AuH2O
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« on: January 28, 2005, 02:44:31 AM » |
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« edited: January 28, 2005, 02:46:11 AM by AuH2O »
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I actually think Hillary would beat Frist, though it would be very close.
Bayh has been overrated for some time now... he is from the same dynastic mold as Bush (that Democrats supposedly hate so much), but without a lick of charisma. And that, by the way, is something you can't be taught. Lee Corso would have a field day with a Bayh candidacy... "it looked good early, but it got real bad late."
The Democrats have a fairly serious problem looking ahead to 2008, insofar as they have no candidates that can both please party activists and the general public. Richardson is not a horrible option for them, but he's not really Presidential material (though for a Democrat Governor he's pretty smart).
Warner is a zero. Breaux would be an impressive candidate but has no chance in hell of winning the nomination. The 2004 competitors were a poor group and none of them need be recycled.
Were I running the DNC, I might at least consider something out of the box. How about an energetic, relatively youthful CEO of a major corporation? Sure, you'd have to find one that's a Democrat, but they're out there. This person could fashion their views to win the primary and then easily shift to the center in the general.
More Corso... "Listen up, this is important:" there are two mistakes Democrats are likely to make, and a third that's quite possible: think a red-state Democrat is gold, think Senators can be elected President, and think that Hillary is the answer after all.
On the other hand, Hillary is superior to a number of Democrats that allegedly could be candidates. That says more about the Dem's farm system than Hillary's strength.
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