Peaceful GOP benefits Bush

[Terri]

Peaceful GOP benefits Bush

Tom Baxter
Atlanta Journal

The next presidential election is too late for Pat Buchanan and too soon for Roy Moore. This aspect of the campaign hasn't attracted any headlines, but it's the single biggest strategic advantage George W. Bush has going into 2004.

To understand why, consider how important it has been for presidents -- going all the way back to William Howard Taft, who lost re-election to Woodrow Wilson after his former mentor, Theodore Roosevelt, opposed his renomination, then ran against him as a Bull Moose -- to avoid challenges from within their own party.

In 1992, the previous President Bush entered the campaign in seemingly good shape against his future Democratic opposition, but he first had to overcome a primary challenge from the anti-free trade wing of his own party.

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[Floridaguy]

Quote[/b] ]In 1992, the previous President Bush entered the campaign in seemingly good shape against his future Democratic opposition, but he first had to overcome a primary challenge from the anti-free trade wing of his own party.
I hope that GW can focus on the General, and no one launches any attempt at a "primary" against him, but I am quite certain that he has at least as large an anti-free trade wing of his party now as his dad did, not to mention an even larger anti-illegal immigration wing. Perhaps I am being naive, but I still believe in my heart that GW's second term will be far more conservative than his first. Things usually take on a decidely different look once that pesky re-election situation is out of the way for the following four years..... mainly because no matter what GW does his 2nd term that the moderates or liberals hate, the party or its candidates for 2008 can "blame" it (very conservative policies) on GW rather than on "Republicans", when they run for the office themselves.

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[2True]

Kinda surprising the Dems don't put up a trojan ala Ross Perot to sap conservative/GOP votes. They have so many big donors that could afford to donate $2000 twice (once for the trojan and once for the real Democrat candidate).

[2True]

Quote[/b] (Floridaguy @ Nov. 23, 2003 -- 3:13 pm)]Perhaps I am being naive, but I still believe in my heart that GW's second term will be far more conservative than his first.
Let's face it: If his second term is any less conservative we're all in big trouble....



Actually...I take that back. It is our children who are in big trouble. I don't even want to see the day we have a new entitlement bigger than that monstrocity they just passed. $400B my a$$. It'll be in the trillions before my kid gets to college.

[markinthedark]

The other side has three big problems, poor recruiting, bad policy, and revolting candidates. They have built this trap for themselves.
I do not like the prescription drug bill, it is a prescription for bankruptcy, but in the short term it has exposed Kennedy & Co for the self-serving parasites that they are.
That was the only thing they had left to run on, and they betrayed one of their most powerful constituency groups trying to stall it.
The black vote, the union vote, the women's vote, the Latino vote, and even the gay vote all have big splits going R this year. They are doomed, and their death throws are going to be very entertaining. http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/usflag22.gif