Monday, February 07, 2005
SEE CONDI RUN ?
Earl at Prometheus6 says " No".
"Might as well run Alan Keyes.
She'd get the Republican version of the Dean treatment at best. It will be discussed so folks can feel all warm and multiculturally color-blind. But as the primaries progressed they'd realize she "can't win." All those racist Democrats would crawl out of the woodwork to vote against her, you see.
Or worse, everyone would mouth the right words all the way up to election day, like they did in New York when David Dinkins first ran against Rudolph Giuliani. And great hordes of Southerners would just not vote."
Of course that depends on who the Democrats put up.
If the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party manages to pull off their intended Deaniac coup and nominate an anti-war true-believer in 2008 to warm the hearts of the Moveon.org donors - say a Barbara Boxer type of liberal - Rice will get a hard look by some unlikely Republican voters. Not just the bloc of under the polling radar bigots Earl referred to in his post but also professional women and disenfranchised moderate Democrats. Would Rice pull in significant numbers of African-American voters ? She would not be Barack Obama but she would do better than Bush did.
And that would spell doom for the Democratic ticket. African-Americans are not a group they can even lose a slice of and remain competitive.
¶ 6:06 PM
Earl at Prometheus6 says " No".
"Might as well run Alan Keyes.
She'd get the Republican version of the Dean treatment at best. It will be discussed so folks can feel all warm and multiculturally color-blind. But as the primaries progressed they'd realize she "can't win." All those racist Democrats would crawl out of the woodwork to vote against her, you see.
Or worse, everyone would mouth the right words all the way up to election day, like they did in New York when David Dinkins first ran against Rudolph Giuliani. And great hordes of Southerners would just not vote."
Of course that depends on who the Democrats put up.
If the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party manages to pull off their intended Deaniac coup and nominate an anti-war true-believer in 2008 to warm the hearts of the Moveon.org donors - say a Barbara Boxer type of liberal - Rice will get a hard look by some unlikely Republican voters. Not just the bloc of under the polling radar bigots Earl referred to in his post but also professional women and disenfranchised moderate Democrats. Would Rice pull in significant numbers of African-American voters ? She would not be Barack Obama but she would do better than Bush did.
And that would spell doom for the Democratic ticket. African-Americans are not a group they can even lose a slice of and remain competitive.
¶ 6:06 PM
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Total waste of time - talking tactics and strategy without burdening oneself with content. One day we will move away from this political team mentality and actually use rational arguments to express why our team, and its leader, should be the one to manage this country. Having an opinion is not a badge of honor - convincing someone else with facts and knowledge is.
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: Tuesday, 08 February, 2005
: Tuesday, 08 February, 2005
Welcome !
Actually, speculative possibilities provide a legitimate opportunity for honing analytical skills.
My guess is you have not been here all that often if you presume that I'm flacking solely for one side or even that my focus is on domestic partisan politics, per se. I've given " my" side its share of stinging criticism in the past when I thought it was merited. But, keep visiting and see for yourself.
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Actually, speculative possibilities provide a legitimate opportunity for honing analytical skills.
My guess is you have not been here all that often if you presume that I'm flacking solely for one side or even that my focus is on domestic partisan politics, per se. I've given " my" side its share of stinging criticism in the past when I thought it was merited. But, keep visiting and see for yourself.
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