Who do you think the GOP will trot out for president in 2008?

[Bossy Monkey]

Poll question: Who do you think the GOP will trot out for president in 2008?

For argument's sake, you can ignore the fact that Cheney and Jeb claim that they aren't running.

Edit: Dubya and the rescinding of the 22d Amendment replaced by Hagel

[RevCheesehead]

1. Cheney.

Bob Woodward said so. :scared:

[garybeck]

2. you're missing the obvious

Chuck Hagel. He owns the voting machines. That's how republicans get elected.

[Bossy Monkey]

9. I'll stick him on. Dubya won't mind

Hagel will now be on top (unless somebody votes for Dubya before I can make the edit)

[On the Road]

3. Frankly, I'm Most Worried about Jeb

GWB has shown us the power of the family name, which will be twice as great in 08 as in 00. And Jeb's a lot more articulate than George.

I would love for a Dem to run against Cheney. And he might actually go for it. He loves power, and who's going to say no?

[spindoctor]

4. Other: Chuck Hagel

Or anybody else who is considered expendable.

[garybeck]

6. i agree, it's Hagel, here's why

he's tied to the voting machines, which is how republicans get elected

gb

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[Crunchy Frog]

5. I think we'll find out

when Cheney retires for "health reasons" and gets replaced. I think that we can figure that whoever is sitting VP will be the annointed one for the '08 nomination.

I think that they will wait another 8 years before they run Jeb. Even they must know that this country will have severe Bush fatigue by then.

[Endangered Specie]

7. Guiliani... if you think the republicans are done exploiting 9/11...

I have land on Sedna Id like to sell you ;)

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. MaCain for Pres, Jebbie for VP - Here's why:

The media propaganda machine is already pushing McCain:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1818584
Thread title: Framing for the presidency: TV Movie is pure pro-McCain propaganda

And I think there's very good sense in this article saying the ticket will be McCain/Jebbie.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=19201
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Washington Post Writers Group
06.15.05

McCain-Bush in '08?

John and Jeb could be necessary compromise ticket for GOP

WASHINGTON -- McCain-Bush in 2008?
That would be John and Jeb, the most logical Republican ticket if the party remains in the polling doldrums. If President Bush and his political maestro Karl Rove decide that the only way to create a political legacy is to nod toward the Arizona senator with whom they have battled and feuded, they will go for the guy who can win.

This scenario was outlined to me recently by a shrewd and loyally Democratic political operative with personal ties to the McCain camp before Mark McKinnon, one of the president's top media advisers, publicly confirmed that he would help a McCain presidential run if it materialized.

(snip)

If the Republicans' ethics problems worsen, McCain's Mr. Clean image will look ever more attractive to Republican members of Congress desperate to hold power. If things get really bad, many Republicans will be happy to dump House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and embrace McCain.

(snip)

And here is where Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the president's brother, could be the deal closer. Jeb has said he would not run in 2008. But that does not rule him out as a vice presidential candidate. If McCain won, Jeb would be the No. 2 to a president who will turn 72 on Aug. 29, 2008, and might well serve only a single term. If McCain lost, Jeb would have enhanced national recognition for a run in 2012. If picking Jeb is the price of winning over George W., McCain will pay it.

(snip)

No worry to the Bushies about McCain being re-elected - he'd be too old. And of course, McCain is an old man, so if he has a convenient "heart attack," or perhaps a photogenic "terra-ist assassination" after he is in office, we would be left with Bush III and a big sympathy surge if they are too impatient to wait for the next election. And you KNOW they wouldn't balk at murder if it benefitted them and they could get away with it.

[WhollyHeretic]

10. Benito Mussolini

At least that's the directiion they've been headed over the past 25 years.

[Bossy Monkey]

11. It could happen. Welcome to DU! nt

[Bossy Monkey]

12. What say you, morning folks? (kick) nt