I love Ron Paul too. Awesome candidate. He'll need to have the very definition of a "grassroots" campaign to win, since the mainstream media will never give him the time of day until he is at least leading in the polls. Its kind of scary to watch the Fox News post-debate coverage over on YouTube(the first debate, not tonight's), when Paul won the debate according to the polls, and the commentators kept reinforcing that it was a fluke and that Paul is not a frontrunner.
Al Gore would probably lose his appeal as soon as he started running. I think he's really enjoying the freedom of his environmental campaign, as opposed to a political campaign. I doubt he will run, but he'd probably have an easier time scooping up the moderates than Clinton or Obama.
Guiliani is a shmuck, and its a shame the media decided to exalt him in the midst of 9/11. Remove W's Texas schtick and replace it with a New Yorker schtick, and switch out some superficial policy differences which will affect nothing, and its like re-electing W.
America has grown tired of McCain, and don't want to elect someone they fear will escalate the war. He's nearly out of the running already.
If Fred Thompson runs, America will grow tired of him too. Sensing America is tired of McCain, this is just the next guy hardline GOPers want to call the next Reagan. If he becomes a serious candidate, I think America will quickly feel like they've seen this act already.
Romney is just money at this point, but I do like that he's talking a lot about optimism, which is something America is lacking right now, and will probably register with most Americans.
Obama is just a name and a face at this point. I don't think America has a problem electing a black man, but no one knows what he's all about yet. Dems just wanted to call him the next Jack Kennedy the first chance they got.
Clinton has a big section of America who simply WILL NOT vote for her, but she's still the frontrunner. It seems like she's been running since Bill was first elected. A campaign with her would be very, very tedious. She'll just play everything as safe as possible. She's not as good a politician as Bill was, but that doesn't mean she is going to make any of the radical changes America needs if elected, just as Bill didn't. Bill did some great things, like balance the budget, but that's not enough right now.
Edwards is the only guy who has outright said his vote for the war was a mistake, and I respect him a lot for that... But I'll still take the guy who didn't vote for the war--Ron Paul.
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