The polls show all the democrats beating all the republicans by decent margins, except for Guiliani, who keeps it close. People favor the democrats now as a party by pretty wide margins. The odds are that congress will increase the democratic majority. Where did the GOP go wrong? I think it's immigration. They appear to be a southern, racist party. They are killing themselves with hispanics, and they need to not hand that voting bloc over to democrats. On the other side, there are conservatives that are mad more is not being done on the border. For me it was Iraq, but I was a left leaning independent. Iraq just turned me off of them completely. Do they have a chance to come back?
2007-09-27 14:45:48 · 22 answers · asked by redguard572001 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I know alot of republicans are riding their bets, by hoping Hilary wins the nomination. They figure moderates will find her way to liberal to vote for. Which is on the money. I don't like her at all. The problem, is that the continued long-term approach to Iraq has turned off the majority of Americans. Thanks to Bush, alot of the middle will lean left, then pick another 20 years in Iraq, including myself.
As for the GOP being saved, Guiliani needs to switch to an exit plan with Iraq.
2007-09-27 15:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
If hillary gets the nod from the dems then the republicans have a better than good chance to keep the whitehouse.
Plus there is plenty of time for the front runner of the dems to pull a howard dean and give the olde Were going to michigan, california, texas ooooowaho yell.
Dems have a habit of sinking their own ship.
there was a shot fired across the bow of their ship the other day when all but one had to admit that they wouldnt be able to have the troops out before before 2013 contradicting their main campain platform of having them out right away.
People got an insight into the fact that they arent going to change anything if elected when it comes to iraq. Put that together with the fact they have majority and unlike their promise have done nothing with it to deliver on their promises.
ADDTION: I love the people on here complaining about the electoral college still they act like it was something new and never was used before the 04 elections.
that is how our presidents are elected and it is how it was before.
No one handed bush the election. You dont just change the way the game is played becuase it didnt get you the results you wanted. Those were the rules before the eleiction
2007-09-27 21:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Geoff C 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I looked at the math last night just based on states I'm fairly certain will go Democrat and I saw 250+ electoral votes in just the ones that were pretty clear. They'll just need to win a few swing states to secure the whitehouse. Assuming they take the same states they did in '04 plus Ohio they will win. Ohio's republican party has been in shambles for the last couple years and it voted out nearly all of the republicans in 06. There is also a good possibility that they take states like Missouri, Iowa, Colorado, Virginia, Nevada and Louisiana. I don't see any states that they will lose from the last presidential election which even surprises me.
2007-09-27 22:01:46 · answer #3 · answered by UriK 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Both parties have a chance. As I see things, both parties or working as hard as they can to loss to the other party.
As for the polls, the vast majority of published polls are rigged to provide whatever results were desired by whoever paid for the poll. Even if they are accurate as of today, 90% of the actual voters will change there mind at least twice in the next 13 months.
2007-09-27 22:33:52 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After Last Night's Debate, The 2008 Presidential Election is now Sen. Clinton's to lose. Barring a Catastrophe or One Hell of an October Surprise, We might as well move The 3rd Clinton Inaugural up a year.
2007-09-27 22:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by Dale B 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If they have Giuliani as a front runner absolutely not.. A pro war candidate is simply unelectable.. Look at the statistics, most Americans don't approve this war.. The republicans have to come up with someone who can meet the views of the majority on the Iraq war issue and there is only one republican that is against the war, Ron Paul..
2007-09-27 21:54:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I didn't think so, I knew that I wouldn't vote for anyone running in either major party. So I considered the Libertarians, and I still am. Then today I heard Newt on Hannity, and suddenly I have some hope. If he runs, the way he says that he might, I think he has a chance.
2007-09-27 21:58:14 · answer #7 · answered by maryjellerson 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The polls are wrong. Gop will win the white house in 2008!
The democrat candidate has way too much dirt everyone knows how corrupt the Clintons are and will vote for national security. Democrat congress has an 11% approval rating and I think that poll is also wrong it's probably .001% approval in reality.
2007-09-27 21:57:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The republicans do nothing to lower taxes or shrink government. so people feel that if we have "gigantic government" most people would like the money to go for helping people and not helping international corporations get more monopoly power, and invest that money over seas to hide it from American taxes... or burning the money in a fireworks show in the desert.
2007-09-27 21:55:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they would get behind Ron Paul, they will easily win the 08 elections. Easily.
2007-09-27 22:19:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