistic liberal they might actually get somebody back in office.

For the Republican ticket: Condaleeza Rice/Giuliani
Condaleeza would carry the Southern states and Giuliani might have a shot at picking up some northeastern states(NY, NJ or Pennsylvania)

That would be an election that it would be worth voting for. However, knowing both the democratic and republican parties, they will both produce 2 turds and ask us to decide on the lesser of 2 evils.
Democrats pick Hillary/Daschle
Repubs pick Fritz/Hastert or Fritz/Ridge