TIME FOR CHENEY TO STEP ASIDE AS VP?

[rainstorm]

he can use health concerns as a reason. bush will need all the help he can in 04, plus, the reps need a candidate in 08 to fight hillary.
rudy guliani or rice for vp.

[Lindaloo]

I do not believe that Bush will need any help winning the election. We will cross the 2008 bridge when we get to it.

[Guest]

Why change something when its not broken. Just my two cents.

[rainstorm]

because there will be one to challenge hillary in 2008. plus, kerry will be much harder to beat than anyone thinks. one thing to remeber, everytime time bush tries to criticse kerry about foreign policy, the press will jump on him because kerry was a war hero.

[Lindaloo]

Yeah right. Everytime Kerry opens his mouth he contradicts himself. Voters have seen this. The Democratic Party is a big sinking ship.

Do some research on Kerry being a war hero. Search Vietnam.

[Lindaloo]

Read up on your war hero RS.

http://www.usvetdsp.com/jf_kerry.htm

[rainstorm]

thats my point, if any of that is brought up, the press will accuse bush of calling kerry unpatriotic.

[WoodstockWX]

A gallup poll conducted in early JAN before any of the caucases or primaries, showed that if kerry ran against bush in 2004, it would be a tight race...bush 55, kerry 43.

I think bush will probably win the re-election, but it's going to be really close, possibly as close as 2000.

[rainstorm]

i think it can be a blowout bush win, unless the economy goes south. but i also think it is a huge mistake to underestimate kerry, as the press will be on his side.

[WoodstockWX]

this is VERY good to see rainstorm saying a Bush landslide victory is likely because we all know that now it is impossible since she said it.

right now bush has about 50-55% approval and I predicted last month that bush would get 53% of the electoral vote this NOV and I'm standing by it.

[Lindaloo]

thats my point, if any of that is brought up, the press will accuse bush of calling kerry unpatriotic.

People will see though all that hype by the press. The Press hyped Gore too and he lost his own state!! Give me a break.

[j]

The Republicans are the only ones that will care that Kerry protested the war in Vietnam when he returned. The Democrats won't care..in fact they will say he is a great American just exercising his American rights. Bush is too smart to use this when campaigning..hell he won't need to!

Does anybody remember The Democrats out there being upset about the non-inhaling, womanizing, Commie loving Clinton? All that is cast aside for Democrats.

[southerngale]

The press is always on the Democrat's side. This is nothing new and most of America is finally catching on. Why do you think Fox News is #1 now? A lot of people like to think for themselves and not be told how to think.

Anyway, I don't think Bush will have any problems getting re-elected and no way will it be as close as 2000.

[coriolis]

Cheny has probably done an adequate job, but we don't know. At least we haven't heard of any major Snafus. Bush brought Cheny on board because of the experience factor. At this point, I believe that Bush needs to bring in someone new, and give that person an active role in preparation for the '08 election. Bush should do the honorable thing, though and let Cheny finish out this term if he wants to.

[rainstorm]

Cheny has probably done an adequate job, but we don't know. At least we haven't heard of any major Snafus. Bush brought Cheny on board because of the experience factor. At this point, I believe that Bush needs to bring in someone new, and give that person an active role in preparation for the '08 election. Bush should do the honorable thing, though and let Cheny finish out this term if he wants to.

very true!

[BocaGirl]

I think I'm a member of a minority on this board.......you're welcome to flame me all you want......my ultra-conservative husband trashes my political opinions all the time so I'm used to it <g!>...... I am smack dab in the middle of the road!

You could call me a Centrist - I tend to examine each issue on its own merits. And I vote equally for Democrats and Republicans. My household, including our dog, worked really hard last year from the primary to the general election, to get a Republican State Representative elected to the House.

To me, Cheney is a liability to Bush. I see him as a mystery man in ill health, always hiding out in an unconcealed, secure location. Why? What does he do? Why don't we ever see or hear about him? Where is this secret location and why is he hiding there?

The more I hear of his former company Halliburton's dealings in post-Iraq, the more I wonder how closely he's still tied in with it.

The current crop of Democratic candidtaes hasn't done anything to wow me yet. But Cheney.....hmmmm......... The guy seems like he should be more out there in the public eye......especially now in a campaign year.

I'd personally like to see Bush run with someone a little more electric.

Now I know Cheney is able to raise a lot of money among old-time GOP faithfuls. And my husband has wiped the kitchen floor with my comments. (We do a lot of political wrangling in my house. My son says it drives him crazy!!!)

But anyway, those are my thought.

BocaGirl
Barbara

[j]

nothing wrong with your comments Barbara and I doubt you will be flamed for expressing very real concerns. I personally think Bush can do better, but that being said, I also think the ticket is fine as is, or at least good enough to beat the Dems.