Honestly who are the republicans going to run in 2008?

[59millionmorons]

Win or lose we still have Kerry in 2008, but what do the republicans have? They can't run Giuliani he would scare all the women and children. I can't think of anybody that could beat Kerry. Maybe Powell but would the south vote for him.

[andyhappy]

1. Mcain

[MemphisTiger]

30. He is not well liked by the religeous right

[Jack from Charlotte]

47. He sold his soul to The Bush people this year in order to....

run in '08. He held his nose to stand on stage with that scumbag. I'll not forgive McCain's failure to loudly defend JK vs the Swift boat liars.

[JM]

2. Sphinctorum is lining up at the trough...

I hope he gets taken down by voters in 06...

JM

[The Chronicler]

19. I would LOVE for Santorum to run in '08

He would get MAULED.


Against a woman's right to choose.

Against a raise in the minimum wage.

Against hate crime laws.

Against the COPS program.

Against smaller classroom sizes.

Against fuel efficiency standards.

Against allowing importation of drugs from Canada.

Against increasing tax deductions for college tuition.

[tishaLA]

64. This is my guess too

He'd be HAMMERED in the GE.

[NAO]

3. McCain, Arnold (if they get the law changed) Mitt Rommy

[wicket]

6. If they run Mitt, I will freak

I LOATHE that man. So glad I didn't vote for that idiot.

[NAO]

36. Zell Miller/Alan Keyes 08! The EXTREME GOP Ticket!!

Challenging all godless hedonists to a duel!

[ninainsf]

4. I was thinking McCain too n/t

[Tim_in_HK]

5. McCain

[ithacan]

7. it's gonna be war in the GOP

The only real hope they have is running a moderate, but the "Christian" base will NEVER allow anyone like Giuliani or Schwartzn. or any moderate who's not one of them to get the nomination.

Maybe they'll try to run Jeb? Afterall, wasn't he tagged as the "smart" one?

[derbstyron]

8. But he said he wasn't going to run.

And we all know that the shrub family never lies. :(

[Mike Daniels]

61. If W loses today I don't think you'll see another Bush presidency

Given that both Bush presidents came into office when things had an element of stability and then proceeded to run everything into the ground I don't think the general public would be willing to allow anyone from the currently existing generations take office anytime soon.

[regularguy]

9. A believe than Alan Keyes will be free that year...

:evilgrin:

[andyhappy]

52. wouldn't that be great!

I love that guy! Makes me smile! Sweet like stomach juice!

[Taverner]

10. Guiliani

Unless theyre stupid

[harpo]

11. I've got a freeper buddy here in texas...he says they are going 4 guiliani

[MemphisTiger]

33. I don't think a pro-gay and pro-abortion candidate...

would get far in the primaries. Also, I think he's for gun control. This would never fly in the South, which the repubs need to win.

[Jack from Charlotte]

50. Also, his open living with his girlfriend before his divorce and while he

was still mayor..... isn't going to sell too well in a Repug primary.

[quaoar]

12. Roy Moore

The darling of the evangelical right.

[efront]

13. Bill Owens, McCain, Hagel, Santorum or Rudy

Maybe Jeb.

[Logansquare]

14. Frist. McCain has been too moderate for these wingers.

And McCain is pretty damn conservative, IMO--but he actually caucuses with Democrats, so he will be treated like a mascot from now on.

[Getchasome]

15. Arnold

They'll push an amendment to the constitution through the house and senate and the Gropinator will run in 2008.

[harpo]

20. I think we should BLOCK that ammendment

[Kber]

32. If they can run Arnold, we can run Jennifer Granholm

from Michigan - she's very popular there and has really united the state going through some though times.

Jennifer was borm in Canada and moved to the US when she was about 3 or 4.

[Mike Daniels]

62. Hell, even the FReeps say "NO WAY" to that idea

As much as the FReeps want to dismantle the Constitution they are adamantly against the idea of a non-native (even Arnold) being President.

[Beaverhausen]

67. I disagree - they love him.

He's their only hope.

[TrogL]

16. Jeb

[andyhappy]

49. BINGO!

what else is americas political dynasty going to do? Just roll over? I think not! They have too many connections, too much money and a nasty addiction to power!

[Jack from Charlotte]

53. Disagree. I think AWOL/moron's failure will leave Repugs with...

Bush Virus. One of the best results will be 2 failed Bush regimes mean this scumbag is probably not going to ever be a candidate.

[andyhappy]

54. thats I thought in 2000

never underestimate the hard headed stupidity of the right. If they feel 'cheated' in this election (which they will) that will nullify any failures of the lil'W

[ShaneGR]

17. They will run 2 candidates.....

Since the Republican is about to split into two.....

Christian vs. Paleo-Conservative

[richabk]

18. This is where it gets interesting....

The Republicans have taken a sharp tilt to the Right. If they go for a moderate (Guliani, McCain) they risk alienating there religious base. If they go extreme it will be like watching Keyes on a much larger scale. Either way, the Republicans have a lot of soul searching to do as which way they want to go. Either way, they are probably screwed!

[Langis]

21. My guess would be Frist

[MemphisTiger]

38. He has some dirt from his hospitals that perform abortions

the religeous right controls the repubs. Here are the links:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/809651/posts

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30124

This might not be enough to keep him from the nomination, but it might be enough to keep the bible-belt voters home from the polls.

[The Chronicler]

22. Bill Owens

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

23. Giuliani - they've been trotting him out at all their speeches

at least he's better than Jeb Bush (maybe)

[The Chronicler]

27. Bye bye Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia, NC et al

Guiliani would be tough in NY and FL though. He might hurt the GOP in midterm races also.

