The "hatefully, spiteful, bitter, hysterical shrieking" comes from the party not in power. The same type of venom and hysteria was seen on the right when Clinton was in power.
how about a McCain + Obama ticket... think McCain wldn't do it? think Obama wldn't do it? what if they do...
Look, obama sounds too much like Osama, it just wont wash, the public is conditioned to provide the most primitive response in any given situation. Elections included.
mate with lugar, a gop dude? mmmhhh... interesting... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15132259/site/newsweek/page/2/ Is Obama Ready to Roll? The Illinois Democrat may be more serious about '08 than you think Web Exclusive By Jonathan Alter Newsweek Updated: 5:52 p.m. ET Oct. 4, 2006 Oct. 4, 2006 - Ask Washington insiders about Sen. Barack Obama's presidential hopes, and you'll get a pat response: great idea, a cycle or three from now--or maybe this time as veep. But they need to get out more. IÂfve talked to Democrats in 10 cities in the last four months and found Obama fever throughout the Democratic Party. Besides an online Al Gore boomlet, no one else raises a reaction anything like it. More impressively, there's now a distinct possibility that Obama may seize the moment and run in '08. A close associate introduces a note of caution: ÂgIÂfd put the chances right now at no better than 50 percent,Âh he told me Tuesday, as Obama taped OprahÂfs show in Chicago. Fifty percent? For Obama-hungry Democrats, those are much better odds than theyÂfve assumed. Whatever happens in the midterms, Âf08 could get very exciting, very fast. Among a few prominent Democrats, the conversation has changed from "we wish he would" to "we hear he will." Obama has made no formal decision and probably wonÂft until the end of the year. By then, his new book, "The Audacity of Hope," which hits bookstores Oct. 17, is almost certain to be a best seller. Both Colin Powell in 1995 and John McCain in 1999 used books to launch feverish speculation about presidential bids. In PowellÂfs case, he decided not to run, largely for family reasons. If Obama declines to make a bid, the explanation will be along the same lines. He has two young daughters and a formidable wife, Michelle, who is no Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Edwards. In other words, she will not push her husband to run, though itÂfs not likely she will prevent him from doing so, says a source close to the senator, who declines to be identified talking about family matters. It will be a decision between the two of them. You have to be a bit nuts to run for president, and in the end the Obamas might be too normal and grounded to put their family through it. But contrary to popular assumption, Obama's aides see no political reasons not to make the race. His advisers believe his mere four years in the Senate will not be a liability (Abraham Lincoln ran after two years in the House, Woodrow Wilson after two years as governor, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter and now Mitt Romney after four years as governor.) ÂgThe Senate is a political tomb,Âh says one. The longer one stays, the more controversial votes one casts. Gravitas and knowledge about the issues are not problems for Obama, who is plenty fluent on the issues, even if he hasn't established much of a record yet. He has emerged as an unlikely friend and ally of GOP Sen. Richard Lugar, who will acknowledge ObamaÂfs depth on foreign policy. ..."
Oh, please. The right wing fringe has moved farther out, but the left is not as radical as it was 35 years ago. The mainstream Dem party is more moderate now. You are so dogmatic and rigid, AAA, a light breeze might snap you in two. bt
Great, that's all we need, a megalomaniac son of a convict with no ability to collaborate. Also, he is a terrible judge of character. He is petty, vindictive, abusive and an ineffective administrator. He is mendacious, and overrated Thus, he will get the Republican nomination, if his cancer doesn't slow him down too much.
I agree that the radical left wing fringe of the Democrat Party is not as far out of the mainstream of the party as it was 35 years ago. In fact, it is the mainstream of the party now. Name one moderate to conservative Democrat Senator. Name one Democrat Presidential contender who is pro life, for lower marginal tax rates, in favor of the Iraq war or against affirmative action. I can easily name Republican contenders on both sides of each of those issues, but the Democrats have purged anyone with any ideological diversity.