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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:04 AM Original message |
How do you feel about John McCain getting the nomination? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. I am only worried if Hillary is up against him... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. He's equally capable of cleaning Obama's clock on the experience issue alone. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. I 'feel' that it is likely. He's the most sane of the bunch. Not that this says much, really. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Fortunately, there is no one on the GOP side who would be "good" or "balancing"-- |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Oh yeah? Here's a ticket: McCain-Collins. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Eh, I don't see either of them as VP material. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. A female with bona fides on the GOP ticket WOULD be news. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That reads like all Senators' bios. "Third woman in history", etc. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I am not SAYING she's in the running. McCain hasn't telegraphed ANY intentions. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Lieberman also said he would never turn Republican |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. If it's Obama v. McCain, no prob. Hillary v. McCain--dicey. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. No prob? The "experience" thing is even more of an issue with Obama v. McCain. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I agree. See post #11. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. McCain is old, and he doesn't inspire, and he's been in Washington forever. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Independents who vote Democratic, but "hesistate" when it comes to |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I am willing to bet most Indies would like the war to end. And don't |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I've done a LOT of talking to people of all stripes and walks of life. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am worried about guiliani first, and mccain second |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. G would be good because he poses only a superficial threat and |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. He'll be very difficult to beat....Limbaugh and the Freepers despise him though |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Why don't they like him? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. He stabbed Repubs in the back, repeatedly, and was beloved by the media for doing so. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. They hate Paul, Huckabee, McCain. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't like it. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. McCain is worrisome. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. I am surprised that so many think his losing formula in 2000 is a winning formula in 2008 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Losing formula? That guy was knifed by the Rove machine. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Without the Rove tricks that he totally bent over for, he is in 3rd/4th in both IA and SC |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. This Super Tuesday business changes the dynamic. We'll see how that shakes out. NT |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. McCain looks too old and now is a weak campaigner. He'd be another Dole |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Not with a fresh, aggressive FEMALE VP candidate by his side. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. He is no Dole. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. He is the only one who can beat a Dem nominee regardless of who that is |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think Hillary is best equipped to beat Senior Citizen Cain, aka, |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. I think what Chuck Todd said on Hardball today is the truth. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yep--I heard that today, and Todd nailed it. McCain wins, even when he loses, from now on. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Why does the Corp Media adore McLame? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Because he invited them on his bus, makes jokes, and makes them |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Because many pundits come from the David Broder school of thought. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I've been thinking that for a couple of weeks now. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
32. McCain = * just a different suit. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. His coice for VP concerns me more than he does. I'm really afraid |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. He really impressed me in the first Rethug debate when every time death or killing was mentioned... |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. If McCain becomes the Comeback Kid and I think he will |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
45. NOOO! Please NO! |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
46. McCain is running on the war for the GOP |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
47. McCain seems like stale bread, but when you line up the Republican |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
48. I think there is a very good chance he will be the next President |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. I think people are sick to death of warmongering. Didn't Edwards beat him in the polls? Whoever the |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
50. Worried about McCain, not worried about ANY of the rest of them. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. He's the only one who worries me. I'd have preferred Mittens. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. its odd - at the beginning of the race he seemed laughable |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
53. DEMs have got to worry about that doddering senile old man...he is the ONLY threat to DEMs |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
54. None of the GOPers has any significant charisma... |
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