Election 2008

musicismylife78

My analysis of election 2008 is that the most important base of voters isnt evangelical christians like it was in 2000 and 2004, but antiwar voters.

can someone from either party be elected in 2008, and be prowar?

gimmesometruth27

radiohead33 wrote:

can someone from either party be elected in 2008, and be prowar?

i doubt any prowar republican will win a general election. mainly because the gop base are not thrilled with their options, and without that base they can't win. i think either hillary might win the general election even though she flip flopped on the war. the only thing that might hurt her is if she does not support bringing all the troops home before 2013, which i read in the paper the other day that she would support a presence there until then. obama has a shot because he has been against the war all along and i believe he will get the troops home before hillary would. kucinich would end it now and withdraw, but people view him as too liberal.

chipboy

It is very clear from the Republican debates that they are coming right at the Dems on the war issue. The Republicans will paint the Democrats as being quitters and losers while the Reps will commit to fight until we win and claim we are winning but the liberal media is distorting reality to the public. There are plenty of votes out there from people who want to believe we can win and that the picture the media is painting is not what is really happening. Winning the war debate is not as easy as you think. The election will still be close but I do think a Democrat will win just because of Bush hangover.

810wmb

radiohead33 wrote:

My analysis of election 2008 is that the most important base of voters isnt evangelical christians like it was in 2000 and 2004, but antiwar voters.

can someone from either party be elected in 2008, and be prowar?

i disagree - the war won't be an issue

the surge worked - even the dems are admitting that...now they are backtracking the "we're losing" crap they have been shoveling out.

by the way, they are quitters and losers

mammasan

Here is my take on the elections. If Hillary wins the nomination the Democrats are dead. They might as well pack it up and go home. Use the campaign money for something usefull because there is no way in hell that Hillary will win the presidency. If Obama wins the nomination the Dems have a shot. The rest of the Democrats don't stand a chance so I'm not even going to mention them. The Republicans on the other hand will only win if Rudy, or Ron Paul keeping my fingers crossed, get the nomination. Rudy is enough of a social moderate to win over Democrats who can't stand Hillary. The problem is that Rudy will have a tough time getting the nomination because he is not conservative enough for the GOP base. Ron Paul will appeal to people on either side of the aisle. The rest of the Republicans, much like their counterparts, have no shot of winning the presidency. Maybe Romney can iif he is running against Hillary but I don't think he will get the nomination anyway. Either way we are fucked, unless Ron Paul or Obama win the presidency.

Thecure

radiohead33 wrote:

My analysis of election 2008 is that the most important base of voters isnt evangelical christians like it was in 2000 and 2004, but antiwar voters.

can someone from either party be elected in 2008, and be prowar?

this all depend on if teh anti-war voters vote en masse. that is why it is important that the youth vote (not that confident). evangelical christians will vote (very confident in that) I still think that the rep. will win the election (not that i like that)