And the GOP rejoices...

[KukriKhan]

Kukri, can you even name a third party presidential candidate? Neither can I.
How about Pat Paulson?

LoL. Kukri's prediction for the November '08 ballot:

-Dems will pick Clinton-Edwards for their ticket.

-Repubs will go with McCain-Romney.

-Obama, having been sqeezed out by the Dem whisper machine, will 'do a Lieberman' and run Indy, try to get Powell (who'll decline) and finally hook up with Lieberman, totally ticking off the Klanny-types.

30% of the popular vote to each, for the 1st time in history. 51% of the Electoral College to (fill in the blank - too early to tell).

You saw it here first, folks.

[JimBob]

Barack Obama has the charisma and standing to draw moderate Republicans (like me) to his standard while still appealing to Democratic bases. His draw back is his inexperiance, which is going to be inflated into another Earth.

Go to SCOTT STANTIS

I'd like to see Obama win. But if Clinton gets nominated I'll have one of three choices 1) Hope Giuliani or Romney gets nominated by the Republicans. 2) Write in 'Mike Ditka' 3) Begin the revolution.

[Marshal Murat]

Obama 08', Osama in 09', Peace in 10'

Anyway....

[Papewaio]

Considering the buy one get two for the Whitehouse idea of the Clintons before shouldn't this this count as her third term ... she was obviously wearing the pants because he certainly wasn't wearing his.

[Devastatin Dave]

we didn't want to know (Ser Clegane)

[Papewaio]

I suggest you keep yourself virginal as Dr Rice may be the woman you have been waiting for...

[Strike For The South]

I'd vote Ditka

[Devastatin Dave]

I suggest you keep yourself virginal as Dr Rice may be the woman you have been waiting for...

I already gave her...

[Crazed Rabbit]

Bah, Hillary is a socialist (though not as inept of a politician as of late) - gun grabbing, nationalized health, etc.

Obama is also a gun grabbing, big time socialist - much more liberal than the bed wetting in adoration media makes him out to be.

Guliania is more RINO than I'd like, McCain seems to not mind the constitution, Romney is from Massachusetts...

We'll see how it turns out.

CR

[Goofball]

Major Dem. candidates:

Senator Hillary Clinton - New York
Senator Barak Obama - Illinois
Former Senator John Edwards - North Carolina (Kerry's running mate in 2004)
Senator Joe Biden - Delaware

Major Republican candidates:

Senator John McCain - Arizona
Former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani
Former Governor Mitt Romney - Mass.
Senator Chuck Hagel - Nebraska
Former Governor George Pataki - New York

There's a bunch of bit player wannabes from both parties, Reverend Al "Shake down Whitey" Sharpton, Newt Gingrich, General Wesley Clark are the only ones with any name recognition at all, but they don't really stand a chance.

McCain's chances got slimmer since he has backed Dubya's recent surge decisions for Iraq. I think he was the Republicans best chance, but probably not now. Hagel doesn't back the surge, and said so publically, and he's not the only Republican Party member either, Bush is dangerously close to losing the majority backing of his own party. Hagel is definitely the best darkhorse candidate. Rudi has local appeal, but no chance, same for Romney, and Pataki's a joke his own party likes him less than Bush. As my governor for the last decade I probably hate him more than his party. hehehe

Hillary, no thank you. Obama is interesting, but I don't know that much about him, yet. Biden, can't recall much of anything worthwhile about him. Edwards, blah.

I wanted McCain in place of Dubya back in 2000, but he got back stabbed by his own party during the nomination process, Pataki helped kept him off the New York ballot.

Don't know who I'll vote for now, we'll have to wait and see.

I would love to see an Obama vs. Giuliani election.

It would be the first American election since my birth where I would consider it a win - win situation.

[Goofball]

Bah, Hillary is a socialist (though not as inept of a politician as of late) - gun grabbing, nationalized health, etc.

Obama is also a gun grabbing, big time socialist - much more liberal than the bed wetting in adoration media makes him out to be.

Guliania is more RINO than I'd like, McCain seems to not mind the constitution, Romney is from Massachusetts...

We'll see how it turns out.

CR

Is that ever funny. I made my first post before I had read your post, CR.

[yesdachi]

I wouldn’t mind a female president but Hillary is such a disgusting person I can’t see it happening for her, and I would be embarrassed to be an American if it does. I think this election will be very dependant on the VP nominations.

[Rameusb5]

As someone who is going to have to choose between these guys next year, I'd like to have some more information on them. Can anyone point me to a "resume" for each that gives me a rundown of their past choices as well as their current political standing?

McCain and Clinton I'm familiar with, and Obama's been in the news lately, but I'm not sure on the rest other than their campaign rhetoric, which doesn't count for anything.

