Excellent. He's a smart and charismatic guy - if he gets the nom, it should make the debates more interesting than they were last time, especially if McCain picks up the Republican nomination.
Yeah. I was sort of hoping he wouldn't run, I fear that he's too inexperienced, and so might blow his chances at EVER being president now, when, if he'd waited a few more years, he could have been an even better candidate.
I'm just wondering what Edwards is gonna do...will he go for Obama or Clinton's VP position? Or will he throw in as a candidate also?
It's amazing, there may be a political race I actually give a damn about coming up.
omg Edwards is so useless. I wouldn't expect to see him on a ticket. I imagine that he'll throw down, but he's not going to get many (if any) votes at the national convention. I'm just so glad that Kerry is out. Theresa Heinz makes me want to smackabitch. And he was such a moron. Those debates between Kerry and Bush were like an incredibly painful political satire of Dumb and Dumber.
I agree with you re: Obama's experience. I think he would have been better off running as the VP on the Clinton ticket and then running for the presidency in the next election, or two from now (if she should get elected, which I don't think will happen, unfortunately).
Rice is the frontrunner for the Republicans right now. It would be damn interesting to see Rice and Obama going at it in debates - they're both essentially academics, not politicians. It could be a very intense series of debates.
A part of me worries not about Obama's experience, but for the simple fact that, as my coworkers are apt to tell me, "he's black, and thus can't hope to win." Sad as that statement is, it's likely to be true. How many southern states can one seriously believe he'd win? To make things worse, the only real serious alternative is Hillary Clinton (ick), so one has to wonder what the Dems real chances are at taking the White House in 08.
Ironically enough, they all seem to agree that neither Giuliani nor Bloomberg could ever hope to win either.
I think my money would be on McCain right now. -- Gerardo
Yeah, that's what my mom said - she said that this country is gonna learn some things about itself and we're not gonna like um when the choice is between a black guy and a woman. My hope is that all the people who'll flat out refuse to vote for such folks will be counter balanced by those who wouldn't normally vote actually giving a damn cause there's a chance that a black person or woman might be president. But I think that's overly optimistic of me.
And I agree that Giuliani can't win. He ain't Republican enough for the vast majority of the country.
And the self-professed "leaders of the black community" (by which I mean Sharpton and Jackson and their ilk) are doing their best to undercut him and alienate him from the black voters. Sadly, I think there are enough things lined up against Osama Obama* that he doesn't have a hope in hell. The Democrats seem hell-bent on electing a Republican president.
*And it doesn't help that the news media keeps making that "joke" over and over and over. C'mon, people.
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Excellent. He's a smart and charismatic guy - if he gets the nom, it should make the debates more interesting than they were last time, especially if McCain picks up the Republican nomination.
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I'm just wondering what Edwards is gonna do...will he go for Obama or Clinton's VP position? Or will he throw in as a candidate also?
It's amazing, there may be a political race I actually give a damn about coming up.
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omg Edwards is so useless. I wouldn't expect to see him on a ticket. I imagine that he'll throw down, but he's not going to get many (if any) votes at the national convention. I'm just so glad that Kerry is out. Theresa Heinz makes me want to smackabitch. And he was such a moron. Those debates between Kerry and Bush were like an incredibly painful political satire of Dumb and Dumber.
I agree with you re: Obama's experience. I think he would have been better off running as the VP on the Clinton ticket and then running for the presidency in the next election, or two from now (if she should get elected, which I don't think will happen, unfortunately).
Rice is the frontrunner for the Republicans right now. It would be damn interesting to see Rice and Obama going at it in debates - they're both essentially academics, not politicians. It could be a very intense series of debates.
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Ironically enough, they all seem to agree that neither Giuliani nor Bloomberg could ever hope to win either.
I think my money would be on McCain right now.
-- Gerardo
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And I agree that Giuliani can't win. He ain't Republican enough for the vast majority of the country.
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OsamaObama* that he doesn't have a hope in hell. The Democrats seem hell-bent on electing a Republican president.*And it doesn't help that the news media keeps making that "joke" over and over and over. C'mon, people.