The Spectator is right: the Dems are playing for 2008...so who do WE want to run in 2008

Vanity | 1/15/04 | self

[Salgak]

OK, gang.

Barring a catastrophe or another 9/11 attack, it's pretty much a given that President Bush will be re-elected in just under 10 months from today. That's been already listed here on FR today. And Jay Currie has a VERY good point. The Dems KNOW they've already lost this election, and are using it to position for 2008 and, God Help Us, Hillary.

Who do we have / want who is in position to run for the Republican nomination in 2008 ???

Given that President Bush would want to have his successor continue his policies, who you all of you think is a worthy successor to George W. Bush, and our best defense against the Hildebeast ???

[Mr. Thorne]

I suppose nominating myself is out of the question...

= )

[Pubbie]

Owens IS already running in 2008.

[Check_Your_Premises]

And to all the Condi lovers... is there any indication that she is interested in the job? She may be brilliant, but is she really a political animal?

MDP

[BigSkyFreeper]

Rudy in my opinion would be best suited for a run at the Senate. Get him groomed for a run at the Presidency.

[Pubbie]

"WOT and do something about the illegal immigration problem."

What are Senator Allen's policies on Illegal Immigration?

[thoughtomator]

Rudy wasn't a serial womanizer. His wife went hardcore hard-left and was bashing his administration while he was in office. I don't think there's anyone who would hold it against him that he sought a committed relationship elsewhere. He's not Clintonlike in the sense of treating women like property - and he's very anticlintonlike in his straightforward, pugilant manner.

[warchild9]

We need to clean that lot out of the White House.

I say J.C. Watts, and Tom Kean.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Find Bill Owens a wife stat. Then, he'll be all set for 2008.

[My2Cents]

(apparently recently separated from his wife btw).

Sorry, but that kills his budding candidacy right there. I mean, Ronald Reagan was married before, but that was in the 1940s. A guy with marital problems in the recent past isn't going to win the Presidency, no matter how good he looks on paper. (He also needs to stop eating at Chili's, and lose that chipmonk look.)

[Tailback]

And isn't Colorado kicking around the idea of requiring an equal number of conservative professors to be hired in Universities? I could really get fired up about Bill Owens running for Prez.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I have no idea on his illegal immigration stance, but he's pretty firm on the WOT.

[Gerasimov]

"George P. Bush"

Amen, Amen, and AMEN.
A bright boy, that one. And one to watch.

[BlackRazor]

he is not grooming a successor by selecting a viable candidate as VP.

That's a good thing, IMO. In the last half-century, sitting vice-presidents have lost 3 out of the 4 elections they've run. I also think it will be a good thing if the GOP nominee can be seen as somewhat new & independent of the current administration, so as to somewhat counter the "it's time for a change" mantra the Dems will be using in 2008.

[Pubbie]

"I think we have sort of a Donovan McNabb phenomenon going on here - people very desirous that she succeed in politics because she is a black woman."

Isn't this frightening?

Rice is more liberal than Bush is, and people on this board are always crying about how "Bush isn't a real Conservative" - and these are the same people infatuated with Rice.

[Lady Heron]

Rudy G. would be a real threat to Hillary.

You would loose the conservative voter in the Republican party that sits home when a "moderate" pro-choice Republican is run. Might work in California, but you can forget the South showing up to the polls. And the party keeps drifting more and more to the left. With enough of a shift the Republican party becomes the old Democrat party. Count me out.

[GraniteStateConservative]

You need to tell someone to get Bill hitched. He'll be perfect, then. He does support Bush's guest worker plan, so some here will bitch about that.

[al_c]

I'm leaning in the direction of Condy Rice. Takes all the wind out of the Dem's sails for running the first serious female candidate. "Oh, yeah, well ours is black, too.."

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Not to mention that she is truly brilliant.

I agree. I think she'd be a great anti-Hildebeast. Perhaps Rudy and Condi on the same ticket?

[My2Cents]

I tend to agree with you about the dynasty issue, but, then, if Hillary is the Dems' nominee, which dynasty would the American people accept -- a Bush Dyansty, or a Clinton Dynasty?