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Post by jewbird on Jul 2, 2007 0:47:10 GMT -5
I saw Tommy Thompson on tv just now (yes, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel) and I don't recall what he said but I just sat there thinking to myself, "Dayam! That is one ugly-ass rug." At least I hope it's a rug. It would be a national disgrace if that was his real hair.
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Post by penguinopolipitese on Jul 2, 2007 2:01:20 GMT -5
they should have a show like american idol, but they can call it "american president" where candidates square off every week and are belittled when they get kicked out.
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Post by juancarlos on Jul 2, 2007 7:04:09 GMT -5
they should have a show like american idol, but they can call it "american president" where candidates square off every week and are belittled when they get kicked out. I prefer that they do a Big Brother spin off on them and let's see who survives. While they're at it, they should have Ann Coulter, Rosie O'Donnell and Monica Lewinsky as house guests.
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Post by dapper on Jul 2, 2007 9:28:17 GMT -5
News over the weekend showed that Obama again raised more money than Hillary (this quarter by $5Million) and from the wallets of 250,000 donors compared to just 60,000 for She Clinton. This jives with the EAN poll that shows more want an Obama Presidency than a Hillary Presidency. None of this jives with the national polls (that are supposedly scientific and accurate) that have Hillary with a large and growing lead over Obama. So, at least we know that Obama needs to perform better in the debates, since it is there where his appeal on the campaign trail doesn't transmit to being quick on his feet.
Then on the Republican side the money is less and it has slowed somewhat, for the obvious reason that Bush has ruined the Party in the short-term, and intermediately as well, as 70% of those aged 17-23 identify themselves as Democrats whereas before the majority of that young group, young professionals anyway, identified as Republicans. So while the Republican money is less than the Democrat money, it does make for a more wide-open race, and especially so since this is the first time in a long time there is no incumbent from the WH running. But no matter how you consider them, the top tier remains in a shifting running among Rudy, Thompson (who still isn't in, but he's in), and Romney. McCain is still a big name, but he's already deep-sixed by his surprisingly low money, his Republican-damaging campaign finance reform bill, his over-loyalty to Bush (an over-compensation to his over-criticalness of Bush in past elections), and the final nail is his pro-illegal alien amnesty bill that has been rejected by Congress, for the second and final time (for a couple years) after over 80% of Americans rejected it and shutdown the Congressional phone centers and flooded their email Inboxes.
So, has the Bush damage been so awful that no Republican can win in 2008? Well, maybe, and probably, and it should be sufficient, but the Democrats are leaning towards making history by nominating a candidate whose gender or race has never won before. More importantly, their leading candidate, their favorite, Hillary, leads all candidates, Democrat or Republican, in unfavorables. In fact, a poll came out last week that showed over half of all Americans would never consider voting for her under any circumstance. Yet she leads the Democrat field. Maybe the unfavorable rating is a contrarian indicator (my favorite kind). If that were true, then it would implicate Mitt Romney as the to-be Republican nominee (all things being equal) since he scored second most unfavorable, which is a bit odd since he's a relative unknown.
What I now of Romney, I like. Like Bush he has a Harvard MBA; unlike Bush he graduated in the top 5% of that class and also earned a law degree at the same time. His career was notably un-Bushlike as well as his record throughout both the private sector and in public service has been one of cutting wastefulness and increasing productivity. He worked for a start-up corporate consulting firm (Bain & Co.) out of grad school, then was tapped by that company's founder to head-up Bain's new business, private equity, in running Bain Capital, which today is one of the world's largest private equity firms. He returned to Bain & Co. to save it from ruin, and revitalized that business. He saved the Salt Lake Olympics and turned around the financial mess it had become. As a Republican Governor of Massachusetts, the most liberal state in the nation, he erased their budget deficit without raising taxes and he worked with Ted Kennedy and they accomplished a universal healthcare system that does not bilk taxpayers or bankrupt the state, and it is being viewed as a model for national universal healthcare. Plus, Romney looks good. He's tall, handsome, and really young-looking for a 60 year old. This matters. So we'll see if he's able to spring out being a small name and compete with Rudy and Thompson, who will be the next two guys I research a bit before I look through Obama's record (as Hillary doesn't require any research, of course).
While I'd personally be OK with either a Romney or Rudy Presidency (and we'll see about Fred), there's still something lacking there...and the answer isn't likely to be from the Democrats, who usually make the Republicans look not that bad. I'll continue to give Obama some benefit of the doubt in terms of what substance he may have to offer, but I still rate him somewhat as a fad, which is right where I have Fred Thompson rated presently, as I suspect he'll flounder a bit if and when he ever enters the race officially. And I'm one of the majority of Americans who would never vote for Hillary, ever.
This brings me to the real reason I'm writing my thoughts as of today, Would you vote for Colin Powell in 2008? Now, he's not running and doesn't really show any desire to run, but in talking with people I know who follow politics, everyone likes him and everyone said they'd love to see a President Powell. Powell is extremely, extremely admired by everyone and he's always been a well-balanced guy.
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Post by jewbird on Jul 2, 2007 16:51:32 GMT -5
Not at all. Karl Rove just needs to have one of his sock puppets make a call to Diebold.
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Post by Ajeno on Jul 2, 2007 17:01:31 GMT -5
I read in the paper Hillary got a standing ovation over Obama at Howard university.Looks like shes scoring points on the black vote.hmm.
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Post by cjsdad on Jul 3, 2007 8:25:05 GMT -5
To answer dapper's question....yes, I would vote for Powell, but I would hope he would consider running as an independant. That would likely kill his chances, but I fear as soon as a candidate puts the (R) or the (D) in front, they begin the process of towing the party line.
I wonder if the (D)'s realize how much of a polarizing figure Billary is? She might "rock the vote" amongst otherwise uninterested (R)'s the likes of which they have never seen. A lot of people seriously can't stand her. The only person I feel more strongly about NOT voting for is the ambulance chaser Edwards.
Meh. This whole deal is giant douche vs. turd sandwich anyway.
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Post by Ajeno on Sept 28, 2007 9:12:29 GMT -5
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