I really don't understand all the fuss over Hillary. I mean, she has not said she intends to run, only the media and some scared Republicans have claimed that she WILL run.
Now, with the risk of being called a sexist, I will say that Hillary doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of becoming our president. I just don't think the electorate would choose a female candidate who is so divisive. If we ever have a female president, she will be one who unites and leads. Anyway, I still think we are 50+ years away from having either a female president or a minority president, especially now that we are seeing the great conservative revolution in this country.
Funny you asked, Rick, because I just read a Commerical Appeal (Memphis, TN) opinion article that talked about how the Republicans are trying to get Democrats to vote Republican in 04 so that way Hillary can be poised to seek the nomination in 08. If Dean or any other Democrat should take the White House (unlikely) then Hillary would not be the frontrunner in 08. By the time she would be a frontrunner, she'd be too old.
After reading the column (written by a neocon) I thought, well, Hillary has not stated any intentions to seek the White House, so why is this even an issue? Thinking long and hard about it, I deduced that it is just a way for neocons to continue with their unhealthy obsession with the Clintons!
With the exception of about 3 or 4 very liberal states, if Hillary were to run today (or in 08) as the Democratic nominee, she'd fail to get more than 4 states electoral votes. Yes, I believe she is that far out of step with mainstream Americans.
Perhaps I shouldn't have responded to this because I've only voted Democrat once in my life and that was for MS atty genrl. I usually vote Republican or independent. In the last national election, I voted Libertarian simply because a race between Bush or Gore was a non-choice in my opinion. And, living in Mississippi (5 electoral votes), it really doesn't matter because our state's electoral votes go to the Republicans whether that is George W., Dole, Jeb or some kitty-cat they market as 'your next president.' As long as a candidate has a Republican label, he/she will get Mississippi's electoral votes (makes me wonder why they go through the formality of the election).
In closing, I state this:
You GOPpers have no fears. George W. is too powerful and too rich to not win again. He is our president until 09 and I have accepted that. I really think the next national election is merely just a waste of time and money. What I'd really like to see, though, is Dean and Edwards in a cage-match like they have on wrestling. Now that would generate some interest! :laugh:
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