Lawrence O’Donnell thinks the thrice-married Giuliani will deliver the election to the Dems.
When Republican primary voters discover how liberal Giuliani has been on social issues–along with how many wives he’s had and how many gay men he has lived with while waiting for a divorce to come through–they are going to abandon him faster than Democratic voters fled from Howard Dean. But the only way they are going to “discover” Giuliani’s record on social issues is for John McCain to tell them about it. McCain’s campaign has the most vicious attackers in politics today, including Bush campaign graduates and the Swift Boat attack team. They are going to make Giuliani look very bad to conservative voters, but, in the process, they are going to make McCain look bad to moderates he will need in the general election.
The far right Family Research Council, a vital part of the Republican party, says Democrats will win if Giuliani becomes the GOP nominee.
No way Giuliani makes it through a GOP primary. And I believe the same holds true for McCain. I think Romney has the best chance in the primary, but he lacks the star power that RG and JM have that will be needed to beat Hillary. Unless he finds a VP candidate named Jeb…
Lawrence O’Donnell and The Family Research Council. Two entities that have been wrong more I can count.
Neither is exactly a seer on anything.
August said that a while back too. He’s got a pretty good batting average. Better that Jay, certainly.
O’Donnell’s logic about a Mayor not being an appropriate background for the presidency is not valid considering that neither is being a sitting senator such great experience when it comes to running for the White House. Only 2 sitting senators have ever been elected president, Harding and Kennedy. In addition, being mayor of NYC is probably a bigger job then being governor of most states and the majority of our recent presidents have been governors. In any event, no mayor of NYC has ever run for president, until now.
I truly hope that Giuliani is underestimated.
Better that Jay, certainly.
How in the hell would you know?
From the hell hanging around here I guess.
Another take.
The same Real Clear Politics who threw in with Hugh Hewitt and said the GOP would hold power last year?
The same Real Clear Politics who threw in with Hugh Hewitt and said the GOP would hold power last year?
And how many liberal pundits predicted Kerry would win in 2004? And that the Democrats would take back Congress in 2002?
You’ve made incorrect predictions too pal.
Not when the evidence indicating otherwise was so mountainous. What Hewitt & Co. did in ‘06 was the equivalent of stating loudly the Bears would pull it out at 00:30 in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game.
Oliver stop it. If you’re wrong, you’re wrong. You’re saying, “Well, yeah. I was wrong. But Hugh was more wrong.”
Remember ‘A Few Good Men’ where Cruise was questioning Jack:
Jessup: I felt his life might be in danger once word of the letter got out.
Kaffee: Grave danger?
Jessup: Is there another kind?
There’s not another kind of wrong OW.
I am a very loyal republican (although moderate) and I am so frustrated. Giuliani is in the position he is, because he is an incredible leader and one of the smartest people in America. All of you NON-New Yorkers who bash him, dont even know him. He is a real human being, with life experiences just like everybody else. oh, excuse me, except for you religious right-wing holier-than-though robots.