Originally Posted By dshyates "Condi!" Us Dems can only hope McCain would be dumb enough to chose someone from the Bush adm. I'm predicting a landslide loss for the Republicans this go around.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^ I think that prediction was also made 4 years ago. Now one could argue maybe it would have been better if it did....but I don't believe there will be any landslides -- The Dem's lose their ace in the hole next election as Bush will be leaving office - so many of those close races they won in the mid yearelection were thanks to Emanuel running moderate ( almost conservative ( Democrats in some state elections to cash in on the anti Bush vote ( very smart on his part - have to give credit where credit is due ). Many of the areas with heavy turnouts for Obama already are Democratic strongholds. For instance, whether Obama winsthe city of Chicago 90% - 10% instead of 80% - 20% means little. Do I think he'll win....yeah, and some will get in on coattails -- but landslides all around, just don't see it.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Many of the areas with heavy turnouts for Obama already are Democratic strongholds. << So are many of the areas that mccain is winning. Meaning he may get the primary nod, but he's never going to win these areas in a general election.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I think someone else said it but Colin Powell, if he could be persuaded. He could be there for several reasons, least of which to offer up a Republican black candidate on the ticket, if the opponent is Obama, and to give him the chance to be an active VP like Cheney, except do good things instead of being Satan's messenger. He could right the wrongs he saw done the last eight years and also erase the bad taste of being used and abused by Bush.
Originally Posted By dshyates McCain/Powell that was the GOP ticket I wanted to see in 2000 (then Bush/Rove/Limbaugh distroyed McCain). I'm still a dem, but that is a ticket I could respect.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder McCain/Powell would certainly be the all-old ticket. Presently, McCain is 71 and Powell is 70. Both have stellar military backgrounds obviously, so it would be hard to say they lack that kind of expertise. Moreover, both are moderate enough to make Limbaugh, Hannity et al to have coronaries, which pleases me no end.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh It should be someone relatively young, with executive experience, and a pretty solid conservative. Governor Jindal shows a lot of promise, but is a little too young. I'd prefer Mayor Guilani or Gov Romney over Gov Huckabee. Besides Gov Pawlenty, the Gov of South Carolina might be a good choice.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm not sure why he'd ever choose Romney. His appeal is really limited only to the conservatives on the radio at this point, there's no crossover appeal there. Which is odd considering not long ago he was Gov. of a rather liberal state, an achievement earned by appealing to moderates.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>Another name being floated is Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota.<< Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Please, no.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I think someone else said it but Colin Powell, if he could be persuaded. > Powell might not even be VOTING for a Republican this time... <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/09/colin-powell-may-support-democrat-or-independent-in" target="_blank">http://politicalticker.blogs.c nn.com/2008/02/09/colin-powell-may-support-democrat-or-independent-in</a>-%E2%80%9808/ (and note this story is dated Feb. 9, i.e. after McCain became the presumptive nominee). "Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican who served under President Bush, said Friday he may not back the GOP presidential nominee in November, telling CNN that “I am keeping my options open at the moment.†“I have voted for members of both parties in the course of my adult life,†Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “And as I said earlier, I will vote for the candidate I think can do the best job for America, whether that candidate is a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent.†Powell also offered praise for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, calling him an “exciting person on the political stage. “He has energized a lot of people in America,†said Powell, who briefly weighed his own run for the White House in the mid-1990s. “He has energized a lot of people around the world. And so I think he is worth listening to and seeing what he stands for.†Powell, who has largely steered clear of politics since leaving the administration in 2004, noted that the next president will need to work to restore America’s standing in the world. “I will ultimately vote for the person I believe brings to the American people the kind of vision the American people want to see for the next four years,†he said. “A vision that reaches out to the rest of the world, that starts to restore confidence in America, that starts to restore favorable ratings to America. Frankly, we've lost a lot in recent years.†That last paragraph is pretty dang damning of Bush - why would we need to "restore" confidence in America, favorable ratings, or indeed anything unless Bush had lost it? Also, in mid-2007 Powell said that a). he had spoken to Obama about foreign affairs (albeit in a very non-committal way), and b). he wasn't interested in elected office. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0</a>,2933,280115,00.html "Powell said he does not want to serve in elected office but was less certain about a return to some government post. "I would not rule it out. I am not at all interested in political life if you mean elected political life. That is unchanged. But I always keep my eyes open and my ears open to requests for service," he said."
