Posted on 11/03/2004 5:59:08 AM PST by KevinDavis
Assuming this scenario plays out, the Republicans must find a "man" (doubtful US voters want to choose between 2 women), with long held and solid values. My vote would go for Senator Rick Santorum.
In his biggest flip-flop yet, John Kerry.
You just ruined my morning!!!!! I'm sure he will still be running on his big whopping 4 months in 'Nam.
It will be interesting to who shines over the next four years. I'm partial to Tommy Franks. I would love to see Rudy take over Homeland Security if Ridge steps down.
Michael Reagan?
No idea but we need to start today IMO to fraud proof the next election.
There is no probably about it - Dick Cheney will not run, neither will Jeb Bush.
Schwarzenegger would love to run, but can't - at least at the moment and there won't be a constitutional amendment by then, anyway.
So, your candidates are:
1. Rudolph Guiliani
2. John McCain - don't be surprised by this - age is a factor, but he wants to be President.
3. George Pataki - although if Rudy runs, this may not happen.
4. Mitt Romney - family credentials (father, George, then Governor of Michigan ran for President in 1960s), conservative from Massachusetts, by way of Michigan and a stint in Colorado.
5. George Allen from Virginia.
6. George Voinovich from Ohio.
7. And don't be surprised if you see a slimmer, "stealthier" John Engler, former governor of Michigan looking to run.
Two other conservatives to watch with real interest -
1. Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania.
2. Little known rep from California, but impeccable conservative credentials - Christopher Cox. Good looking, or at least my girlfriend says so, smart and great on the stump.
The next Republican candidate will be conservative enough to win the south and either from the east or midwest, which would tend to rule out George Allen of Virginia.
Media favorites like McCain and Guiliani, of course, will have a leg up with the MSM given their moderate appeal, but their ability to be effective candidates in the south against a southern democrat is marginal at best. Dems win or run well when they run southern democrats - this is why a Guiliani or McCain candidacy is dangerous in the bible belt south.
We need a conservative with ability to appeal to the midwest rust belt states - preferably, someone from Michigan, Ohio or Pennsylvania. As a conservative, they will take the south and as from the midwest, they marginalize the blue states in the Great Lakes area, which for the foreseeable future are the bellweather of presidential politics.
I like it.
For some reason, I can't seem to get the smile off my face.
Rudy + Condi!!!!
Jeb in `08... even if he has to be DRAFTED.
:)
He's a war hero who vigorousily supported Clinton's Air war against Christian Serbs.
The Serbs had no right to try and defend themselves against islamic terrorists, only Israel and the United States have that right.
sarcasm/facetious/ disdainful post.
Huh? What's this crap about Vietnam?
This is bad news for unborn babies. Romney is a very weak pro-lifer and Rudy is pro-abortion. Rudy's supposed to go pro-life this year in preparation for the election, but I won't be buying. Which leaves us with Romney.
If we are still at war and it is still scary out there- Tommy Franks
Thanks. Can jtminton and I count on your vote in 08?
Forgot about Santorum. He would be my choice.
Rice/Powell ...Maybe we'd get 1% more of the black vote than we got this time around ! hehehe...
None of these. This is a long shot but I'd take a look at the little known former mayor of St. Paul, MN, who now serves in the US Senate. Pro-life, pro RKBA, former liberal turned conservative. He speaks well, thinks right...
Rudy will undergo an epiphany, a deep spiritual conversion, will have his prior marriages annulled, will become a "good" Catholic again and marry his present wife in the RC church (after she gets her annullment as well) will eschew his liberal views and take tutoring from Rick Santorum, and voila! he becomes acceptable to the conservative base of the GOP.
Blackwell of Ohio.
Come on people, we can do this. Let's make the first black president a conservative Republican.
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