Who Will Be The Republican Nominee In 2008?

I think it will be Bill Frist...... Guliani's pro choice and pro gay in a a party of Talifundamentalists.. John McCain is too much the maverick...

But another legitimate option might be Jeb Bush.

And I think all this primogeniture bullshit will get out of hand to their detriment...

Maybe not in 2008 but down the line I think he will.

Don't they generally pick party leaders or party insiders - Bob Dole was the majority leader, George Bush was the heir to his father.

Plus he would sweep the south unless we put up someone like Bill Clinton.

He will be easy to defeat.

he's the guy from republican central casting that always does so well...


he's bush with brains....

read this article

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/809651/posts

maybe they aren't as stupid as we say they are if they are willing to abandon their primitive beliefs in the name of gaining more power...

a liberal, think this is a serious black mark on his record. All their work is to install someone in the white house to repeal roe v. wade, IMHO. They hate RUDY G. I don't know who they will nominate in 2008

He'll be dead in the water once he runs.

Ain't gonna happen, although I sort of hope it does, simply because he seems beatable.

Also, Frist is Bush's Senate lap-dog, so the succession would be orderly. They like orderly.

He is a more attractive candidate than Frist.

McCain, Ridge, Guiliani will never be nominated by the current crowd in power.

keeping his zipper up, if you catch my drift.

Very interesting!

A lot of them have trouble with their zippers...they just pretend they don't.

Er, no pun intended......

The Dems just gained back both houses of our legislature for the first time since 1962. We've got him by the tail. With all the budget problems our state has had, the people decided that the Republican legislature couldn't fix things. Now Owens has nobody to work with and will be out of office due to term limits in 2006. If we win the Governorship in '06 then even his endorsement of the Republican candidate won't mean anything.

And yes, he and his wife are seperated. I doubt it's because of arguing over money.

to run. Guiliani and Ridge are considered too liberal.

The republican machine will clear the way for their man in 2007, just like they cleared the way in 1999 for one or two golden boys to have their go at it.

Meanwhile we'll have a 10 candidate Iowa caucus decide ours.

He would hands down be the easiest to beat....


He'd be another Dewey but not even as handsome...

Anti gun, pro-gay rights, cheated on his wife etc.

I think we could take Frist and the others...

McCain's got that Arnold thing going... They transcend ideology...

he's too old and too sick.

I don't get the man, after Bush murdered him in 2000 he hung tough with him this year, throwing away the very real chance to be VP on a unification ticket.

Oh well, I guess the Republicans have something on him? who knows.

Elizabeth Edwards has cancer

Cancer does not mean DEAD!

But McCain will never be the nominee...the party can't control him, & that's why he didn't get the nomination in 2000.

A movement will start to draft Jeb.

Even America will get tired of one family rule....

There's more to America then Fundyland...

and we run a Democratic Governor from the south they will get destroyed and lose some of their base. They know that. I expect it to be Jeb or Bill Owens.

but I think you can sell McCain...

He'll be very old and many will consider him of being unloyal to the party.

Just read what the Freepers think about McCain.

I don't think they give him the nomination.

Is McCain pro-choice?

but one can't trade one person's rights for another...

our base, McCain will get destroyed with lack of support from evangelical Christians.

Plus, McCain has been against cutting taxes.

That makes him pro gay and anti-tax cut, which means he has no chance of getting the Republican party nomination.

Rudy can help them win close northern states - New Hampshire, NJ, PA...

And, since they won a lot of the South, Midwest & Mountain states by at least 10%, they might not care about the lower turnout among the Bible thumpers.

Why settle for a lesser evil?

they camouflage their conservatism...

Bush's actions will have dire consequences. Bush won this election with the smallest margin of any sitting president since 1916 despite being "at war" and with an at least marginally OK economy. Without even doing anything for the next four years we are still fucked. The debt and Iraq alone will have dire consequences. And of course Bush will just do even more arrogant and reckless things in the next 4 years.

the election results were as follows:
Bush 30%
Kerry 29%
None of the above 41%.

That 30% includes every single Evangelical so-called "Christian" of voting age in the country. Once the shit starts hitting the fan they will not be nearly enough to save the Republicans. I'd be surprised if there is another Repub president after Bush for at least a couple of decades. I just hope that country is still worth living in after Bush is done with it.

You guys just aren't getting it. The Republicans Will Repeal The 22nd Amendment. David Dryer has said as much(when the search function is available I will dig up the transcript). Mark these words ..."W Forever"

Jay

She'd be a tough candidate. But the right-wingers in the may block the nomination since she's single (but you won't hear this reason out loud). T.

He's frpm PA which the Repubs are obsessed with winning.

Besides we have a good chance of beating him in 06.

This is a dynasty now. They will keep it in the family.

He hasn't killed as many people as George W. Bush, but they admire his conservatism.

My guess is Bill Frist.

He's a liar just like the rest of his brethren.

McCain is too old.
Rudy Guiliani is too liberal, and an Italian to boot.

So it's gonna be Bill Frist.

McCain's too old, Giuliani's not moral enough, probably the same with Ridge. There could be more possibilities out there but I'd go with Allen.

Why continue to waste time with the wanna-bes??

:shrug:

He would have been the nominee in 2000 except for the unexpected loss to Lawton Childs in '94. The Bush family always had more expectation of Jeb than George, for obvious reasons.

As others have said, his stated intention not to run means squat. It's actually very smart, keeping the media focus off him and the (nightmare) possibility of 16 straight years of Bush.

Jeb probably locks up Florida, which otherwise should be a 50/50 state in 2008 if the state economy is more in line with the national economy, which was not the case this year, to our detriment. Ohio's economy, on the other hand, was much worse than average this year. If it mirrors the nation's level in 2008, Ohio will undoubtedly reclaim its tendency to be 2-4 points more red than the nation itself.

In short, the GOP would be moronic to bypass Jeb, especially for a bland southern senator.

Smoke will come out of the ears of John McCain...

If he's healthy he would definintely run as an Indy...

If the two term limit is still there, expect Pickles to emulate Lurleen wallace. It will be so comforting to know that W will emulate ol George and say that he'll still be calling the shots...

He has a history of drawing Independent support and Libertarian types too.
Moderate Democrats would vote for him as well.

I mean he's a figurehead, like Dennis Hastert.

Or am I missing something. He seems like the type of old bastard (like a cockroach) that would survive a nuclear war.