Posted on 03/15/2005 7:21:29 AM PST by .cnI redruM
Dead wrong. The Dem nomination is Hillary's if she wants it and she does. She has to be the odds on favorite to win the Presidency.
Unfortunately, it is Hillary's race to lose. She will have plenty of money, the organization, name recognition, MSM support, and won't be running against an incumbent. The next few years will see her moving more to the middle on the political spectrum. She already has the Left locked up. Expect a big minority turnout in key states.
Hillary will carry all of the states that Kerry and Gore did and she has a shot at Ohio, Florida, Iowa (Gore won that in 2000), New Mexico (Gore carried it), Nevada, New Hampshire (Kerry won it in 2004)and Arizona.
Clinton slipped in because GHW Bush violated his "Read My Lips" pledge and that Little Weasel Ross Perot. The 2nd time was a decision by the Pubbies to punt, and let Bob Dole have his last hurrah.
Alot can happen in three years. 6 months before the election Dean was a lock for the Dem. nomination and Kerry was polling behind Al Sharpton. I would disagree with you that she is the odds on favorite to be president. She polls behind Giulliani and McCain. I think we are all a victim of the media hype.
Until we know the GOP candidate, it will be difficult to gauge how she will stack up against them. McCain and Giuliani have their own baggage and will have a harder time in the GOP primaries than Hillary will in the Dem primaries.
The fact that the most liberal senator from the most liberal state in America could come as close as he did in unseating a sitting, wartime President should give all of us Republicans pause for thought. Hillary will do better than Kerry. It will again boil down to a few key states.
We can't underestimate this vile woman. Never has such an evil creature been in this position.
That's why the party needs to sandbag Hillary in the 2006 elections. With enough pressure Hillary will crack at some point and let something out into the public, she'll regret.
Please see Post 29
It is a matter of demographics. Kerry received the second most number of votes in history, 5 million more than even Reagan in 1984.
Bush won by 4 million votes. Hardly close.
Bush won by 3 million votes (62,041,268 to 59,028,548). Presidential elections are not won by the popular vote, but the electoral vote. Ask Al Gore. It was a very close election electorally. Even though Clinton never got more than 50% of the popular vote, he won by bigger margins than GWB did in the electoral college.
I do agree we shouldn't underestimate any opponents. But I do believe we are overestimating Hillary's electability.
The biggest mistake is to underestimate her. To reiterate, Kerry was able to make it a very close race despite his liberal record, lack of charisma, his bogus military record, and his traitorous activities as an antiwar activist.
Hillary will win all of the states that Kerry and Gore did, which makes her very electable. She will also have the Clinton election machine and experience at her disposal along with lots and lots of money. The MSM will go into overdrive supporting her and destroying her GOP opponent.
I refuse to believe sane Americans would vote he into office. Are you willing to bet she doesn't win?
OK. I'll bet you she doesn't win
Sane and educated Americans won't vote for her. I think the dumbing down of America is either so complete or nearly complete that the majority would vote for her. Too many factors on her side. MSM, Dim special interests, etc., etc., etc.
I agree slowhand. When you think of the get out the vote effort and how successful it was to keep Kerry out of the White House and the American people safe, why would some think effort wouldn't pale in comparison to keeping the Beast out of the Whitehouse.
There are a lot of people who fear that she will fool all kinds of conservatives into voting for her, but I think conservatives won't be that foolish, or easy to fool.
I won't bet until I see who the the GOP nominates.
Whoever their candidate, a) it will be interesting to see how the 'blogs' continue and the LM as well, which was the 'muscle' behind sKerry, and the former behind his defeat and b) it does seem that Hil is the convenient diversion so that effort won't be spent looking into the opinions and platform of the real potential nominee.
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