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Quote by: Sean  In my mind it is a question of how the GOP base will behave. If they pick a hardline Reublican they will likely lose. If they take the practical route and go for McCaine the DNC is done for. |
How is McCain doing in head-to-head polls against either Obama or Hillary? He's no savior for the Republicans. His stalwart support of the war has hurt his campaign even among conservatives. Did you catch his little "stroll" through Baghdad recently? The man is totally out of touch with reality.
Giuliani or Romney have better chances in the general election. Both appeal to centrists in their own quirky ways. However, they still must drag the party behind them, a party damaged by Bush's scandals and the Iraq War.
Discounting Hillary or Obama seems very premature. Right now, the '08 election is the Democrats' to lose.
Edited to add: I just noticed that Rudy Giuliani told an interviewer today that he supported publicly funded abortions. I can't see how Giuliani gets the nomination with such a position. It's one thing to promise the appointment of "strict constructionist" Supreme Court justices, but quite another to tell Southern Republicans that American taxpayers should fund abortions.
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