[finnman69]

The best-case scenario for Republicans: a narrow popular victory accompanied by a favorable Electoral College split, along the lines of the 2004 election.

Bush beat Kerry soundly by 3 million votes or about 2.5%..

[omega4179]

I cannot Believe Fred cannot crack 90% one on one with Hillary on this forum. What is happening to this place?

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=195;results=2

[So Cal Rocket]

>>>The former Tennessee senator is short on money, but at this stage, the message and the messenger matter more. <<<

This reporter didn’t do his homework... Fred has $6.4M cash on hand (net of debts) as of the end of the 3Q. Second only to Rudy.

[null and void]

I really don't like refereing to the presidential elections as a horse race.

It gives this old nag an unfair advantage...

[bill1952]

>the best-case scenario for the Democrats is a broad-realignment election in which the nominee carries 35 or more states.
The best-case scenario for Republicans: a narrow popular victory accompanied by a favorable Electoral College split, along the lines of the 2004 election.

Try as I do, this statement rings true.

The election is Hillary’s to lose.
The electoral votes are there for her and we are going to lose this election unless our candidate comes forward and just plain takes some of them from her.

An Hillary electoral landslide is possible, and the dems are on track to win 57 Senate seats, virtually assuring 100% passage of every single thing that they want, and the ability to brush us aside with impunity.

Hillarycare, immigration amnesty, taxes, judges, the whole 9 yards.

Our candidate must be one that we can all coalesce around and carry the fight to them, so as to carry a few of the Senate seats on his coattails.

Don’t see that happening at this time, and it had best, or the America that we know is about to pass.

[PreciousLiberty]

“As I sat watching the last Republican debate, the following occurred to me: Hillary Rodham Clinton could carry 40 states.”

Hoo boy. I guess opium production _is_ up in Afghanistan. ;-)

[hunter112]

He makes the mistake of thinking that the Iraq war works in the Democrat favor. With Hillary as the nominee, that issue becomes contentious for the RATS, not for the Republicans. In the most liberal districts, those running for Congress under the Democrat label will be pressured to distance themselves from Hillary's positions, especially her being not willing to admit that she made a mistake by voting for force in Iraq.

None of the possible Republican nominees has an Iraq authorization vote in his background, and can easily say, "we did the right thing for the right reasons, but in the wrong way" and look no worse than Hillary on this issue. She'll have her hands completely full if the moonbats decide to run a third party peacenik candidate to her left.

[vetsvette]

“Hillary Rodham Clinton could carry 40 states.”

This is what happens when you “mainstream” the mentally deranged.

[Redbob]

"The best-case scenario for Republicans: a narrow popular victory accompanied by a favorable Electoral College split, along the lines of the 2004 election."

What planet is this writer from???

George Bush got a huge margin of victory in the popular as WELL AS the Electoral College votes!

[airborne]

Aren’t we handicapped enough already with these GOP leaders the ‘drive by media’ has selected for us?