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[rubberneck]

This quarter is campaign funds.

Obama: 32.5 million
Hill: 27 million

Giuliani:17 million
Romney: 14 million (gave self 6.5 million)


Its gonna be so much fun next year when the clean sweep occurs. Get your crying towels out. For Bush's destruction of your party, you will probably win 8 more years of the Clintons. HAHAHAHAHAHA! :_rofl:

 

[SaintJ]

This quarter is campaign funds.

Obama: 32.5 million
Hill: 27 million

Giuliani:17 million
Romney: 14 million (gave self 6.5 million)


Its gonna be so much fun next year when the clean sweep occurs. Get your crying towels out. For Bush's destruction of your party, you will probably win 8 more years of the Clintons. HAHAHAHAHAHA! :_rofl:

Yeesh.

Can't we throw all the cards back in and ask for a new hand?

I'm trying to talk myself into the idea that anyone running in either of the major parties can function as the effective leader of our nations. I'm, umm, not there yet.

 

[Saint Mike]

Its gonna be so much fun next year when the clean sweep occurs.

Secure your guns and your wallets. Also quoted for posterity.

 

[JimEverett]

If Hilary or Obama are going to win, there has got to be a 3rd party candidate that rivals Ross Perot's vote-gathering ability.
Or the GOP has to nominate Tancredo.

 

[Saint Mike]

Or the GOP has to nominate Tancredo.

:_rofl:

 

[rubberneck]

If Hilary or Obama are going to win, there has got to be a 3rd party candidate that rivals Ross Perot's vote-gathering ability.
Or the GOP has to nominate Tancredo.

Oh lord...this is a joke right?

 

[BullDawg]

Oh lord...this is a joke right?

I'd say no. Seriously think about it...logically, not emotionally. Hillary isn't going to get elected. She's too polarizing. And you think Howard Dean committed political suicide with "ARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!", just wait till you hear "Hillary's ever-changing accent" over, and over, and over. It'll be used to emphasize her pandering. Obama. Sorry. Not going to happen. He's too junior to the Beltway.

So people many in here have questioned as even having the ability to get nominated have financial woes. Fred Thompson is starting to have a handful of nepotism allegations brought against him. Newt's talking smack, but I don't think he's electable either.

Personally, I think Bloomberg is going to be a late entry. And he has his own war chest.

On the Dems side, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Gore make a run for it. He's making enough money off his books and so called documentaries to make a go of it. Heck, he may even be able to enlist the help of Edwards.

 

[4saintspirit]

This quarter is campaign funds.

Obama: 32.5 million
Hill: 27 million

Giuliani:17 million
Romney: 14 million (gave self 6.5 million)


Its gonna be so much fun next year when the clean sweep occurs. Get your crying towels out. For Bush's destruction of your party, you will probably win 8 more years of the Clintons. HAHAHAHAHAHA! :_rofl:

Actually our best chance is if Hillary wins the nomination -- that will energize the republican party to no end -- believe me -- the democrats will win with everyone but Hillary --

 

[Taurus]

I'd say no. Seriously think about it...logically, not emotionally. Hillary isn't going to get elected. She's too polarizing. And you think Howard Dean committed political suicide with "ARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!", just wait till you hear "Hillary's ever-changing accent" over, and over, and over. It'll be used to emphasize her pandering. Obama. Sorry. Not going to happen. He's too junior to the Beltway.

So people many in here have questioned as even having the ability to get nominated have financial woes. Fred Thompson is starting to have a handful of nepotism allegations brought against him. Newt's talking smack, but I don't think he's electable either.

Personally, I think Bloomberg is going to be a late entry. And he has his own war chest.

On the Dems side, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Gore make a run for it. He's making enough money off his books and so called documentaries to make a go of it. Heck, he may even be able to enlist the help of Edwards.

That's my thought as well, BD. If Edwards can just hang in there, he'll be the only rich, white guy in the running come convention time. At which point, the Powers That Be in the Dem party will ensure he's nominated. (This assumes no darkhorse late-entry like Gore or the skeleton of JFK.

For the Republicans, my instinct is that Giuliani will win, only because he's the most likeable of the possibilities. And the Republican part has shown that it's not above seeing an incompetent boob get the nomination, if he's got an iota of charisma.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

If Hilary or Obama are going to win, there has got to be a 3rd party candidate that rivals Ross Perot's vote-gathering ability.
Or the GOP has to nominate Tancredo.