[Dukakis88]

24. Sean Hannity, President / Alan Colmes, Vice-President

[The Chronicler]

39. Hannity is contemplating a prospective run for office, but

I don't know how he would win anything outside of a House seat. New York State would be pretty hard for a guy like Hannity to win on a statewide scale ie Senator etc. He's too whacko.

[Czolgosz]

25. It will be Frist -- Hutchison

You have to keep in mind that none of the other guys mentioned in the thread could win the primary. McCain is also too old, has pissed off too many key party officials who you need on your side to win a Republican primary by his failure to blindly hold party line, and he will continue to piss off Republicans by agreeing with moderate aspects of Kerry's agenda. The gay porn pin-up cannot legally run and there is a zero-point-zero chance of a constitutional amendment. Giuliani is pro-choice, pro-gay-marriage, pro-social services, and his the-worst-day-in-US-history-was-the-best-day-of-my-political-life! line will be awfully cold and stale in 2007.

You can cross McCain, Guiliani, and porn-star off your list.

[skippysmom]

26. Jeb or McCain

That is their only hope. Jeb says he's not running, but who believes that lying sack of shit?

Giuliani, Arnold and my man Mittens have their eyes on the job, but the fundies will NEVER agree to a pro-choicer from a blue state.

Most of the others would alienate every moderate, unless they tone down their rhetoric.

McCain would unite the party, but would they ever nominate him?

[sir_arms_50]

28. Rudy!

...I would bet money on it

[kwolf68]

The king of the stuffed suits

George Allen. Talk about an undistinguished man. Perfect Republican candidate.

[VirginiaDem]

29. Look for a good fight

between a "moderate" and a nutjob in the primaries. It could split the party wide open and leak votes to a third party. Hopefully the nutjob will win and we cruise to reelection. Something like McCain, Guiliani or Schwarzenegger v. Santorum.

[shawmut]

31. Mitt Romney will probably run n/t

[The Chronicler]

41. He's pro-choice and can't win his home state

[Oddman]

34. It will be Mitt Romney - they're grooming him now in Massachusetts

That's how he landed the Olympics gig and got to be governor of Mass.

[Endangered Specie]

35. Pataki

[jacksonian]

56. bingo - Pataki

next Repug candidate will be a current sitting governor.

[Czolgosz]

37. Romney would be killed in the Primary because of his religious beliefs

and it won't help that he doesn't have a prayer of carrying his home state.

Keep in mind that the surrogates who the Republicans trot out during the general election are chosen to appeal to suburban moms and cross-over voters and unstable undecided voters. These are the kind of guys who get crushed by the religious zealots who drive the Republican primary process.

[rniel]

40. ARNOLD

n/m

[AntiCoup2K4]

42. Frist/Asscrotch - The "Cats are Satanic Terra-ists" platform

:evilgrin:

[Claire Beth]

43. Their candidate will HAVE to be anti-choice....

and someone who will cater to the radical righties because noone else can win since the relgious right took over their party.

[Richardo]

44. If they amend the Constitution for Ahnult, let's run Theresa in 2012.

:D

[carolinalady]

45. Michael Reagan

[FDRrocks]

46. Possibly Hegel n/t

[jeanmarc]

48. Frist, Giuliani, Hagel or McCain

I think all 4 have aspirations for that office and are very visible.

[lilsourgoose]

51. Michael Medved, with Toby Keith as VP

[hatrack]

60. Hagel could maybe pull it off as an "insurgent" candidate

Much in the same way that Wilkie won the nomination in 1940 - lots and lots of grassroots effort.

That said, he would NOT be popular with the Neosluts, and the Thumpers would be moderately supportive at best, since Hagel's never been that much of a "Fags & Flags" Republican. He might be able to work with "traditional" Republicans and fiscal conservatives, though.

[jeanmarc]

68. Hagel has been one of a few (R)s

that comes across as educated and somewhat reasonable. They have to sever the cord to the Bushes. I still think McCain is their best, but they sure haven't treated him well, even with the amount he has had to swallow.

[undercover_brother]

55. Zell Miller

[ThoughtCriminal]

Some Red State Gov.

nt

[KitSileya]

57. The Oregon GOP wants Condi.....

According to some Kerry Republican friends of mine, the Oregon GOP wants Condoleeza Rice to run in 2008. It was a major factor in driving them from their party (besides hating what Bush has done these past 4 years.)

[Blue_Tires]

58. jeb

[Stinky The Clown]

59. How about this .......

after they implode and the party reforms, they run a pro-choice pro-gay candidate and run on purely economic issues and reach hard left to get their support from the middle. They abandon the fundies and the neocons and bring their party waaaaaaaaay back to the middle.

Wait .... look ..... over there ...... is that ....... a pig? .... flying?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

63. Jeb will run (the Bushs always lie)

Whether or not he wins the primaries will be another matter. If the republicans are smart they'll choose someone else, otherwise Jeb Bush will be the sacrificial lamb that Dole was in '96. The American people have had enough of the Bush family. However the BFEE has a stranglehold over the republican party and might still be in charge in 2008 even if * loses tonight.

[Tangledog]

65. Any of the above

You think B* pisses his knickers when he gets asked a disrespectful question? Frist or Giuliani wouldn't make it through 4 primaries without shooting somebody. President Kerry would send the limo out for those guys.

I'd take any of them on. Just goes to show how utterly bereft of talent the GOP is. Pataki is probably the most competent of the lot,and has a tad of the post-9/11 glow. But I've lived within half a day's drive of Albany all my adult life, and I'm still not sure I'd even recognize Pataki's voice if I heard it unannounced. He's really a man who doesn't leave footprints.

[FloridaPat]

66. Depends on who's left after the ones in office now are convicted of

treason and war crimes.