Comments on: Moe Lane gets something wrong.

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:47:30 +0000

w/ enough lead time.

All this is too much. The stars aren’t going to line up.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if in 2012 a great deal of Democrats find themselves wishing it was Hillary instead of Obama.

By: observant

observant — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:40:17 +0000

one leg at a time, we must all forsake the pajamas and don camouflage. we must forsake the garage for the battlefield. we must be willing to send the best and brightest on missions with uncertain results. not a task for the indelicate, nor for the faint of heart. I reckon there are no caucuses for the republican party, but after a search I am wrong. Still are the results non-binding?

By: Bill Higgins

Bill Higgins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:23:59 +0000

I thought that Obama would nominate Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court to get her out of Democratic Party politics

By: scarlos

scarlos — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:41:42 +0000

The last 3 presidents to lose re-election campaigns had to ward off primary challenges from their own party (Ford in 76, Carter in 80, and Bush Sr. in 92), so a democratic primary challenge is at least a bad omen for Obama.

But I wouldn’t bet on her running again, simply because her role as Sec of state ties her to the administration (and it’s failures) too much to differentiate herself from him (a problem she had last year too).

if he does face a challenge, my money is on a young Hispanic liberal.

By: charliebravoNH

charliebravoNH — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:56:12 +0000

Michael Steele also has the option of setting up a 15 person commission on the primary process. He should set this commission up. This primary process is a joke, especially here in NH. It is not fair many people in other states get shut out, because the nominee gets chosen early on.

A lot of the people I talk to here in NH are sick of the whole 1st in the nation primary thing. The TVads, robo calls, push polls and junk mail and signs all over the place. This goes for an entire year before the primary.

For the GOP NH has been a disaster. With its same day voter registration open primary. Registered Republicans here don’t even pick their own winner here. Independents do, and Democrats will join them in 2012. In 2008 McCain won the independents, Romney won the Republicans and McCain won the primary. McCain’s campaign would have ended here if Romney had won. Pat Buchanan in 1996, John McCain in 2000 and 2008 won here because of independents. What happens here being the first in the nation primary is the Republican vote is spread across many candidates where the independents coalesce around one or two.

It is time for some new thinking in regards to the GOP presidential primary.

By: Max Venom

Max Venom — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:40:56 +0000

BHO and his clandestine operatives have been planning this ever since they decided to manipulate the U.S. Census to redistrict.

And where are the Republicans on this? (….pin drop….)

This is straight out of the Gestapo playbook, revised for our system.

By: Gengisdon

Gengisdon — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:10:29 +0000

I mean, after all, part of the reason why we bloodied ourselves almost to the convention floor was because we weren’t clever enough to have multiple winner-take-all primaries. Republicans did not have this problem, thus allowing McCain’s wins in a few key states to register 100%, not 35% or 45%. I’m all for competitive primaries, but 2008 was pretty textbook on how NOT to do it.

Can you imagine if McCain did not have a majority of delegates and Huckabee or Romney (or both!) took it to the convention floor? Even if the anti-McCainites and/or Huckabee and Romney partisans around here think that would have been a good idea, surely you don’t, for obvious reasons.

More points for the soft touch on Michigan and Florida too – losing half their delegates is infinitely more palatable than having their delegation stripped of credentials entirely.

In all seriousness, both parties, and the country as a whole, would have much to gain by not allowing the same two states, with all their unique quirks, to hijack the process every presidential election. I personally thank (blame) Iowa for Kerry in 2004.

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:50:46 +0000

If Zer∅’s agenda is passed, it wouldn’t surprise me for some Dems to start calling for Hillary to run.

Of course, that scenario is highly correlated w/ an outlook for a likely Dem loss in the general. So, no, I don’t see the possibility of an actual Hillary 2012 candidacy. But don’t think the need for a Democratic 2012 Hail Mary is out of the question.