Originally Posted by bhallg2k
Giuliani is a Republican (and former mayor of NYC), so it's highly unlikely he'll run for president as a Democrat. Although it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him run. He'll just do it as a Republican.
McCain is too moderate for the conservative base of the Republican party. In 2000, Bush and the conservatives treated him horribly with push polls and basically lying about him to the electorate in the South Carolina primary. He's the only Republican politician whom I respect without reservation. I'd vote for him, depending on the opposition, and I'm liberal.
Unless John Edwards pulls his head out of his ass, I hope he doesn't run. As soon as all the exit polls came in from the 2004 election, he swiftly made a move towards the right by talking non-stop about how important his faith it to him and damn near nothing else. That's all good to me, I just happen to think he was pandering with another run in mind.
Hillary is the odds-on favorite to be the Democratic nominee and she'll get slaughtered in a general election. People may say they're ok with a female president, but they won't be when alone in the voting booth. Plus, she's got kind of a shady history with the law firm in Little Rock where she used to work, which Republicans are sure to use for their advantage. They'll do the same in a whisper campaign against her because of where she went to college. The rumors will be that she's a ultra feminist lesbian. No one will say it publicly, at least none of the candidate will. But just watch and see. The talking heads on TV won't shut up about it.
So, I think it'll be Giuliani/Rice vs someone who'll manage to fuck up for the Democrats. With a black woman on the ticket and knowing that Democrats will move to right instead of the left, which cost them in 2004, it's a no-brainer to me.
I wish the people I would want to be president would run. But good people almost never do.
