Who can/should win the 08 Republican Nomination

#26
#26
Hillary has the democratic machine behind her. Obama has the ear of a lot of young people. Advantage to the money machine. But an Obama campaign would be a mess for the Republicans to fight.
 
#29
#29
I don't know what to think about McCain. Seems like he's all over the place. However, any Republican would be a upgrade at this point.
 
#32
#32
I'm not sure about Allen either, but I think it will be a Governor like that if they want to win.
 
#34
#34
The token "idealogue who won't win but is there to keep the party from bearing to the left" postition is already taken . . . i.e. Newt Gingrich.
 
#35
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(volinbham @ May 18 said:
The big issue with primaries (for both parties) is do you pick the one your party likes best or the one that is most electable?

I think McCain is electable but probably not conservative enough to win the primary.

I'd like to see a McCain/Lieberman ticket!
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McCain is as good as any Republican candidate as I can think of. He may be repositioning himself a bit further to the right, however. He had a recent appearance at Liberty University.

(CSpindizzy @ May 18 said:
And on the Dems side, you could see Gore pop back up.
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But nobody takes him serial!

(GAVol @ May 18 said:
I think he tends to stand on whatever will get his face in front of a camera.
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I'd put a populist in office before a right wing nutjob. I don't see any other choices available from the Republicans.

(orange+white=heaven @ May 18 said:
If Obama has any intention of ever running he should do it quickly, before his legislative voting record becomes a sledge hammer for the republicans to pummel him with. No commentary about his positions necessarily, that is just what happens when you spend alot of years inside the beltway...
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It doesn't matter how much of a voting record Obama has. If the same election people are working for the Republicans, they will dig up or create whatever they have to in order to win this thing. I was simply shocked by the level of dirty tactics used by the Republicans in '04. Not to mention they did it effectively. Nobody else can create some crap about a meaningless purple heart and turn it into as important a topic as say, welfare reform. Or something.

(CSpindizzy @ May 18 said:
DUI's and drug use get swept under the rug for you....who cares right? Or tanking the business you were handed and having daddy's friends bailing you out?
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Given how much crap there is in Bush's background, the Republicans either had the most brilliant PR job in American history in '04, or the Democrats have simply lost touch with how to run an election.

(smokedog#3 @ May 18 said:
where is pat robertson, he's got god on his side he will surely win. :birgits_giggle:
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:yuck:

(GAVol @ May 18 said:
The token "idealogue who won't win but is there to keep the party from bearing to the left" postition is already taken . . . i.e. Newt Gingrich.
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Newt Gingrich is too busy whacking off to fantasies about how things would be if the Confederacy won the Civil War.
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ May 18 said:
What do you think of Biden though? I've been pretty impressed with him when I've heard him speak and from what I've read about him. He was actually sticking up for Republicans the other day. I wasn't sure about that, but I like his honesty.
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At times I think he's okay at other times he's been too partisan (they all are of course but I prefer them to be partisan in a way I agree with :blush2: ) The hair plugs have taken hold nicely though.

Same with Baye (sp?).

As I said above, I think Joe Lieberman has shown himself to stick to his principles most of just about any senator. I don't always agree with his principles but I think he's a pretty straight shooter.

It would be nice if a true centrist could make it through the primaries but sadly it's just not feasible in our current system.
 
#37
#37
What if Gore and Frist both won nominations, with their Tennessee ties, could be interesting.Realistically though,GAVOL is probably right, some outsider not very well known will probably be in the running for both parties.
 
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(utfantilidie @ May 18 said:
What if Gore and Frist both won nominations, with their Tennessee ties, could be interesting.Realistically though,GAVOL is probably right, some outsider not very well known will probably be in the running for both parties.
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If Gore and Frist won the nominations, we'd need hook them both up to heart monitors at the debate to ensure that they have a heartbeat.
 
#40
#40
3rd party ( green party ) legalize weed , we know we this will not happen because truly washington is ran by the lobyists ..... but luckily we have cannabis clubs in some states ...... :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke:
 
#42
#42
Forget the budget, gas prices, the economy, and various other issues... I want a candidate who is behind the legalizing of drugs!
 
#43
#43
Forget the budget, gas prices, the economy, and various other issues...



cmon buddy ... all the above issues goes without saying .... :biggrin2: :biggrin2: :biggrin2: :biggrin2:
 
#45
#45
(GAVol @ May 18 said:
If Gore and Frist won the nominations, we'd need hook them both up to heart monitors at the debate to ensure that they have a heartbeat.
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No fair....Frist is a cardiologist. He'd cheat even on a pulse test.
 
#46
#46
I say we have our own Volnation experiment....have a democratic and a republican candidates with their chosen running mates and let then debate the current issues....I nominate OWB as Democrat....oh wait thats what we've been doing :birgits_giggle:
 
#47
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(dan4vols @ May 18 said:
I nominate OWB as Democrat....oh wait thats what we've been doing :birgits_giggle:
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I respectfully decline. I'm just not hateful enough to keep up with the Republicans. :biggrin2:
 
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(volnuts @ May 18 said:
3rd party ( green party ) legalize weed , we know we this will not happen because truly washington is ran by the lobyists ..... but luckily we have cannabis clubs in some states ...... :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke: :devilsmoke:
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When I lived in Kentucky, a guy named Gatewood Galbraith ran for govenor on the hemp ticket (Kentucky's unofficial number 1 cash crop).

He had a hemp suit and a hemp-oil driven Mercedes. Every year he held a music festival called Gate-Woodstock on his farm.
 
#49
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(volinbham @ May 19 said:
When I lived in Kentucky, a guy named Gatewood Galbraith ran for govenor on the hemp ticket (Kentucky's unofficial number 1 cash crop).

He had a hemp suit and a hemp-oil driven Mercedes. Every year he held a music festival called Gate-Woodstock on his farm.
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Hemp is pretty handy. I don't really see why they don't just go ahead and legalize weed. I mean I understand, but alcohol and cigarettes are legal.

Weed isn't half as dangerous as alcohol is. I have never seen two stoners get in fights at football games or do other stupid things that alcohol makes you do.

Don't you think that it would make a good crop? I've also read many times that medical marijuana trumps just about any pain pill. We're just a slave to the pharmaceutical companies and they only want us hooked on the drugs/crap they make.
 
#50
#50
Nobody speeds on weed - more likely you're doing 45 on the interstate (or so I've been told :angel: )
 
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