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I just hope John McCain doesn't have any more Bob Dole moments...
As a basketball analogy: I predict that if he can keep his turnovers to a minimum and turn up the shooting percentage in the paint, he will win by a large margin. However he doesn't have that good of skills to win by the land slide... He might get lucky and score some late points... but I believe it is his game to lose.



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My thought is that I want Mike Huckabee to be his running mate.



John McCain and Huckabee vs. Obama and Clinton / clinton and Obama



Coca-Cola said:
John McCain and Huckabee vs. Obama and Clinton / clinton and Obama

Or Obama and Edwards / Clinton and Edwards



I don't care who wins as long as it isn't Clinton.




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stof said:
Coca-Cola said:
I don't follow McCain closely enough to judge him yet, but I like his daughter's style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JusarJH_xFY

 I was about to type "You mean his granddaughter right?"  but at that exact moment she said DAD... I was shocked.  

My dad is 67 and my little brother is 23  so it's not that much of a stretch for McCain, who's 72, to have a daughter in her early 20s.  Uncommon to be sure though.

 

I plan on voting for McCain personally.  His experience and history are exactly what we need.  Obama will be a great canidate in a few years.  He just doesn't have the experience neccesary though.  Hilary talks out of her ass more than Bill did.  That's really saying something.

 



I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I don't think you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

HappySqurriel said:

I could be wrong, but I don't think the Republicans could have hoped for a better result from the Democrat's primaries. With such a close competition which will (likely) last for months Obhama and Clinton are going to engage in progressively more agressive and divisive politics; certainly, they will attempt to appear like they're just in a friendly competition but a combination of subtile digs and leaks to the media will do a lot of damage; John McCain doesn't even have to work to put a negative spin on either candidate because the dirt will be dug up by the Democrats, and the message will be spread by the Democrats. When this is finally resolved there will (potentially) be a lot of bitter feelings on both sides of the competition and the supporters of the losing candidate might have difficulties voting for the winning candidate; it will take a lot of time to heal these divisions and the length of the primary campaign is eliminating the time that is necessary to heal these wounds.

John McCain is not (particularly) liked by conservative republicans but, at this point in time, his job is simple ... In order to win he just has to let the Democrats battle over who's big-government social program isn't liberal enough, who's too inexperience or lacks judgement, and who engages in the most double-talk, and then just convince the conservative republicans that no matter how bad he is, he will be better than any of the Democrat candidates.

I agree with you.  The in-fighting on the Democrat side will just make McCain's job easier.  I was talking with my dad about it today and I thin he put it really well.  He said, "Soon all McCain will have to do is sit back and look presidential."

 



I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I don't think you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

timmytomthegreat said:
Coca-Cola said:
John McCain and Huckabee vs. Obama and Clinton / clinton and Obama

Or Obama and Edwards / Clinton and Edwards


 I wonder what Edwards intentions toward the Vice-presidency are and why he hasn't endorsed a candidate yet. He received ~15% of the vote in most of the states he competed in and he is the only person whose endorsement could actually affect the race. 

 



My issue with Obama is that he has so little political experience that I doubt he can do half what he promises. That and he's too far left. We need someone more moderate.

Clinton I simply don't like in many many ways. Not going to get into a rant about why she shouldn't be president.

McCain I think is the most moderate and likely to get the most done. I'm a little worried about him creating more war, but I honestly think he's smarter than that. I respect him for speaking out against torture and admitting that Iraq needs work (without just abandoning a country to chaos).





thats his plan riht now..i mean he has to sit back and watch O and C tear each other apart