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Edited on Tue Jul-10-07 10:15 PM by leftist.
I was listening to Hannity earlier today (yeah, I know) and he seemed particularly giddy at the thought of two of their three front runners (Romney, Thompson, and Giuliani) joining together for the ticket. This has been suggested here on DU with respect to Obama and Clinton (sorry Edwards fans) and this got me thinking about a Clinton/Obama ticket vs any combination of Republikan front runners. I'm from NYC and lived there during Giuliani's reign and I "like" Giuliani as a candidate because I think he's incredibly easy to beat (anyone from NYC or NJ, or really anyone who's been paying attention over the last 10 years knows this is true). So I started sizing things up:
If Romney is the candidate just about any Democratic ticket can win and it doesn't matter who the VP is.
If Giuliani is the candidate a Clinton/Obama ticket could win by a) just being themselves and b) playing up the fact that NYC isn't going to elect Rudy and that's what Rudy is trying to run on (i.e. being mayor of NYC on 9/11 - and as a side-note I think the Democrats should have pushed 9/11 harder during the 2004 election because the places where it happened - NYC, DC, and PA - aren't voting for Republikans who run on 9/11).
If Thompson is the candidate and Romney is the VP it's another easy win regardless of who the ticket is. But ...
If Thompson is the candidate and Giuliani is the VP, how does DU think this will go?
It's late and I'm drinking and really just typing this out for my own benefit because I need to get my head around it, but in the event that someone does actually read this and feel the need to respond, what do you make of a Clinton/Obama ticket vs a Thompson/Giuliani ticket?
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