Maybe, if John False Kerry (and other Democrat candidates) beat her up pretty badly in a rough, "winner-take-all" primary, she won't look so hot coming out of the fray.
Posted on 04/13/2005 9:11:29 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that he thought Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, would be her party's presidential nominee in 2008 and that she would be "very formidable." He said she might even win.
Mr. Gingrich, a Republican, was addressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors here and was asked if he might challenge her for president in 2008. He did not answer that question, but it was clear he had been watching her.
"Senator Clinton is very competent, very professional, very intelligently moving toward the center, very shrewdly and effectively serving on the Armed Services Committee - the first New Yorker to serve on the modern Armed Services Committee since it was created in 1948," he said.
"And I think any Republican who thinks she's going to be easy to beat has a total amnesia about the history of the Clintons," Mr. Gingrich said, pairing her with her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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Whichever party owns the moderates will win in 2008. Not the party who tries to defeat their own moderates.
Who cares? Clinton, Kennedy, Pelosi, Boxer. Sameo sameo.
Maybe, if John False Kerry (and other Democrat candidates) beat her up pretty badly in a rough, "winner-take-all" primary, she won't look so hot coming out of the fray.
A true portrait--the bottom picture best captures all her class and dignity.
If the Republicans don't shore up Frist and support DeLay, we may be in trouble. Meantime, we all have to do our best to speak to at least one lib day and give pause for thought.--which assumes we know one a day capable of thought.
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http://www.c-span.org/
Click back through about five pages of video archives and you'll find a RealPlayer link. It's listed for 10 April.
Whoever we nominate vs. She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named will have to make immigration control the #1 issue, then he or she will be a shoe-in, because that issue speaks to the economy and terrorism, and, indirectly, to SS reform.
Al Gore won moderates by 8 points in 2000. John Kerry won moderates by 9 points in 2004. Neither became President. The Republicans don't have to cave in to the moderates to win. They just have to hold the Democratic advantage under double digits. (Bill Clinton won moderates by 17 and 24 points, respectively).
Depends entirely on the definition of moderates. Each side probably has their own definition.
Depends entirely on the definition of moderates. Each side probably has their own definition.
The numbers I used were for those who self-identify as moderates, when given the choice between identifying themselves as conservative, liberal or moderate.
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