My money's on Clinton and McCain. The way things seem to be going at the moment though - naturally - we'll have a better idea next week. Don't think I'd terribly mind Clinton against McCain to be honest.
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My money's on Clinton and McCain. The way things seem to be going at the moment though - naturally - we'll have a better idea next week. Don't think I'd terribly mind Clinton against McCain to be honest.
Kucinich dropped out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Denmark
I think it's going to boil down to Obama and McCain, unless Clinton tries her crybaby tactics again.
At this point, I'm for McCain, even though I don't really like him.
While I agree that McCain and Guiliani would match up nicely, I'm doubting it. Guiliani did endorse McCain after dropping out, so there will probably be some position waiting for him, but I see Huckabee as a more likely candidate for the vice-presidency (if he's willing). McCain's a moderate, and Huckabee appeals to the far right. Huckabee will draw the hardcore conservatives and McCain will appeal to the less intense republicans and probably draw a good deal of swing votes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tavrobel
As far as the democratic candidacy... I'm a little less sure. As ed mentioned, Obama seems to be coming out strong recently. He certainly has a lot more endorsement from notable individuals (support from the Kennedy family is huge) while Clinton is lacking in that department. While I don't think endorsements should influence votes, I recognize that some people probably care a great deal that Oprah is supporting Obama. I think it hurts both Clinton and Obama that Edwards refused to endorse either of them. That leaves a lot of democratic votes that are up for grabs, and without direction (which such an endorsement would usually give) for the voters who wanted to support Edwards, they'll have to decide where to go from here. I think Obama will pull through over Hillary. She may tout Obama's lack of experience, but I don't exactly call five years in the Senate significant experience for an executive position, I refuse to count her years as the first lady as anything but negligible.
Unfortunately, I think the democrats have shot themselves in the foot by using proportional representation in the primaries. It's a distinct possibility that McCain will lock everything up on Super Tuesday, but the democrats may take longer to settle. In the long run, that will definitely hurt the democratic campaign. The race for the candidacy has turned into a huge mudslinging contest, and while Obama and Clinton continue to take the :skull::skull::skull::skull: out on each other, the republican representative will be out there selling his platform and getting votes for the race that really counts.
ew guiliani >:[
I would be fine with obama or mccain I guess. I forget who said they were scared of the same two families running american politics for twenty five~ years. but it's a valid concern.
McCain is hardly moderate anymore. He's pretty much abandoned all the ideals that he supported eight years ago when he was a legit maverick candidate for the Republican party. Now he's just old, appealing to the conservative base in practically every way, and somehow hanging on.
I think Obama can pull it out on the Democrat front, but it'll certainly be close. I really have no idea for the Republicans. It seems like anybody's game at this point.
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Originally Posted by Momiji
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Originally Posted by Goldenboko
John McCain seems most likely to become president if the republicans win. As for the democrats it's a much closer race.. either one of Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama could win, really.. but if I had to choose I'd say Clinton seems most likely to represent the democrats.