and if Bush doesn't seek reelection?

[LastRobot]

I keep thinking that if the current trend continues, Bush will announce that he has accomplished all he wanted to in four years and will not seek reelection.

Are we prepared to run against a different Republican? And who might that be?

[indigo32]

1. I'm sorry but

thats just nuts.... of course he's gonna run.

[joeybee12]

2. If the Dems had balls, they'd be calling for him to resign...

...that's nuts too, cuz it ain't gonna happen!

[Bluzmann57]

7. He never really got elected

and the Dems should be calling for his head. Oh yeah, he'll run again. Personally, I wish he'd run away and hide.

[goddess40]

13. reSelection

Let him run, if the rest of the Amuricans (other then those who post here) have half a brain he should be handed his hat.

[Booberdawg]

4. Agree

there's not a snowballs chance in hell he's not gonna run

[Snow]

18. Someone else already said so, but Johnson's announcement

came as an enormous surprise. I was college age at the time, and I think I was politically aware enough that I would've heard hints. 'Course, we didn't have this wonderful means of communication, and I was living in a backwater - Indianapolis - but I remember watching his speech on the tube (yes, we had tv back then - it was even in color) - at my girlfriend's house, and even her parents (who were anti-war avtivists) were suprised. The reason everyone thought at the time was Gene McCarthy's win in New Hampshire, so watch New Hampshire. What would happen if we had an anti-war etc candidate running against * in his own party?

[Nashyra]

8. I wouldn't call it nuts

I have thought that it was certainly possible. My guess it would be McCain or Hagel to replace him. McCain would counter Clark and of course Hagel's relationship to Diebold would be interesting. Think about the fact that if there is a new Repug candidate and they use the voting machines to steal the elections there is not as much polling history and it would be very easy to explain away a victory of the candidate behind in the polls as a "wildcard"

[Fovea]

14. I figured it would be

DeLay or Hatch.

[indigo32]

16. But think about what it would look like

for them if that happened. Nope...they've put all their eggs in ONE basket.

[ixion]

3. when the truth comes out...

that is, makes it to the mainstream, the repugs are going to look like the evil swine that they are, and will have to work just to regain lost credibility. Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic, but really, look at what they've done with 'full control' over the gov't. They have made one of the worst messes in US history.

Or I could just be day dreaming... because the mainstream media is just as responsible, so they may never let the truth be known.

[Cat Atomic]

5. I expect we'll all be too busy dodging the flying pigs to notice.

.

[freethought]

6. There is no way * isn't running for reelection

Accept it!

[LastRobot]

9. I'm basing this on....

I'm basing this hypothetical on expectations in politics. Here in NJ in 2000, everyone expected the Senate race to be Whitman vs. Florio -- a replay of the 1993 gubernatorial race. It ended up being Corzine vs. Franks. No one expected Whitman to drop out and I'm still trying to figure out how Corzine beat Florio -- although I now really respect and appreciate Corzine. That same year, everyone expected NY to be Guiliani vs. Clinton. Who expected Guiliani to drop out? In politics things never happen the way you expect them at first glance.

Besides, we should be ready just in case.

[LoneStarLiberal]

15. Senatorial v. Presidential

I think the difference in dynamics between a senate race and a presidential race are substantial enough to prevent this type of manouver. While a Senate race is as close to a Presidential race as our political system gets, the gulf between Presidential and Senatorial is substantial.

Plus I am of the opinion that the forces that back Bush are in no hurry to see him leave; he's the best thing that happened to environmental deregulation, corporate welfare, and the defense industry since Richard Nixon.

[bif]

10. What, and pass up 4 more years of free golf?

You must be joking.

[kclown]

11. Be very satisfying to beat him, but

he's on a losing streak now and there aren't any signs of
improvement ahead.  Johnson retired in eerily similar
circumstances.

The Repubs haven't forgotten that he barely "won" in
2000, and things have not improved.  

I've always said that * & Poppy don't belong to the
Republican Party, they belong to the George Bush Party.  A
dustup between those two Parties would be quite a spectacle.

[ShimokitaJer]

12. Interesting

Given the potential public opinion backlash against Bush, can you imagine the GOP taking a page from the DLC handbook and rushing toward the center?

Just imagine: McCain vs. Lieberman
Snowe vs. From
Chaffee vs. Wellstone (as a dead liberal, he'd defend)
(Democratic principles at least)
(as well as a typical DINO )

By the way, in my fantasyland I look just like Brad Pitt.

[Yupster]

17. Colin Powell

if the Bush people control the party and can get him to do it.

John McCain if they don't.