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can they see the handcuffs coming?
Yes, this is very much the case of jumping ship, i can imagine, quite easily, we will see far more resignations, and "re-deployments" of personal coming. Followed by a few investigations and a sudden turn against Bush and all Republicans...well...i can hope...
Uhuh. I’m surprised you’re not hoping for a Democrat win, surely you’d rather Hillary found her way into the White House than say, George Allen? While Democrats and Republicans share some common ground between the likely candidates for president from both parties I think there are some pretty big differences. Either way fingers crossed George Allen or Condoleezza Rice get the Republican nomination – and Hillary the Democrat nomination since Hillary will be easy for Allen or Rice to defeat.
How?
Hillary wouldn't have a chance against George Allen or even Rice. Outside of California and the northeast Hillary has little support, she’d be extremely lucky to win any Southern or Midwestern state. Tbh she’s pretty much hated in the south and the midwest. If you want a Democrat to win in 2008 think Mark Warner or perhaps John Edwards. Most Democrats (thankfully) haven’t worked that out, they'll go with Hillary probably and they'll lose (hopefully to George Allen).
Obviously dis's love for wanton liars and flagrant aggressionistic war criminals has not been been fully satisfied these past 5 years.
The only Democrats who could run and win are Clinton, Edwards and Gore if he chose to try again, which i doubt i would.
Edwards could stand as Clintons running mate and sweep up several undecided states. As for Clintons popularity, she could sweep both coasts and most of the North too. It is sadly only the southern states where she would suffer...and even then, those souther states have massive problems with poverty and the poor would vote Democrat.
Repblicans will probably highjack the election to win as always, but maybe so many people will vote Democrat, they wont get away with it.
The joy for those of scurilous motivation to undermine the electoral process is precisely that which Diebold has delivered, namely a plausibly deniable system of electronic tabulation terminals which can be loaded with just enough votes for the pre determined outcome on a district by district basis in a mere handful of key states and subsequently wiped clean.
It is a charade from start to finish, nothing more.
You were right once. The Democrats used to be able to rely on victory in the ‘solid South’ but things change. It’s the other way round now, take a look at '04. And even in 2000 the Democrats only won New Mexico in the South, it hasn’t been anything close to evenly matched between Republicans and Democrats in the South since Clinton in ’92 and ’96. And ’04 was hardly encouraging in the Midwest for Dems. To be fair however the Democrats could win in 2008 without doing particularly well in the South, if they win Florida but lose the rest of the south and do reasonable in the Midwest they could win. 2008 will definitely be interesting.
For a start Bush is a name that is known and the Republicans had the big business support in hand. Kerry was and is a non-entity of American politics. Edwards would have been a better choice to take on Bush, he certainly would have come closer.
Just because certain states went one way when Bush was running and Clinton wasnt doesnt mean in the next election when a different Republican is running and a different Clinton is running they will vote to the same way.
Times change, candidates change and voters change. They are not electing a government, that is what congressional and senate elections are for. This is to choose a President.