Chmee wrote:Pesonally I want McCain out of government altogether, not higher up in it.
I expect useless one liners out of kyoukan but you should be able to offer some insight Chmee.
I think McCain is past his prime. Seeing him here locally in Arizona at public events where he manages to get on TV in less than idea conditions shows him to be looking rather unhealthy physically imo. If he's able to keep himself together though, he's one of the few republicans that can appeal to the entire nation if he makes it that far. Rudy is the other, but he's a joke and gained his popularity out of chance instead of from a long political career in Washington.
Who do you see as having the ability to actually get elected while holding the most favorable overall alternative energy, environmentally friendly, economically feasible ideas for the country?
IMO, Al Gore is the only democrat with a chance as he's had a resurgence in popularity lately and has come close in the past to winning. He's settled down and will have much more success in debates and campaigning this time around. The problem for both parties, is getting the best candidate to emerge from the primaries as those candidates have a hard time appealing to the far left and right.
Kyoukan, who ultimately won't have a vote in this matter, thinks this is a perfect world where you can be a politician and not have to play political games to survive long enough to have a chance at the presidency. She's the comedic relief of the board so it's understandable. "I don't see you special interest groups! I don't see you!" Everyone else needs to factor in demographics along with ideals to predict election outcomes.
People slobber over Barack Obama as a potential political savior, but until he changes his name to something a little more KKK friendly and calls Michael Jackson up for some skin treatment tips, he's not going to be president. The only place race doesn't seem to play a factor is in Hollywood. That's changing but not fast enough for 2008. While he deserves serious consideration, you need a different strategy to get him into office. Take reality into consideration and attempt to get the best realistic candidate on the ballet. Be creative. Find some 99 year old democrat (is Zell Miller still alive?) to be the Presidential candidate and stick Obama in the VP slot...or don't even worry about the Presidency and have your VP run the show as is he case right now.
The republicans do a better job at cutting deals and planning ahead politically than the democrats. That's why I see someone like McCain ending up as their candidate this year as opposed to a Jeb Bush type stooge as they know it's not a good year to screw around with puppets and it's time to sacrifice some of the background power to an actual experienced candidate if they want to keep a republican in the oval office to veto like mad the donkey controlled house and senate.
Democrats with a clue must groan when they see the mess Hillary is going to cause in 2008. She'll take out several worthy candidates and ultimately blow the election as she has the highest percentage of people that outright will not vote for her in a presidential election. I'm sure Kerry will do some damage to the party as well.
On the republican side, a few deals cut by McCain and it's off to the races with much less turmoil. As someone else mentioned, Rudy's popularity has faded, making him less of a factor than I once thought he would be.
