Comments on: 2008 Lurks as a Source of Discord?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 07:00:55 +0000

Hopefully this will give the GOP the opportunity to run a quality candidate who hasn't fostered intense hatred among his political opponents. I love GWB, but he motivates the Dems almost as much as his own party.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:10:55 +0000

Rice, if anything, comes across as more unlikeable then Hillary, and that is saying something. Rudy? Well, when his country called on him to serve as homeland security director in wartime, he had more important things to do. "Nuff said.

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:37:02 +0000

Jeb has said "no." So it's Rudy and/or Condi up against Hillary. I'd like Condi in the driver's seat, so she can debate Hillary. And I'd pay to watch it.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:24:43 +0000

Hillary does not enjoy much support among democrats outside of her core supporters. Kerry redeaux? Yuck.

On the other side of the fence, Chuck Hegel will get support from conservative democrats. I would like to have a commander in chief who knows what it is like to be in combat, something we don't have at the moment.

By: King of Fools

King of Fools — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:54:30 +0000

Sounds exactly like 1996, at least on the Republican side with Bob Dole. He was a good guy but a horrible candidate and once he was done, everyone who ran against him (and lost to him) were toast as well. From that void emerged G.W. Bush.

Just goes to show that you cannot see too far ahead in the political future. (Remember when Gray Davis was considered a frontrunner for President?)

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:05:33 +0000

"You have a totally wide-open field with no leading candidate and no 800-pound gorillas on each side." -- Many conservatives, and some liberals, have seen Hillary as the Democrat's 800-pound gorilla. I think, if she ever really was, she's been shrinking. At this point, she's maybe a 400-pound gorillette. While I believe she will probably run in 2008 (assuming Giuliani doesn't defeat her in 2006), I don't see her winning. I see her as a neo-Gephardt, a logical candidate but not one who generates the deep response needed to actually win.

By: Russell Newquist

Russell Newquist — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:40:58 +0000

Personally, I think this is a really good thing. Time to shake everything up a little bit.

Also, it could work out to be the perfect opening for a relative unknown to work his way into the void and snag either party's nomination - or, although this is a real dark horse, it could be the perfect opening for a third party candidate to finally shine.

If, of course, there's anybody with the vision to actually take it.