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Originally posted by Justin Oldham
I'm not sure that Hillary lacks as much support as some would suggest.
Originally posted by df1
My theory is that you Republicans are conspiring to puff up Hillary, because you guys are desperate and want her to get the nomination in the hope that you can drum up enough anti-Clinton hysteria to at least give the Republican candidate a fighting chance in 2008.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
It's an old school tactic, and it does work...but...not in the way thaty ou're thinking of.
Anyone who studies for a political science degree in the U.S. will learn about the "three percent rule" of electioneering. If you try, you can always scare three percent of your base to the polls.
Current thinking among certain big brains is that the GOP loses the Presidency in 2008 by roughly eight percent. If they are right, that Fear Factor turns out to be significant.
Do we have good reason to be afraid of Hillary? Yes. Within the short history of our country, Democrats have grown the size of government and consistently sought great authority for all branches of government. W. has out done many of his precessors by a wide margin, and that's because he and his backers have wanted the same degree of centralized power for the same reasons.
I've mae it quite clear in my work just how much I think we need to fear Hillary. She doesn't actually need help from conservative radio, or Bill, to make some of us sleep badly at night.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
Even if you do get your wish and Rudy is "da man," what would suggest that he say about the war? He's got to say something other than the party line.
Originally posted by df1
You are saying that Hillary is feared because she wants to grow government just like W wants to grow government. What do you perceive is the basis for GOP voters being more afraid of Hillary than their Republican comrades doing the same thing?
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Mitt Romney has said he is running for US president in 2008, making him the first of the Republican front-runners to make his candidacy official.
Casting himself as an outsider, the Massachusetts ex-governor said the US needed "innovation and transformation".
Correspondents say he may struggle to beat Rudolph Giuliani and John McCain for his party's nomination.
Meanwhile, top White House adviser Karl Rove has warned that the long run-in to the 2008 ballot could turn voters off
Originally posted by xpert11
Rommey...
I can just Imagen the Christian Taliban deserting this guy because he is a Mormon despite the fact that he may share there values.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
Even if things are as you say, who should be Rudy's running mate?
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
That would be it. There simply is no one else. The Republican stables are empty. The die seems cast.