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bidenista

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Mon Jan-28-08 02:43 PM
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Nightmare GOP tickets

Regardless of our nominee, which ticket would you least want to be fighting this November?

I reckon McCain/Huckabee would be tough; McCain as a draw on the independents, sane Repubs, and a few Dems, while Huckabee would energize the crazytroopers of the base. That said, I think JRE, HRC and BHO all have it in them to beat that line-up.

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Mike Daniels

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Mon Jan-28-08 02:48 PM
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1. Any ticket with Huckabee is a nightmare for the Repubs. not the Dems.

My father-in-law who is an economic conservative has implied he would sit out the election if Huckabee was on the ticket in any capacity.

I have a feeling that Huckabee scares the sh*t out of a significant number of Republican leaning voters as well.

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bidenista

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Mon Jan-28-08 02:50 PM
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2. maybe

But the Taliban wing were important in 2004, and they seem disaffected by most all the candidates apart from Huck.

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JPZenger

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Mon Jan-28-08 02:56 PM
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3. Most VPs don't turn off voters

In the end, it appears that VP choices don't have much influence on voters. There may be an exception with McCain - because he would be 75 at the end of his first term.

I personally think McCain/Huckabee vs. Obama/Richardson. However, McCain may try to heal his party with a VP who has unquestioned credentials as both a fiscal and religious conservative. Many fiscal conservatives distrust Huckabee because he appears to care too much about blue collar Americans.

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cascadiance

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Mon Jan-28-08 03:15 PM
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4. Nightmare tickets on both sides for the corporate types? Huckabee/Paul vs. Edwards/Kucinich

I'm guessing that would drag out Bloomberg to run and suddenly choices beyond the two party system being becoming "in style" with the corporate media propaganda.

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