What if a repub wins the 2008 election?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

OK, taking a moment... :puke: .

But for the sake of argument...who would be the best choice to at least communicate with the dem party without guns drawn?

[Olney Blue]

1. If we can't win the 2008 election, it won't matter.

[BamaLefty]

2. I dunno actually

But I do fear a Repuke winning in 08-- and I think it'll happen.

[MissWaverly]

3. there will be no communication

if the neocons win again, they will freeze out the democrats in their attempt to
attain a new world order.

[Poiuyt]

5. Not all Republicans are neocons

But I think right now they are intimidating any moderate or traditional conservative.

[MissWaverly]

19. The Neocons have seized their party and still control it

see their attempt to put Tom DeLay back in power, who would want that in an election
year, why the Neocons, of course. They want to use power as a bludgeon to create
their global war machine.

[femmocrat]

4. Could it be pre-ordained?

This dreadful possibility could be pre-ordained. First, through the Help America Vote Act, they are forcing the country to adopt their electronic voting machines with no paper trails. Second, it is entirely plausible that Cheney will step down (due to health or scandal) and they will appoint George's successor to become VP. Scary, isn't it? Another reason why we dems have to get out there and work our butts off in the 2006 elections to take back Congress.

[Laelth]

23. Welcome to DU

:patriot:

-Laelth

[FrenchieCat]

6. If they win in 2008...

then we have us a one party system....not a democracy.

Can you say "Facism"?

[dannofoot]

7. Any one of them would be a nightmare but...

...some nightmares are worse than others, right?

Of possible GOP candidates, "some people say" that McCain already has the nomination sewn up. While it appears he has a hair-trigger temper, he would likely be less of a nightmare to this country than George Allen, Mike Pence, Condoleeza Rice or Tom Tancredo.

[usregimechange]

8. That is not an option!

[EFerrari]

9. If you all don't wake up about election fraud,

you better get ready for Jeb. :(

[Katherine Brengle]

13. have you seen "invisible ballots"? i highly rec for everyone here.

it shows all of the potential problems of electronic voter fraud and glitches--and hilights the importance of a paper trail.

This is definitely an issue we all need to stay on if we want ANY chance in '08.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

10. I'll Tell Ya What. We Win Back Control Of Congress In 06, The The Risk Of

of who's elected president in 08 diminishes greatly.

First things first. Congress in 06. That's my only focus right now.

[marmar]

11. You can write and tell me all about it...

at my new home in the Netherlands, 'cause that would be the last straw. :smoke:

[Katherine Brengle]

12. when at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, again.

[Ksec]

14. I dont think there is a choice

Divisions are too great. Even their moderate McCain has drank the KoolAid. Hes gone .

[Nevernose]

15. We don't have a shot at 2008

I'm not trying to be defeatist here, just realistic. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are both good, solid candidates, candidates so viable that Democratic fertility doctors have wet dreams about them. If one of those guys makes it past the primaries, I think we're screwed.

How screwed are we? My family hasn't voted for a Republican since the Civil War; my folks ran the local campaing for George McGovern -- in Texas; I canvassed door-to-door for Clinton in '92 -- also in Texas. My father, in fact, was at one time the only registered Socialist in East Texas. And even we still think John McCain -- though we disagree with him on virtually every issue -- is at least a man of integrity. Usually, or at least until recently.

In 2008, I will be focusing more on state and local elections than I was in previous elections, perhaps forgoing MoveOn and ACT, focusing instead on individual campaigns and the local Dems. Then again, I kind of need to see what hand we're dealt first, right? I'd take Obama over anyone the Republicans have to offer any day of the week.

[tritsofme]

16. It depends on what Republican it is.

If its a Hagel or a McCain it wouldn't be the end of the world.

Frist or Allen?

You're just looking at an extension of Bush.

I can think of very few candidates or strategies that can find their way to 270 electoral votes against McCain.

[corporate_mike]

17. he's gonna be the President :)

[upi402]

18. Bush lost both times, so there will be a Republican "win" in '06

so the crooks can pardon each other and then cement '08 with corrupt set-ups of every ilk.

-just a skeptical thought there, but seems reasonable as I reread it.

[Appalachian_American]

20. Hagel

But if that isn't possible, maybe Guiliani.

[saltpoint]

21. The Democrats should win this one but we have to nominate a

candidate who does not frighten the locals.

Senator Clinton is smart, successful, and female. That's not a problem for men and women who honor individual human accomplishment, but it is a MAJOR problem for men and women who are threatened by it when it is achieved by a woman.

Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota and New Hampshire in my guess all go red if Senator Clinton is our nominee. McCain or Allen would coast to an easy victory, setting up 8 more years of Rethug rule.

[DanCa]

22. I would say the Greens have unintentionally struck again.

We need that percentage of the vote that the Greens take away from the base of the Democratic party. It happened in 2000, it happened in 2004, it has a good chance of happening again in 2008. Of course I am not telling anyone how to vote, just stating the obvious.

[AndreaCG]

24. They won't win

Stealing it again is a definite possiblity however.