[yesdachi]

As someone who is going to have to choose between these guys next year, I'd like to have some more information on them. Can anyone point me to a "resume" for each that gives me a rundown of their past choices as well as their current political standing?

McCain and Clinton I'm familiar with, and Obama's been in the news lately, but I'm not sure on the rest other than their campaign rhetoric, which doesn't count for anything.

Wait a few months until the campaigning really starts, then, just by watching a few hours of primetime TV (the commercials), you will learn everything they can afford to tell you that they want you to know about their opponents.

[Rameusb5]

Wait a few months until the campaigning really starts, then, just by watching a few hours of primetime TV (the commercials), you will learn everything they can afford to tell you that they want you to know about their opponents.

Unfortunately, I don't care for campaign rhetoric. It's meaningless. I'd like to know about their histories though. I guess some time well spent on the internet (!) will get me what I need. So far, I'm not very impressed with the choices.

[Xiahou]

Here's a list of potential candidates for '08 along with a cliff notes version of some of their stances on issues. (scroll down and click their name)

[drone]

Here's a list of potential candidates for '08 along with a cliff notes version of some of their stances on issues. (scroll down and click their name)

They left off this guy.
http://www.walken2008.com/

[Goofball]

They left off this guy.
http://www.walken2008.com/

All joking aside, if I were an American Chris would have my vote in a heartbeat. And if he took Jack Nicholson as his running mate, I'd find a way to commit electoral fraud and vote as often as I could.

[Vladimir]

Clinton and Obama vs. Rudy and Rice. 5 bucks, any takers?

[yesdachi]

Clinton and Obama vs. Rudy and Rice. 5 bucks, any takers?

I don’t think Rice will run for anything, too much W association with her.

[drone]

All joking aside, if I were an American Chris would have my vote in a heartbeat. And if he took Jack Nicholson as his running mate, I'd find a way to commit electoral fraud and vote as often as I could.

Let's see...

VP would be getting lots of tail.
State of the Union address would be off the dial on the unintentional comedy scale.
Foreign leaders would be intimidated by either of them.



"All this nation needs is some well-placed compassion, good old-fashioned hard work, a return to family values, and more cowbell."

[KukriKhan]

Clinton and Obama vs. Rudy and Rice. 5 bucks, any takers?

Done.

Not that I disagree with your choices. This far out, who knows? I've just always been a sucker for a long-shot bet.

[Ronin]

Clinton and Obama vs. Rudy and Rice. 5 bucks, any takers?

will it be decided inside a steel cage?

[doc_bean]

will it be decided inside a steel cage?

Would be an awsome way to raise campaign funds.

[Marshal Murat]

I say we do it Redneck style...
Toss them into the Smokey Mountains, give them a shotgun, last man standing.

[Lorenzo_H]

If I were able to vote in the 08 elections I would certainly not vote for that [appropriate expletive]. 2 terms of a lying Clintonian policy is enough.

Edit: Is Rice going to run for President then?

[Cowhead418]

Any chance David Palmer is on the ticket? I used to be so excited that I'd be able to vote in this next election (I'm currently 16), but I've come to hate politicians so much that I just don't care anymore. Ah, American politics - where you vote not for you like best, but for who you hate least.

[Motep]

What I think:

Obama is a moron

Hilary is the one I would vote for...if she is as good as her husband, America will be in good shape once her term is over.

[AntiochusIII]

Any chance David Palmer is on the ticket? I used to be so excited that I'd be able to vote in this next election (I'm currently 16), but I've come to hate politicians so much that I just don't care anymore. Ah, American politics - where you vote not for you like best, but for who you hate least.

You do realize, of course, that not voting is our age group's most aggravating problem. We are beaten over, robbed of our wages for some nonsensical taxes and social programs that'll never see the light of day, programs that actually benefit us are cut every time somebody wants to be "balanced budget advocate," our future prospects, and all sorts of highway robbery and nobody cares because we don't vote anyway.

It's the old people that get all those fat money from ye olde government, Medicaid, Social Security, and all that. Because they vote; those bloody partisan retirees with too much time in their hands, them. You see them lot every political convention out there, wearing stupid party shirts, waving dumb flags, giving standing ovations to every low-brow partisan demagoguery, electing in said idiotic demagogues, so they could get all the money the government robbed from their grandchildren. :P

Of course, once I vote ("if"), I'll be theoretically held accountable for whatever scummery my elected overlord decides to act upon (aka the German people voted Hitler in, it's their fault the Holocaust happens!), a guarantee for almost all the politicians out there. Which explains why many don't vote.

[Fisherking]

Or for some people this may explain some of it.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)