Posted on 10/02/2010 3:36:36 PM PDT by pissant
I've just returned from a fascinating and wide-ranging interview with former US Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton. On the subject of electoral politics and personal ambition, Bolton has been playing a bit coy with the media in recent weeks, refusing to rule out a potential presidential bid in 2012.
This morning he waded further into the subject, telling me he's "very seriously" contemplating a White House run in 2012 and that he's begun consulting with high-level campaign operatives to discuss feasibility and logistics. Bolton cited what he described as President Obama's failures, the "wide open" Republican field, and the knowledge and experience he could bring to the table as the primary factors that sparked his interest in running. He also repeatedly stressed that an official decision is not imminent because his top focus remains working to help Republicans succeed in next month's midterm elections.
Does he think he can win? Could his rift with President Bush complicate his chances? How does he size up his potential Republican adversaries? Would he shave the 'stache?
For the answers to those questions and more, check back here early next week for a comprehensive write-up of our discussion.
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John Bolton is by far my preferred choice.
Palin/Bolton 2010
He’ll have to shave mustache.
Some are too right...some are too left....Bolton is just right.
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
I like John Bolton but I’ll need to know more about his stance on all the issues. Then he will have to show he has the leadership skills necessary to be an effective president.
What we need is a president to scare the crap out of the world’s leftists and terrorists and chicoms and is an unabashed champion of US sovereignty. On top of that we need a Congress that will SLASH the bloody hell out of entitlements and sh*tcan whole swaths of federal bureaucrats and agencies.
That is our path to restoration.
You always pick candidates that have no chance in hell of being elected.
Bolton is a super guy but terrible candidate.
He would be much better as a confidante or some very special Czar job.
You mean I pick conservatives. Guess what Bert, people are starting to wake up.
That sounds great but has Bolton declared that as a goal? Other than the top three floors of the UN building?
I haven’t seen anyone other than DeMint and Hunter (and Paul, to his credit) talk about dumping entire departments, but it seems to be catching on.
Tom Dewey.
Our next president will be a war president.
Bolton could do it. Whoever we choose, we have to keep that in mind. We’re still at war, and the war is probably going to ramp up to a whole ‘nother level. Not everybody is capable of being that president.
We better have someone who is willing and able to back China down, or we will be at war with them too.
Anyone who sticks it to the Useless Nations, the Commie's and Libs (redundant) and speaks his mind the way he does certainly gets my vote.
I dont want a war president. I want a president who can ramp us back to disinterested observers of the world, who will trade with any and all, and will protect our borders and our citizenship.
Then I reckon I’ll see you rejecting ANYONE who is plotting “comprehensive immigration reform”, aka Amnesty.
I know what you mean and I think I agree with you. But I suspect war is coming. I think its coming like it or not.
You can count on it.
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