Not sure about that. If Kerry had won Ohio, he'd be president today. Bush squeaked by in 2004 with 279 electoral votes (270 makes you president).

2004 was pre-Katrina, pre-Iraq meltdown and Rove had spent the previous 4+ years building a formidable election ground game. And Ohio was dominated by the GOP at the state level; now it's dominated by the Democrats.

I don't see Obama or Hillary as weaker than Kerry in states that Kerry won closely (e.g., Wisconsin, Pennsylvania).

It's possible that McCain/Romney/Giuliani will be more appealling to voters than Bush was in 2004 -- but I don't see that as obviously the case. Sure, they're more appealling than post-Katrina, post-Iraq meltdown Bush, but that's not saying much.

 

[Wombat]

The base on the Right is seething about immigration currently and has withheld from the RNC as a matter of protest. The candidates are doing poorly because none of the three are viewed as truly conservative. After incidents like Harriet Miers, U.A.E. ports, and immigration the Right is dubious about throwing money to these frontrunners. The Democrats meanwhile have three that appeal to it's base. When Thompson enters, I suspect the money will pour in and he'll get the nomination.

If it's Clinton vs Thompson, this quarter's campaign funds numbers will be all but forgotten as the prospects of a Clinton presidency will cure the rifts on the Right.

The Democrats could ensure victory with a nomination of Richarson but that is not likely to happen.

 

[BullDawg]

That's my thought as well, BD. If Edwards can just hang in there, he'll be the only rich, white guy in the running come convention time. At which point, the Powers That Be in the Dem party will ensure he's nominated. (This assumes no darkhorse late-entry like Gore or the skeleton of JFK.

For the Republicans, my instinct is that Giuliani will win, only because he's the most likeable of the possibilities. And the Republican part has shown that it's not above seeing an incompetent boob get the nomination, if he's got an iota of charisma.

I just don't see Giuliani as electable. I could be wrong, but he's lost a good bit of his post-9/11 luster.

What will be most interesting is if Bloomberg does jump into the fray, but not as either party he's been a member of. A fully independent ticket could win at the end of the day. Look at what damage Perot did. Now imagine Bloomberg in that position. He could very likely run circles around whomever the Dems or Reps put out there.

Or...it could just be me wishing for something other than a Republicrat in office.

 

[Dave]

I just don't see Giuliani as electable. I could be wrong, but he's lost a good bit of his post-9/11 luster.

What will be most interesting is if Bloomberg does jump into the fray, but not as either party he's been a member of. A fully independent ticket could win at the end of the day. Look at what damage Perot did. Now imagine Bloomberg in that position. He could very likely run circles around whomever the Dems or Reps put out there.

Or...it could just be me wishing for something other than a Republicrat in office.

But isn't Bloomberg also a Republicrat? He was a lifelong democrat that switched to the repulican side to run for mayor of NY. If I was looking at an independent, I'm not sure Bloomberg would be someone that would interest me especially with the way he runs NYC like a nanny state.

 

[FWtex]

This quarter is campaign funds.

Obama: 32.5 million
Hill: 27 million

Giuliani:17 million
Romney: 14 million (gave self 6.5 million)


Its gonna be so much fun next year when the clean sweep occurs. Get your crying towels out. For Bush's destruction of your party, you will probably win 8 more years of the Clintons. HAHAHAHAHAHA! :_rofl:

I'm curious who the contributors are for Obama? Its a little odd that he is drawing so much more money than his actual voter interest.

As for hillary, Once the real race begins she has alot of baggage to overcome from the last her last term as president. The trashing of the whitehouse and the pardons will be a topic. She will have a hard time riding the fence on issues to max votes.

 

[BullDawg]

But isn't Bloomberg also a Republicrat? He was a lifelong democrat that switched to the repulican side to run for mayor of NY. If I was looking at an independent, I'm not sure Bloomberg would be someone that would interest me especially with the way he runs NYC like a nanny state.

He's an opportunist, I'll give you that. He wanted to be mayor of NYC. He had to change political parties in order to get it done.

As far as how he runs NYC, the proof is in the pudding. After surviving the initial push back, he has NYC running better than even his predecessor.

I don't know if you've had a chance to read this yet. Interesting article.

And now he's left the GOP. For what reason?