Bush = Clinton will lose

[JB73]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_el_pr/bush_politics

hehehehe


Says Hillary will win the Dem nomination but lose to whatever Rep candiate there is.

wtg GWB

Bush says Clinton will be Dem nominee

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush, breaking his rule not to talk about presidential politics, says he believes Hillary Rodham Clinton will defeat Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries. Bush also predicts that Clinton will be defeated in the general election by the Republican nominee.

"I believe our candidate can beat her but it's going to be a tough race," the president said.

It has been difficult for Bush to remain silent about the 2008 president race, despite his promises not to be the "prognosticator in chief." He has been talking about the race and handicapping candidates during off-the-record chats with visitors to the White House.

He finally went public with his Clinton prediction in an interview for a book by Bill Sammon, a reporter for The Washington Examiner.

"She's got a great national presence and this is becoming a national primary," Bush told Sammon. "And therefore the person with the national presence, who has got the ability to raise enough money to sustain an effort in a multiplicity of sites, has got a good chance to be nominated."

The White House did not challenge Sammon's account.

"Frankly, it's difficult to not talk about the '08 election a lot," White House press secretary Dana Perino said. "There's a lot of interest in it and it does have consequence."

She denied the notion that Bush was talking up Clinton's prospects to energize the Republican base against her candidacy.

"The bottom line is, it really doesn't matter what the president thinks about who will win the Democratic primary," Perino said. "There's going to be a showdown at the OK Corral and they'll figure out whose going to be the nominee and from there the president will campaign vigorously for the Republican candidate.

Colleen Flanagan, a spokeswoman for Clinton's rival Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, said in a statement: "I can understand why the president would want Senator Clinton to be the nominee."

On the Republican side, Bush has expressed surprise that former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani remains the front-runner despite his liberal positions on social and cultural issues normally critical to the party base, according to The Washington Post. It ran a story about Bush's recent off-the-record chat with television news anchors and Sunday show hosts.

Bush said Giuliani's popularity was a sign of how important the terrorism issue is to Republican voters, the newspaper said. It said Bush cautioned against ruling out Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., saying he had managed to revive his campaign after an implosion earlier this year.

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by JB73
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_el_pr/bush_politics

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Says Hillary will win the Dem nomination but lose to whatever Rep candiate there is.

wtg GWB

this guy has spent eight years sinking the republican party, now he gives a final curse

[myelo]

He's probably figuring the Florida voters haven't gotten any less senile in the past 8 years.

[VWE]

Originally posted by Sixpence
this guy has spent eight years sinking the republican party, now he gives a final curse

Pleeeease, where the frik have you been? Bush had skunked the demonocrats at every turn, pull your head out of the sand.

[lazs2]

He is probly pretty accurate.

hillary is not a likeable person.. a woman can win in America but not a liberal one just yet I don't believe..   she will be her worst enemy when she gets angry and shrewish.

If a man like Fred gets in for the republicans then she will get slaughtered... it will be a relief to vote for him for all the dems holding their nose every time hillary appears.

If rudy get's the nomination... most of the repubs will have to hold their nose but... they will vote for the slimy new yorker.

it will be fun to see who buys the silliest hunting outfit for the photo op... hillary or rudy.

lazs

[Jackal1]

Yep. Billary is probably the best thing that could happen for the Rep. vote.

[midnight Target]

Oh the wailing and knashing of teeth that will be the O-club... I can hardly wait.

[john9001]

yeah, it will be fun to have a democrat in the white house to make fun of again.

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by VWE
Pleeeease, where the frik have you been? Bush had skunked the demonocrats at every turn, pull your head out of the sand.

You must have not seen the results of the last mid term yet eh?

[ChickenHawk]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Oh the wailing and knashing of teeth that will be the O-club... I can hardly wait.

LOL, I was thinking of the exact same phrase.  That alone will be well worth the price of admission.

[Chairboy]

Either Senator Obama or Clinton would be brilliant nominees for the Democratic ticket, as they're both stronger candidates than anyone else making waves in that party right now, but then again, at this point in the 92 campaign, the previous Clinton was still pretty unknown on the national stage, so anything is possible.

I have no idea which party will win, but I'm certain it will be an exciting event.  I'd like to hear more from Mr. Paul.  If he were the Republican or a third party nominee, I think he'd capture a significant portion of the vote that would usually go to the Democratic party.  Would it be a Nader-type upset?  Or will he get a big ticket nomination?

Inquiring minds want to know....

[SkyRock]

I think Dan Gling Chad will win!:aok

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by john9001
yeah, it will be fun to have a democrat in the white house to make fun of again.

Yeah, our current president has been such a joke, we're running out of jokes for him.


ack-ack

[lazs2]

chair... democrats wouldn't vote for ron paul anymore than republicans would vote for nader...  

ron paul as an independent would siphon votes away from republicans.   If the republicans run the slimey new york guy and ron paul runs as an independent.... MT would surely get his wish and have the mommy in his life he has missed all these years out in the cold.

I would like to see fred thompson get the republican bit and have ron paul as vp.  that would be unbeatable.  

Democrats would breath a sigh of relief and vote for it over the menopausal socialist shrew.

lazs

[Dago]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Oh the wailing and knashing of teeth that will be the O-club... I can hardly wait.

We didn't make too much fun of the handsomehunkocrats last time when they just knew Kerry was going to win, and we still won't do it when Hillary gets handed her ass. (who would want that bellybutton anyway?)