My dangerous election predictions

Predicting the future is always dangerous. But here is my '08 election prediction -- subject to revision later:
-- Hillary Clinton will get the Democratic Party nomination and pick Bill Richardson as her running mate.

-- Giuliani will get the GOP nomination and pick Mike Huckabee as his running mate.

-- A month into the campaign the GOP will start wishing Huckabee was at the TOP of the ticket.

-- Hillary will win a big Electoral Vote landslide and a smaller, but still impressive popular vote landslide.

-- Hillary Clinton will take the Oath of Office with an approval rating of only about 45%.

-- Expanded Democratic majorities in the Congress will finally increase the pressure to end the occupation of Iraq.

I would prefer Clark as VP but I can see Richardson as a balance to HRC, altho a bland one (that may be a good reason for her to pick him).

I like your Rudy/Huckabee combo. They are both wackadoo enough to drive voters to the Dem ticket!

Hillary probably won't be at 45% but it won't be too much higher. She will, however, do everything possible to get past the deadlock in Iraq and will strive mightily to get universal health care passed.

You are right about the majorities in both houses of Congress. We are already seeing red state turning bluer. Kentucky just did yesterday! The deep south prolly will remain red, poor, undereducated, crime and poverty ridden places. If HRC is smart she will try to help them because there are good people there who don't deserve their fate.

Rudi might have a different Veep pick, but that's not really important. Hillary isn't my fave, but I'll certainly take her over anyone the Republicans are offering.

States. He could prove to be trouble.

not good in debates and not a great campaigner, and not good-looking (yes, that will matter). Huckabee won't be on any ticket--Wayne Dumond. Also, he's not a conservative--he's like a pro-gun, pro-life Democrat to the Freeper crowd. They REALLY don't like him. I agree that Hillary will win, but not by a big popular-vote margin.

Cheney will resign before the end of his term due to threat of Impeachment.

Huckabee is very rigid in his beliefs and positions, and that comes across in one on one interviews. It makes him less effective as a running mate to any Repub seeking independents/undecideds and unaffiliated voters.

... and would be perfectly positioned to run for President once the Dem President serves out his term(s).

I'm unclear why you think Clinton would do so.

I mean, I hope you're right...but what in the current behaviour leads one to believe they would?

Including some new faces.

they're doing it in large numbers. So, there would have to be also a changeover of a lot of existing spineless dems with real dems in order for what you say to actually happen.

will make spines less necessary.

they need spines to get to the point where they need no spines.