Comments on: Fear Factor

By: calling all toasters

calling all toasters — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:42:33 +0000

Giuliani will be by far the toughest. Can run convincingly toward the middle, all the time shrieking “9/11! 9/11!” to stir up the base. Both aspects will have the Broderistas creaming in their jeans. He’s also not going to be blamed for Iraq, unlike McCain. And not one Republican alive will give a crap about his personal history–he’s much more likely to install a police state than anyone else, and that’s way more important to them.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:53:46 +0000

I’m not underestimating any of them. Any GOP candidate will be formidable with a determined GOP and a pliant media on their side. I just say, of the options, Giuliani will be the least tough. All tough, but Rudy less so.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:54:56 +0000

No, Br’er Bear, don’t throw me in that thar birar patch!

It was Br’er Fox who chucked the rabbit into the briar patch.

Your point stands undiminished, the error notwithstanding.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:31:56 +0000

I think you underestimate Giuliani as well.

Also, don’t let McCain get a pass on Iraq because of his Vietnam credentials. The Republicans sure didn’t give Kerry a pass. We have to tie Iraq around his neck and choke him with it!

By: Hedley

Hedley — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:41:48 +0000

Please continue to underestimate Giuliani. It will make it that much easier for him to beat Obama.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:33:14 +0000

“Thought occurred to me that a national scale presidential campaign for someone like this could well turn into the Katherine Harris Follies Part II.”

But the media would report that has him being decisive and a strong leader.

I honestly believe the Dems biggest opponent this election cycle is the media and not the Republic Party.

By: dry_fish

dry_fish — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:59:52 +0000

McCain will get a pass from much of the public on Iraq because it is very likely that his son Jimmy will be serving in al-Anbar before the end of the year.

Giuliani is the hardest to figure because despite his weakness with the conservative base in a general election, his potential strength in the northeast (NY, NJ, CT, PA) puts any dem nominee in a tough spot.

By: Rheinhard

Rheinhard — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:17:13 +0000

CS - was listent to Air America while driving this afternoon and heard some discussion on Giuliani’s hotheadedness and willingness to fire anybody who disagrees with him. Thought occurred to me that a national scale presidential campaign for someone like this could well turn into the Katherine Harris Follies Part II. “Tonight on CNN, as Giuliani fired his third campaign manager this week, we have interviews with a dozen staffers that have also resigned in disgust…”

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:03:55 +0000

Giuliani is an authoritarian ass who will fire anyone who disagrees with him. He could win the GOP nomination because of that.

By: Diamond LeGrande

Diamond LeGrande — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:27:15 +0000

Guiliani is the scariest. Romney isn’t worth a mention. His campaign exists only in the minds of the Weekly Standard crowd. Bush championing McCain’s doomed troop increase is the best way Bush can say “Screw you” to McCain.

If it smells power, the Right will ignore Rudy’s transgressions so long as he talks a good game. Reagan, whom the Right fellates (and literally in some cases, I have no doubt), was divorced and a former Screen Actors’ Guild president.