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   From: bio_dudeNOSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   James Monroe  wrote in   
   news:2fkv201mfu181mgu6dppq3bv55efrkcp01@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 18:01:50 GMT, Steven Litvintchouk   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>James Monroe wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 04:18:10 GMT, Roedy Green   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>With Bush going down the tubes, and no good news for him in sight   
   >>>>(e.g. Mikey's movie Fahrenheit 911), who could pick up the   
   >>>>Republican standard and have a decent shot at winning?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>McCain is probably the best bet.  He has distanced himself   
   >>>>reasonably   
   >>>   
   >>>>from Bush.  Others who opposed the Patriot Act or who demanded proof   
   >>>   
   >>>>on the Iraq war might appear sufficiently clean.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I think McCain would win in a landslide.   
   >>   
   >>No candidate could win with a divided party.  And attempting to tear   
   >>the nomination away from an incumbent president is one of the most   
   >>divisive things you can do to a political party.   
   >>   
   >>We saw that when Ted Kennedy ran against Carter in the 1980 primaries   
   >>and tried to take the nomination away from him, the Dem party became   
   >>so badly split that they couldn't unify behind either one of these men   
   >>in time to stop Reagan.   
   >>   
   >>We saw a similar thing in 1992, when Pat Buchanan ran against Bush 41   
   >>in the primaries.  The GOP ended up badly split and this helped   
   >>Clinton win.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>-- Steven L.   
   >   
   > All true, but McCain is a pretty well thought of guy.   
   >   
   > I'm sure bush would never step aside for the good of the country or   
   > party so it's not about to happen, but sill I believe McCain running   
   > would lock up the white house for the republicans for a least another   
   > four years.   
   >   
   >   
      
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