Next President

Matt8townsend
Matt8townsend Posts: 112
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
To all the Americans on the forum.....

What is the vibe like in the US concerning who the next president is likely to be?

I went down the bookies and put £20 English pounds on John McCain.

What do you guys reckon?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Matt8townsend wrote:
    To all the Americans on the forum.....

    What is the vibe like in the US concerning who the next president is likely to be?

    I went down the bookies and put £20 English pounds on John McCain.

    What do you guys reckon?

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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Matt8townsend wrote:
    To all the Americans on the forum.....

    What is the vibe like in the US concerning who the next president is likely to be?

    I went down the bookies and put £20 English pounds on John McCain.

    What do you guys reckon?

    Get your money back....! McCain doesn't have a chance. If the Conservatives want to hold on to the executive office, they better find someone fresh, clean and articulate.

    I'm betting, if the Dems nominate Hilary. she wins.

    The good news is.. the Presidency is guaranteed to improve no matter who wins.
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    McCain all the way
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  • Will1659
    Will1659 Posts: 51
    There was a time when I, as a liberal even, would have said McCain in a landslide. But he's become way too much of Bush's bitch the last few years to draw the moderates in like he once could have. That's not even getting to the actual issues, like Iraq, where his views oppose those of the majority of voters now.
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    Matt8townsend wrote:
    I went down the bookies and put £20 English pounds on John McCain.

    His little BCRA stunt has made all of his donations hypocritical.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I agree with Abu, get your money back...

    Obviously a lot can change in a year and a half, but the conservatives don't trust him, and he's too close to Bush for the centrists to back. His whole image of the "outsider" and a "maverick" have been wiped out by his pandering to the social conservatives.

    Plus, age isn't entirely a factory, but he will be 76 by the end of his first term. Unless they us the VP position for it, I would think that the republican party would want someone that they couldn't get 8 years out of.
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  • JamMastaE
    JamMastaE Posts: 444
    it won't matter.we are so fucked and most people in this country have no clue just how bad it really is.
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  • Rushlimbo
    Rushlimbo Posts: 832
    An emergency will give Bush the ability to cancel elections in 2008 and remain president indefinitely.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    An emergency will give Bush the ability to cancel elections in 2008 and remain president indefinitely.

    I don't know what's more scary, the thought of that happening or I could see him doing that? Gives me the heebie jeebies that's for sure.
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  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    An emergency will give Bush the ability to cancel elections in 2008 and remain president indefinitely.

    then for once the people would take the time to find the true extent of their power...

    Indefinately won't be very long.
  • Matt8townsend
    Matt8townsend Posts: 112
    Abuskedti wrote:
    Get your money back....! McCain doesn't have a chance. If the Conservatives want to hold on to the executive office, they better find someone fresh, clean and articulate.

    I'm betting, if the Dems nominate Hilary. she wins.

    The good news is.. the Presidency is guaranteed to improve no matter who wins.

    My perception is that McCain is the ideal choice to draw votes from the moderates who don't want another ne-con - whilst being the articulate and respectable alternative to the embarresment of Bush - and he would allow lifelong Reublicans who are never gonna betray their party to vote for it with some pride again. I think the Republians will have the election wrapped if the extremists within their ranks accept he really is their best hope.

    But yeah I agree absolutely that whoever gets it will be an improvement. The fact that so many millions of people actually voted to re-elect Bush is mind numbingly fascinating when you think about it.
  • PHAN1217
    PHAN1217 Posts: 15
    If Rudy G runs, he wins.
  • Abuskedti
    Abuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Matt8townsend wrote:
    My perception is that McCain is the ideal choice to draw votes from the moderates who don't want another ne-con - whilst being the articulate and respectable alternative to the embarresment of Bush - and he would allow lifelong Reublicans who are never gonna betray their party to vote for it with some pride again. I think the Republians will have the election wrapped if the extremists within their ranks accept he really is their best hope.

    But yeah I agree absolutely that whoever gets it will be an improvement. The fact that so many millions of people actually voted to re-elect Bush is mind numbingly fascinating when you think about it.

    He had spirts where he sure sounded like a Neo-Con to me.. They need a new face.. Maybe Rudy is their best chance so far, but he isn't a very good one....

    But I don't care... i won't be voting. Its a sea of media poisoned distortion of ideas leading to the mood of the day on election day..

    I'll just find a nice recipe and make a nice dinner.

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