Could Clark have beaten Bush in a Repulbican primary challenge?

[AP]

He probably could have. And then he would have won the general election, just like McCain probably would have beaten Gore.

So, maybe he wants the Democrats to win (whether he gets the nomination or someone else gets the nomination).

[CMT]

1. No

Bush would have been renominated by the GOP even if Clark ran against him. An incumbent president is rarely denied a renomination. It is the GOP vote which is keeping Bush as high as he is in the polls with up to 90% approval rating.

[bearfartinthewoods]

13. they learned their lesson with the primary challebger to poppy

that will never happen again, in either party, in our lifetime.

[Brucey]

2. Impossible, the Bush machine is too far dug into repug mentality and money

[wndycty]

3. Nope

He is pro-choice
Supports affirmative action
Against Bush tax cuts
Wants to re-examine the Patriot Act.

For him to run in the GOP primary who would have to be a Republican, obviously he is not.

[zeemike]

6. He is today

But what was he when he voted for Regan and Nixon.
I what to know if he still supports the Trickle down economics and the union busting of the Reagan administration.
Has he repudiated any of that ?

[Renew Deal]

4. He wouldn't beat Bush in a primary for the same reason McCain didn't.

[wryter2000]

5. No one could beat Bush eom

eom

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. The GOP machine was going to push Junior no matter what

McCain was infinitely more qualified than that fucking idiot, and the 'Puke leadership didn't give a shit. They banked on the Bush name and Poppy's ability to raise cash.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

8. There Is No Fucking Way

Clark's positions are WAY too liberal, and that's even assuming the Thugs would throw over their incumbent, which would never happen anyway.

DTH

[Orangepeel]

9. of course not.

McCain couldn't beat bush, and bush wasn't (nominally) the sitting president at the time.

[roughsatori]

10. NO NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. No-An Incumbent President Has Never Lost To A Primary Challenge

If the incumbent was that weakened he would drop out of the race like LBJ....

[AP]

12. If Bush can't possibly win, he'll pull a Johnson...

and some Republican leaders will be hoping that someone was in the primaries.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I Think LBJ Was Polling In The 30's When He Dropped Out....

[Cocoa]

15. if Clark wins the dem nomination

then the general election will be a republican primary, kind of, and we can see how he does.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Thanks For Waking Me Up....

I just learned that * is

pro choice

pro medical marijuana

pro Fairness Doctrine

pro gay rights

pro affirmative action

pro univeral health care

pro multilteral foreign policy

......