not much to say
I am burnt out. Can you tell?
There seems to be a lot of words flying through media-space regarding next years election (and as of now) non-event, but really not a lot happening.
On the GOP side of the race, Mike Huckabee seems to be making a splash, on the opposite field, Barak Obama seems to be carving out his niche. All this is subject to change, several times, but if I were to call the drama, I would say it will be Giuliani vs Huckabee and Obama vs somebody. This seems, right now, to be the year of the non-conventional candidate.
What does this mean for the usual cutouts such as say, Fred Thompson? I think people are ready for something new, and are willing to gamble on looking past a persons little idiosyncracies. Fred is just too cookie-cutter folksie. Then we have Hillary Clinton. With all respect, (and she does deserve it), she is not electable. She is perhaps, the most qualified candidate out these, by almost any measure, but she is not likeable. She is not Oprah. She is successful and therefore threatening and she has never tried to soften that image. Ain't gonna fly. Rudy Giuliani has some personal baggage that would bring down quite a few other candidates, as does Huckabee and Obama, but the way that they deal with it allows them some wiggle room. Nobody is perfect, voters know it and candidates that can't make allowances for that are going to be standing on the platform when the train pulls out. That means you John Edwards.
These things being noted, it is going to be a long year. Ron Paul may turn out to be a bit more than the "Larry the Cable Guy" of the political scene. All in all, I'd rather be watching reruns of 'the West Wing'...
There seems to be a lot of words flying through media-space regarding next years election (and as of now) non-event, but really not a lot happening.
On the GOP side of the race, Mike Huckabee seems to be making a splash, on the opposite field, Barak Obama seems to be carving out his niche. All this is subject to change, several times, but if I were to call the drama, I would say it will be Giuliani vs Huckabee and Obama vs somebody. This seems, right now, to be the year of the non-conventional candidate.
What does this mean for the usual cutouts such as say, Fred Thompson? I think people are ready for something new, and are willing to gamble on looking past a persons little idiosyncracies. Fred is just too cookie-cutter folksie. Then we have Hillary Clinton. With all respect, (and she does deserve it), she is not electable. She is perhaps, the most qualified candidate out these, by almost any measure, but she is not likeable. She is not Oprah. She is successful and therefore threatening and she has never tried to soften that image. Ain't gonna fly. Rudy Giuliani has some personal baggage that would bring down quite a few other candidates, as does Huckabee and Obama, but the way that they deal with it allows them some wiggle room. Nobody is perfect, voters know it and candidates that can't make allowances for that are going to be standing on the platform when the train pulls out. That means you John Edwards.
These things being noted, it is going to be a long year. Ron Paul may turn out to be a bit more than the "Larry the Cable Guy" of the political scene. All in all, I'd rather be watching reruns of 'the West Wing'...
posted by eccentric recluse at 7:53 AM
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Comparing Ron Paul to Larry the Cable Guy?
Worth a laugh.
OK, that is a stretch, but you have to admit that Ron paul does use the same dryness of humor to get his point across. He has to, without some deprecation, he would fade into the woodwork.
ER
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