If you could choose the GOP candidate in '08--who would you want it to be?

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: If you could choose the GOP candidate in '08--who would you want it to be?

Which of the Republicans talking or being talked about possibly running would you like to see our Dems up against?

[demnan]

1. Jim Gilmore

of Virginia. Because this asshole couldn't win the contest of Dog Catcher in a Lynchburg Christian College.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Other - Not constitutionally possible

but if I could choose the GOP candidate it would be george w. bush with dick cheney as his running mate.

[tk2kewl]

4. How about Cheney/Jeb?

That ought to rake in the votes.

[adigal]

3. I used to be afraid of McCain

but he has jumped the shark with Bush, and I don't believe he is a viable candidate any longer. Even my republican mother finally gave up on the warmongers.

[Blackhatjack]

5. I was hoping for 'Little Ricky' Santorum, or 'Cat Killer' Frist ...

But after Condi finishes testifying this week, she would be the easiest to beat.

Totally unqualified to hold that position, willing to lie to protect Bush, disingenuous, etc.
And do not forget she is a noted 'shoe shopper' in times of crisis --but then again, compared to Bush that would be an asset.

Any Democrat should totally destroy her as the Republican nominee.

[kwyjibo]

6. Dan Quayle

[RobofSWVA]

7. other

Repel the term limit amendment! George W. Bush and George Allen. I think Tricky Dicky is too old to run again as VP.

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me a third time, I probably don't deserve a good president in the first place.


Who would be easier to beat than Dubya?

[noonwitch]

8. I think, from the GOP stance, that Hagel is the best candidate

He's critical of Bush about the war, but he's still basically a conservative, which keeps the base happy. But he's a steady guy, not known for crazy remarks (McCain) or a promiscuous lifestyle (Rudy). If Hillary ends up being the Dem candidate, it would be hard for her to beat Hagel.

From a democratic point of view, Condi would be the best nominee, because racists will stay home, or will vote democratic. It's an ugly way to look at it, though.

[Time for change]

9. The question is

Do we want someone who is relatively (compared to other candidates) tolerable, but has a reasonably good chance of winning, or someone who is intolerable but who has we believe has no chance?

At one point in 1980 I thought it might not be a bad thing if they nominated Reagan, since I thought he was too extreme to have any reasonable chance of winning.

So, I don't know what to say.

I think that McCain, Gulliani, and Hagel would be the most tolerable of the bunch listed by you, but I also think that they would have the best chance of winning. So I'm not sure what to hope for.

Hagel has been outspoken recently against the war. But he owned a voting machine company, and I believe that he still does.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Be careful what you wish for... Many of us thought Reagan was the weakest candidate.

We, naively, thought that nobody with more than two brain cells would vote for the faux cowboy idiot.

[Totallybushed]

11. Jeb.

A guaranteed Democratic victory

[Gruenemann]

12. Ron Paul has just announced he's running. eom

[DuaneBidoux]

13. Rice, because after Iraq she wouldn\'t stand a snowball\'s chance in hell.