The stars and 2008
So the DLC wants to recruit Bloomberg in the face of the polarizing option of Hillary Clinton on one hand and the positive name recognition of McCain and Giuiliani on the other. Plus they (DLC) are probably peeing in their pants with worries of the return of Al Gore. On another front we have Colin Powell finally making some noises (this is a man who, at least in 2004, had a 71% positive image, and only a 10% negative one — WSJ/NBC). Can presidential hopefuls afford to not have Powell on their ticket? Could we see something as weird as a Democratic ticket of Bloomberg/Powell? Nah!
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light said:
on September 19, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Powell is definitely not a Bush crony. What was his relation to Bush before becoming Secretary of State?
ravi said:
on September 19, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I do not know but I guess there would have been no relationship, considering Bush (Jr) spent the first 40 odd years of his life partying and running companies into the ground, after which he relaxed as governor of Texas. Not sure he involved himself beyond the trivial in larger politics, before Texas.
light said:
on September 20, 2006 at 9:27 am
Ok, just started wondering about that. Giuliani is planning to run as a Republican presidential candidate?
ravi said:
on September 20, 2006 at 11:17 am
There are definitely signals that he (Giuliani) wants to. He has been doing the rounds (Iowa, etc) and pressing the flesh (buddying up with the folks you need to, in order to get the nomination, such as Ralph Reed and other religious “leaders”). It is a bit doubtful that he will win, given his history of being pro-choice, pro-gay, not to forget appering in drag on Saturday Night Live ;-).
McCain who has already been down this road has a better chance, but I think these things are decided elsewhere by the sponsors of the party. I wouldn’t be surprised to see either Chuck Hagel or someone else get the final nod.