Reply #160: You think there's a candidate the GOP won't smear?

[carpetbagger]

They will smear them all. Including Clark (who I volunteered for in 2004), Warner, Feingold, Edwards, Bayh, Joementum-on-the-Delaware, Mrs. Big Dog, anyone. I know they'd be able to smear McCain, they've done it before.

The best candidate will be the one who can eat McCain for lunch. McCain is vulnerable; little attention is paid by the press to how much he worships the ground Bush stands on, and how unrepentant he is of his extremist beliefs. He says he loves Boy George, let him defend Bush's record. If Hilary Clinton's the one who can do this, then she should get the nomination, damn the negatives (one exception being that she really needs to dump the Tipper Gore 1980's imitation if she ever thinks she can bring out the under-40 vote). If anyone can do it better, let them get the nomination. Kerry's attacking Bush too late, Warner not at all, Biden less than his own party, Feingold in a dog-whistle fashion, Richardson off the radar screen.

No more Mr. Nice Guy. That's how Bush and McCain win elections. McCain (hearts) Bush, and a third Bush term is the last thing all of America can afford. That, combined with a few Keating references, will do nicely.