And if Clinton doesn’t win the nod, all the better…

Fragility on June 26, 2007 at 12:47 AM

But she will, and that’s your 190 lbs albatross.

Either way you cut it, we’ll win. Rasmussen has Hillary beating “Rudy McRomney”, and Clinton/Edwards/Obama slaughtering Thompson.

This should be a fun election.

If Guiliani or McCain get the nod, less moderates will leave, but it won’t matter, because Democrats are tired of Republican governing and no one is going to repeat another Nader mistake. Democrats and Dem-leaning independents are simply going to vote Dem. Conservatives making ridiculous claims that “liberals will vote for Bloomberg because he’s just like them” are simply being childish and using the occasion to attack Bloomberg. Simply because you think he’s a liberal doesn’t mean we do, and it doesn’t mean we like him. There isn’t one Dem pundit/blogger who is excited about a possible Bloomberg ticket (in a way other than “This is going to sink the GOP, great”).

If Thompson is the nominee most people will be disgusted by it. He’s done nothing, said nothing and achieved nothing that qualifies him anymore than any of the other Republican nominees. He’ll get the nod for one reason and one reason alone: white, Southern, male, deep voice. That’s it. And that’s a pretty pathetic reason to nominate someone. All of the cries of Good Ol Boy politics is going to drain away your moderates, and we’re going to crush the GOP in the next election. Especially since Thompson is already promising to free Scooter Libby despite higher than 70% opposition from the public. Go for it. See what happens.

If Thompson is the nominee? 55% Dem, 30% Thompson, 15% Bloomberg.

If you’re lucky.

Title of the link – this is assuming that the righties and centrists, including a bunch of libertarians and other independents, have forgotten what 1992 brung them. If that’s the case then they deserve CiC Hillary.

Right now I am watching Rudy and Fred very closely. If we have another change or two on the Supreme Court in the next year, the need for a staunch socially conservative may not be. More and more people get it about the Muslim extremists and the Amnesty problem.

The declining polls about Iraq may be more of let’s just do the job and quit playing around than “peacenik” driven.

Hunter would make a great VP to Fred!

HYTEAndy on June 25, 2007 at 8:47 PM

Fred and Hunter. I like it.

Plus, it stands to reason that Bloomy would lure voters from Rudy and McCain given that they’re all centrists.

Doesn’t depend on how many people perceive Bloomberg to be a centrist? Why would he peel off the Republicans? He’s a New York Liberal and proved that by his governing.
But Rudy has admistered a government – a difficult and contentious one – the apogee of his administration was a terror attack that had been meant to be a catastrophe, but solid leadership and management kept order, and the city from crumbing into chaos. Ray Nagin had a week to observe his approaching catastrophe AND had in hand an Emergency guidebook on exactly what to do for that specific disaster, but his city went to hell in a hand-basket thanks to his abysmal lack of ability and leadership.
Meanwhile, McCain has trouble managing his own ego.
New York under Bloomberg has not exactly been impressive, but rather scary with his penchant for micromanging people’s personal lives, and crime goes up. Guiliani did not have any need to shut Virginia down to correct New York City’s problems, unlike Bloomberg.
It’s a construct of the MSM to stick the party-hopping Bloomberg with the GOP, rather than with his political soul-mates in the Democrat Party.

Granted, name recognition and electability is a factor, but seriously — Hunter would make a great VP to Fred!

This “poll” is just another attempt to portray someone as a danger to the Republican candidate. When there isn’t one. Typical Enemy Press….

What Perot had that Bloomberg doesn’t is a spine and a message. Bloomberg is the political equivalent of gum on hot asphalt.He’ll draw littel enthusiasm and less votes.

I think something is wrong with this poll.

I agree with AP. I really don’t think if there’s a conservative in the race, that Bloomie’s going to affect him at all. Consider the source of the poll too. Why would they even include McCain? Did I miss something today?