Very Long and Extensive 2008 Primary!

[Rob]

5 monies to Bayh, 5 for Sanford.

[Rob]

5 monies to Bayh, 5 for Sanford.

Sorry Bob, you can't participate in both primaries.

Okay, then I'll give 10 monies to Sanford.

[Rob]

He would make a great VP candidate.

No, he wouldn't

[Rob]

He would make a great VP candidate.

No, he wouldn't

I think he would.  Explain why you think he would not?

At one time I felt the same way about Clark, but now I think the man is just unable to conduct himself in a national campaign. His speaking skills are horrible(though I'll admit that he did improve), and he'd be making gaffes left and right.

He wouldn't help the Dems in the South or anywhere else- basically,  he's John Edwards without the charisma.

[Rob]

I wasnt old enough to vote at the time.  But since you brought up Bob Dole, I have a question.  Was he strong candidate?  I wasnt really into politics back then (i was only 11 years old) and I have been wondering how stong of a candidate he was and if he ran a good campaign?

He was a lackluster candidate- the Republican John Kerry, you might say.

[Rob]

Bob, was there any candidate that could have beat Clinton in 1996?  Was anything going wrong at the time that might have give anyone a chance in hell at beating him?

Almost certainly not. The GOP field was a weak one- Pat Buchanan was a prominent candidate, as was Steve Forbes- and if anything, they would have lost worse than Dole. The economy was booming, and Clinton's centrist policies were very popular. No one had ever heard of Monica Lewinsky, either.

1996 was a Democratic year, period. No Republican could have beaten Clinton, just like no Democrat could have beaten Reagan in 1984.

[Rob]

Mark Sanford.