Mar 28th, 2006, 03:12 PM
I didn't say Santorum would be a good pick, or even that he might be picked, but the GOP is a combination of many sub-parties, and if the Conservative Christian wing got to choose their man, it would be Rick. I said he'd be the Republican Hillary, which means he won't win despite the undying support afforded him by a small but zealous group within his party.
I do agree that McCain is serious about his ambition, but in my heart I do not believe he is compatible with the direction to which the GOP is currently committed. I think that the betrayal he received in his conflict with the Bush campaign will only be diminished by comparison to the betrayal that is coming. I think his ambitions will be manifested in an independent bid that will ultimately help the GOP as much as it hurts the Dems. Probably not in time for 08, though. It's too early to tell for sure, though.
As I said before, the Republicans support those that serve their goals best, and McCain just doesn't do that. I see him as a last resort for them, and their position right now doesn't require them to consider desperate means.
As for Newt, I think he fits the profile, and I believe him to be interested. I don't see him pitching in this year out of boredom or some sort of party loyalty, so I figure he's got aspirations... IF he does indeed come out. It's only talk so far. We'll see what happens when the campaigns get good and started.
If he wanted a cabinet positon, he could and would have had it. He went off to write books and do a little speaking. Whether you agree or not, he's made the Contract a focal point of his legacy and that's sticking, while laying low for a bit has only helped to keep him unstained in the last 8 years of political shitstorm. He may actually have been being groomed, but I think he's just playing out his own design. To that end, I see him rising as far as VP, but that's not a prediction that he'll make it.
I do think that he'd be good there, though.
Who, then, do you see the GOP running in 08, assuming as I do that I am right and McCain won't win the endorsement?
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mburbank~ Yes, okay, fine, I do know what you meant, but why is it not possible for you to get through a paragraph without making all the words cry?
How can someone who obviously thinks so much of their ideas have so little respect for expressing them? How can someone who so yearns to be taken seriously make so little effort?!
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