PRIMARILY SPEAKING
The presidential primaries are pretty confusing right now, but I have to keep reminding myself that the actual primary elections won’t be held until next year. I have no idea who’ll end up being each parties respective nominee but there are some interesting possibilities.
Is there another democrat to consider other than Hillary or Obama? (Isn’t it interesting how those two are instantly recognizable by one name. Kind of like Madonna and Prince?)
Say what you will about Hillary, with Bill working behind the scenes, she is a formidable polical oppenent. Barack Obama is a rock star but I think people like the idea of him more than they like him. I thought Joe Biden would have more of an impact than he has, but it seems that people just don’t like him. I don’t care what Edward’s polling numbers say, he has shot himself in the foot so many times, I’m surprised he can walk, let alone run. He is the democratic candidate I pray for. Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson and Mike Gravel just can’t cut thorugh and Dennis the Menace Kucinich is a, well…..he’s out there. Which brings me to Al Gore. I’m still think he’s going to enter the race. He has the potential to upset Hillary’s and Obama’s apple cart and enter the race as a front runner. He’s got all the name recognition he needs. He’s got some money and access to more. Anybody want to put some money on Al Gore enterting the race?
On the Republican side it’s even more confusing. Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee and…soon…Fred Thompson will join the leaderboard. There could be a real horse race between those four. McCain might pull up but I think he’s been around the block to many times. Brownback, Hunter, Paul and Tancredo should just stop now. I don’t think Newt Gingrich will get into the race. I think he’s running for Vice President or a cabinet position and I don’t think there are any other Republicans waiting in the wings that can mount a serious campaign. The Draft Condi movement is interesting but I don’t think she wants to run for president. Vice President Rice?….Now that could make it interesting. All in all I look for Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani to fade with Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson to emerge as the the two top tier candidates in the primary.
Remember this is the primary season so it’s part appeal…not mainstream voter appeal that matters. Huckabee and Thompson are the true bonefide conservatives in the race and the more people look at Huckabee..the stonger he gets.
The truth is, the nations electorate is so evenly divided that regardless of who get’s their parties nomination it will be a close general election. People are tired of war, fed up with do nothing politicians and disgusted with political perverts from both parties. What America really needs is a strong third party and third party candidate to shake things up a bit.
Wouldn’t that be interesting.
section9 Says: September 5th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Right now, Rice is undergoing some bad press by liberal reporters writing instant biographies in an effort to sabotage any effort by Giuliani or Thompson to draft her as the VP. I suspect it will fail, as I think she’s going to come away with a peace treaty with the North Koreans.
The Left hates her, and always has, because she is a black conservative woman. That alone sets off the unhinged moment among the Kos Kidz. Rice has let it be known that she wants to return to Stanford, but she isn’t popular with the Leftist antiwar faculty out there, and I suspect she has become to large for the Hoover institution anyway. My early bet is on Rudy, and Condi, and if Thompson is the nominee, then Condi is a lock at VP to counter the Good Ol’ Boy at the top of the ticket.
nutslikebush Says: September 6th, 2007 at 2:59 am
We could use two or three more serious political parties that can really contend in this country. The two we have are abject disasters and they have on incentive to improve (it is a binopoly). Both parties are owned by special interests and the puppet masters run the shows from just behind the curtain. This mess (i.e., the republicans and democrats) is not what the founding fathers envisioned for us (except in their worst nightmares).
Hilary, Giuliani, Thompson, Condi, Romney, Edward - you have to be kidding if you think any of them would be acceptable presidents. Any of them would be better than Bush, no doubt, but that is the absolute bottom of the barrel. Shit, he is so bad he woke me from my apathetic slumber and turned me into an activist. We have to demand a much better than the one we have gotten used to.
The only honest and brave candidates I see are Kucinich, Paul, and Huckabee. They seem to actually talk about the real issues and bring up the truth every now and then - which scares the crap out of the “first tier” candidates because they must avoid dealing with the truth in order to save their political careers. Unfortunately, the old media (TV, radio, papers, and magazines) and big money will decide for us who will get to be the candidates well before the first insanely early primary polls even open.
Celumnaz Says: September 12th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Have already decided.
Barring him being convicted of some felony or something, am voting Ron Paul for President.
No matter what the sheep tell me about who is and isn’t a “winner”, even if I have to write him in.
The only part have trouble with him on is his pullout from Iraq… but could live with even that, depending.
don’t understand how people can be tired of this “war” when they haven’t Done anything for the most part. A given random individual in this country could completely ignore it and it would never affect them (if there were a way to escape the propaganda that’s making them “weary”).
No rubber collections, no rationing, no tin collections… just “I’m tired of Bush’s War!!” as they go about their daily routines uninterrupted.
RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!!!
=D