"President" McCain Praises "Prime Minister" Cameron
Guido suspects it won't be the last time John McCain praises David Cameron's “new generation of leadership in the Conservative Party” with their “very enthusiastic and clear vision of the obstacles they have to overcome to get a new Conservative majority... From what I know of, and have seen of, Prime Minister Cameron, I mean Mr Cameron, I’m sure he and I are more philosophically aligned..."
Patience, just three more years...
Patience, just three more years...
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I find it encouraging that the Times correctly identified the current US frontrunner. Too many papers and posters citing H. Clinton as if she had a ghost of a chance. It's ludicrous; nobody with the slightest interest in politics should be unaware of her horrible polling numbers vs. R opposition. Most likely she will not win the Dem nomination but if she does, she will be destroyed by any (mainstream) Republican opponent. Her desperate tack to center has been seen through; there's too much on her, too many moonbat quotes, for her to be a serious contender.
McCain, like Cameron, is both truly compassionate & concerned with social justice and truly conservative, esp. fiscally. Unsurprising they would like each other.
Just make sure you do what we tell you limeys!(aligned Republican message)
Int. Observer
Your damn right! The number of times I've had to explain that Hillary Clinton doesn’t stand much of a chance in the Democratic Primary let alone the general election!
Firstly liberals within the party see her as a sell-out while moderate and pragmatic Dems see her as a vote loser and/or too liberal, meanwhile in general election match-ups she’s lucky to break into the high forties against any credible republican.
Admittedly Giuliani, of whom I’m a great fan, is the subject of similarly misplaced attentions – no pro-choice, pro gun-control, pro-gay marriage, divorcee from the north east who’s only ever been a Mayor will stand a chance in a presidential primary especially a republican one lol!
For the GOP McCain would certainly seem to be the frontrunner, however champions from the southern-populist (read – Bush) wing of the party are bound to emerge, most likely in the form of out-going Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee or Virginia Senator and former Governor George Allen.
Within the Democratic Party; Hillary, while she’s unlikely to win will hoover up a not insignificant number of votes on the basis of name recognition and cash in the primaries however the real battle is likely to be between candidates who can present themselves as both “winners” and untainted by the Washington insider tag the two most likely candidates being the moderate Virginia Governor Mark Warner who is proving a dab hand at fundraising and the liberal Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.
Beyond Warner and Feingold there are likely to be other credible candidates, Kerry will probably run again and will have lots of cash, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh will also be able to mount a strong challenge as will a number of other candidates but over all for the Democrats Warner and Feingold seem like the most likely candidates.
While for the GOP I’d imagine it’ll be between McCain and Allen.
McCain's semi-attachment to Republicanism must have resonated with Dave's semi-attachment to Conservatism. In three years time, neither will be in power.
A friend of mine with more than a passing interest in American politics claims Rick Santorum has a chance if he holds his office in the Congressional elections. I like the Republican Party but Santorum is a nutter. I think my friend is wrong, but take solace in the strong possibility that this loon will be rejected by his electorate later this year anyway.
Could we really see santorum spread all across the United States?
McCain is far more R than his Rino image. Small spender, pro life, hawkish on war. His much derided G14 deal saw Bush's judges getting confirmed. Santorum, no chance; he will likely lose to Casey. Anon is right, above. Warner must be the current D fav, and Evan Bayh scares me; telegenic and moderate, he would be an R nightmare opponent. However, the 'netroots' the rabid mouth-frothing loonies of the Dem party who post on the internet, the same base that elected H. Dean, will never let Bayh pass.
A winning ticket would be McCain-Guiliani. Nicely balanced and with a 60% chance of taking NY state = landslide.
Good post Guido. McCain's a significant player in American politics. His remarks, however were a little too positve about Cameron to appear on "Conservativehome".
Dynamite - I suspect I am the only person who has picked up on your Dan Savage reference!
int. observer
I think that McCain would have to pick a representative of the southern fried wing of the party such as Allen or Huckabee to consolidate the GOP’s base, though I’d admit that nationally Giuliani could play very well but all in all I think a southerner from the “Bush school” is most likely, then again McCain – a “Reagan Republican” is ever there was one – could pick someone from the south from his wing of the party say SC Gov Mark Sanford?
As for Santorum, don’t count him out he has a nasty habit of coming back from the political dead and he’ll have plenty of backing from the religious right and a very energised GOP base – on the other hand Casey has a whole lot of capitol with PA voters and should, all in all Casey is the kind of moderate, traditional, hawkish Democrat their national party could really do with and he should be able to win, I should hope.
If McCain is the GOP nominee that me sold, though where Allen or someone else nominated I’d certainly be ready to live with a President Warner especially if he was sensible in who he chose as a running mate (Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln?) and didn’t end up like Clinton as a liberal masquerading as a moderate.
I agree that the “networks” would do for Bayh also he’s rather dull in speaking style though as far as Democrats go he’s pretty decent… overall I prefer Warner who seems able to keep his moderate credentials intact while still being though of highly by the Dem’s liberal activists making him more than competitive in the primaries… most of all I worry what will happen to moderate dems in the Senate like Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor and Max Baucus should a liberal be at the top of the ticket in 2008, losing folks like that is just plain bad for Democracy.
Interesting.
Nobody even mentions Condoleeza.
Like it or not, the next US election is going to be between two women.
Hilary v Condi
You have over-intellectualised the average American voter. This sort of analysis only goes on with the uber-political insiders in New York and Washington.
Jo and Jill Schmo from Minnesota will not be thinking so hard.
Hillary vs Condi lol!
Someone’s been putting way to much store into the ramblings of Dick Morris, who was last seen advising UKIP.
Hillary won’t even be nominated let alone elected nationally for the reasons already discussed namely liberal dislike her and so do moderates within the Democratic party and a majority of voters in general dislike her.
Condi has zero political ambitions and has said so; while there will always be a small base of fans within the GOP a socially liberal black woman with no elective political experience won’t get nominated even though nationally she might well be competitive.
I think overall that Rice is most likely to run for Senate some time in the future if anything, it would also do the United States a service by knocking off Feinstein or Boxer in CA :)
In the end it’s going to probably be Allen or McCain for the GOP and Warner or Feingold for the Dems. Rice won’t even consider it I wouldn’t image and Hillary will never break away from the pack in the nomination battle. If the GOP are sensible and nominate McCain then he wins in a cake walk, if not and its Allen or maybe Huckabee while the Democrats nominate a Warner or a Bayh the race could be competitive… though even this far out I reckon the GOP will have the advantage, especially, as I say, if McCain is the nominee.
Dynamite, Bird - me too.
Other people, try googling Santorum and see what comes up....
I think the most likely ticket for the GOP would be Allen-Giuliani which is about the only way to unite the base whilst appearing moderate. McCain is truly despised by conservatives for no apparent reason, given that he's pro-life and much more fiscally conservative than Bush.
For the Democrats I think there are 5 major candidates: Clinton, Warner, Feingold, Edwards and Bayh. I'd bet on a Warner-Feingold ticket emerging.
Most of the polls so far are just name recognition. However, there was one very interesting one from Rasmussen Reports which shows Allen trailing Warner by 5 points in their home state of Virginia.
Degenerate political betting enthusiasts might like to check the prices at betfair.com. It is rather early in the day but I'm quite tempted to, erm, lay, both Hilary and Condi.
Two words why McCain won't get the nod: McCain-Feingold. (A piece of crap legislation if there ever was one.)
I don't think McCain will get the nomination. I think that Condi would get it if she wanted it. I think any President nominee with half a brain would beg her to be his VP. I think its pretty much a dead cert she needs to be on the ticket somewhere.
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