2008 Primaries Thread 3: The Rejecting and Denouncening

obama /webb is v appealing

Yeah. Webb = ex-GOP Cabinet Member; defense hawk; son currently serving in Iraq. Good way to shore up Obama's defense/foreign policy credentials.

I'm not sure I like the idea of Webb being one step away from the presidency.

What about McCain's VP pick? Do you guys think he'd really go for Condoleezza Rice?

no fucking way

Rice has no political experience/base and she'd be a liability in terms of her record as SoS.

yeah - so not gonna happen

McCain/Cheney

Will McCain reach to his right to shore up the conservative base or regionally to make himself more attractive to independents in a GE?

Your 2008 Vice Presidential Candidate Speculation Thread

Oops, sorry.

http://media.gallup.com/poll/graphs/032708DailyUpdateGraph1.gif

"sniper fire" has consequences

Ban Gallup and his anti-Hillary bias!

http://i32.tinypic.com/106yibs.jpg

yow!

People clearly like lighter green, why couldn't she get the lighter green? It's unfair!

(just trying to guess how this could be explained away by her staff)

keep fightin that good fight, StanM

:-)

i'd expect hill's gallup numbers to dip a little more in the next few days, if the poll numbers of her 7-year low in popularity are accurate at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc

omg hil didn't lie about bosnia

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knew this was coming

I was wondering... out of the 3 who are left, who has the best weekend/holiday retreat house/Crawford Ranch type thing? Since a president apparently has to spend two thirds of his time there, that could be an important factor in voting too.

where's that pic of Obama in a Speedo?

obama spends every christmas in hawaii, not sure if he owns property here though.

No 'ranch' for a guy who by his own admission has barely finished paying off his student loans.

the Hyde Park White House
the Chappaqua White House
the Camelback Corridor White House

McCain actually has some sort of compound. I don't think the others do, quite.

Yes he has a compound in Sedona. It's like rilly rilly cool and it's totally like bitchin' to have people over for campfires and cookouts, the guys who work for us are sooooooooo nice...

/megan

cindy & meg mccain make me think of SEMI-HOMEMADE with SANDRA LEE; i'm imagining horrific patriotic "tablescapes" at white house state dinners

wau: nearly a quarter of Democrats who hold a negative view of Obama (23%) believe he is a Muslim.

Nearly one-in-ten (9%) of those who heard a lot about Wright still believe that Obama is Muslim.

not a quarter of dems, obv, but a quarter of dems who dislike him

Now that you mention it, Cindy McCain looks A LOT like Sandra Lee. I was wondering who Cindy reminded me of.

Interesting barrage of articles unleashed at Guardian:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/richard_adams/2008/03/race_to_the_finish_1.html

Hillary Clinton, who has frequently described herself on the campaign trail as playing a pivotal role in forging a children's health insurance plan, had little to do with crafting the landmark legislation or ushering it through Congress, according to several lawmakers, staffers, and healthcare advocates involved in the issue.

Bill Clinton: NEVER MET THE WOMAN

obama spends every christmas in hawaii

DOES HE PLAY TINO'S BREAKS FOR HOLIDAY CHEER?!?

xp lol

Obama: “If FDR can meet with Stalin and Nixon can meet with Mao and Kennedy can meet with Khrushchev and Reagan can meet with Gorbachev, then the notion that we can’t meet with some half-baked dictator is ridiculous.”

POW

oh snap

ZINGBAMA!

The guy's got oomph.

In a couple of months I'm going to the wedding of the daughter of a former Republican candidate for President. It's at their place in the mountains, a massive, multistory mansion with sauna and jacuzzi. They always call it "the cabin".

lamar alexander?

whos daughter is it tell us

And like every other time I hang out with them, I am going to avoid discussing politics assiduously.

balls I will not be drawn but your guess is very good.

Obama: “If FDR can meet with Stalin and Nixon can meet with Mao and Kennedy can meet with Khrushchev and Reagan can meet with Gorbachev, then the notion that we can’t meet with some half-baked dictator is ridiculous.”

Yeah, but the reason why you don't meet with half-baked dictators is because you don't want to boost their prestige at home and around the world. Meeting with the President of the US is considered a mark of importance. Everyone accepted that China and the USSR were important international actors to be taken seriously.

and venezuela and iran aren't? if we can blow billions propping up mubarek we can sit at a table w/ iran even if it's just to say yah trick yah.

Bush just met with the king of Bahrain

That's a good point, o. nate, but not one to be overly rigid about, especially if other tactics aren't working.

yeah pretending that ahmadinejad is the next hitler really knocked him down a peg didn't it

oh never mind kim jong il he's just a quirky guy w/ weapons capable of hitting Hawaii/ West Coast USA.

i.e. we meet with nations based on their importance TO US, and Iran and Venezuela are important to us

I mean has anyone been able to explain what this supposed "importance" that Ahmadinejad would gain by meeting with our president would actually translate to on the world stage? How would the sheer fact of such a meeting actually translate to any change in Ahmadinejad's standing in the world?

I just figured out who balls is.