Reply #65: I'm not going to base MY vote on which nominee is going to "energize" or "demoralize" the GOP base [View All]

No solid upstanding Republican is going to vote for ANYBODY that we put up and, given their current state of affairs, I don't know how "energized" they will be FOR anybody on THEIR side. I know that Hannity, Limbaugh, et. al are absolutely salivating at the possibility of HRC running so that they can relive their "glory days" of the late 1990's rehashing all of the various Clinton-related "non-scandals" but what they seem to be forgetting is that (Bill) Clinton survived impeachment destroying several prominent Republicans in the process through the subsequent exposure of their own "skeletons", he left office with good approval ratings and still is generally highly regarded by most Americans, particularly among African-Americans, he left behind a much improved economy, and he left behind a world that was relatively at peace and Hillary herself has since then solidly won two terms in the US Senate, so the idea that the 2008 election is at risk for us IF we nominate HRC because it MIGHT "energize" the GOP seems a bit off IMHO. Frankly, I'm not an enthusiastic HRC supporter and probably won't vote for her in the primaries BUT if she wins the primary I'll wholeheartedly support her and vote for her. Also, regardless of what people think about her stands on issues, I would also argue that she, more than Gore v1.0 and Kerry, will almost certainly be more able (and willing) to stand up to the GOP and fight back. In fact, I think that the GOP is actually quite scared of Hillary running and may well be trying to pump her (and their opposition to her) up in order to discourage us from nominating her (reverse psychology?).
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