If W drops out, who runs?

[MikeG]

[Padraig18]

1. Whoever the convention nominates.

But it ain't happenin'...

[MikeG]

2. He's not lawyering up for nothing.

[Padraig18]

4. Not with his ego.

You'd have to dynamite him outta the Oval Office.

[benburch]

6. While I agree...

any lawyer will tell you that the person who needs a lawyer most is an innocent person.

However, If Bush cared about a GOP victory this fall, he would pull his name from consideration, and the convention would be free to hold a "smoke filled room" type of draft process.

[MikeG]

7. They'll have to move the convention. No smoking in New York.

[daa]

3. He is not smart enough to drop out nt

[Leilani]

5. He is not going anywhere!

Unless Kerry can send him back to Texas!

[AP]

8. Frist or Ridge. I think this is very obvious.

[yankees_suck]

11. Not sure about Ridge...

I'm not sure about Ridge. Although he's fairly moderate (pro-choice i believe?) i don't think he has enough name recognition with the public or enough recognition of any accomplishments as governor or homeland security director. Is there anyone who lived in PA when he was governor who could clue me in on some of his accomplishments? Yes to Frist - just listen to him, he wants the WH so bad.

[AP]

12. Empty vessel from a swing state with good bio. Fill him with whatever...

...meaning your 200 mil in campaign donations can buy.

He'll get the south on values, and compete in NE 'cause that's where he's from.

And Erie is pretty close to Ohio and NY.

[The empressof all]

9. McCain-Guilliani ticket

They will pull from both the right and left of the party. If Bush goes down they will want to win at any cost--this ticket would do it for them.


But Bush is not going down. We need to throw him out

[Gothmog]

10. Too stupid and too big of an ego to drop out

Bush is not going to drop out. He fully expects to be re-selected in 2004 and can not imagine the voters rejecting his performance in the Wh.

[charlyvi]

13. It won't happen...

Why would someone who hasn't made any mistakes drop out?

[Doosh]

14. Jeb-Guilliani

Cheney steps down because of health issues and becomes a "special advisor", essentially doing the same thing he did as VP

[IndianaGreen]

15. You mean, if Bush and Cheney are indicted on the Plame matter

Bush cannot be indicted anymore than Clinton could. Bush will have to be impeached, and he should be, if a federal grand jury finds him as an unindictable conspirator in the Plame matter.

I hope the GOP then goes totally insane and nominates Tom Delay for Prez so that we can sit back and watch the GOP lose the White House and Congress by a landslide.

[radfringe]

16. bush* won't drop out

GOPers have effectively blocked all "back-ups" -- at this stage of the game there is no second stringer on the bench, at best it would look like sending in the waterboy to take over...

they are pretty much stuck with "ol' bloody-gums bush*" with all their "support the pResident", flag and patriotism connections. To dump-gump now would undermine their own stances which equate supporting bush* with being a patriot.

anyone else they put up is directly connected to bush*, and I seriously doubt if McCain would accept a nomination after being put through the wringer

if they want to "dump-gump" they would have to do it through a 3rd party and at the same time give appearance of 'staying the course' with bush*

any 'scandal' that really heats up in the next couple of months will not have a full impact that leads to impeachment for several months. We are at the stage where the only way to get rid of bush* is to vote him out

[VOX]

17. * couldn't even drop his pants to pee. He's not dropping out. n/t

[Dinger]

18. Dinger Does!

I think Icould do a lot betterjob myself!
What the heck; maybe I'll write myself in!!

[Zolok]

19. Thanks to the standard scorched earth policy of

La Famiglia Arbusto, the GOP lacks a bench if the roof caved in and they needed another nominee pronto.
With the exception of maybe McCain and Hegel the entire Republican Caucus of the U.S. Senate has devolved into pack of whipped dogs fit only to howl the praises of GWB.
The House is a collection of pimps, freaks, floorwalkers, and closeted baptist voodoo shamans.
Nothing of stature there believe me.
Their governors are a listless shopworn bunch...either too freaky too obviously corrupt or they are as light as ashes.
That having been said when in doubt go shopworn so maybe some zombie like Pataki might get in or maybe some hopless sh*tkicker like whozis in Oklahoma.
The advantage here is that these do*chebags aren't directly connected to Admin policy.
Don't rule Senator Rick "High Pitched Rich" Santorum out...he is a blithering demagogue of the worst and most debased type.
Despite his bona fides as a Bush lackey he is sufficiently ego-centric to give it a try.
But mostly I agree with the above post, Bush would'nt exit the White House if the Federal Marshals showed up in a tank to cart him off to Leavensworth.
He'd pile the sandbags up on the Truman balcony and issue a call for all Al Queda Fighters and snake handlers to come to his aide....
:)
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