Who is that candidate?
2007-12-08 04:20:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm not a big Hillary fan, but she WILL get massive support when she wins the nomination. Is there someone who can muster that same support on the GOP side?
2007-12-08 04:29:02 · update #1
There is none. The GOP is so fractured with competing interests, with neoconservative warhawks, fiscal Republicans, and the religious right trying to put their interests in the forefront. Bush has done so much to hurt the Republicans' image that a few candidates have begun to soften their tone and stray from core principles as a way of appealing to moderates and independents, which has angered the conservative "base." Thus, it's highly doubtful the GOP has that one person for all Republicans and conservatives to rally around like they once did with Reagan.
This competing of interests is usually the trait of the Democratic Party, which depends heavily on diverse factions and their interests to keep it afloat. However, the colossal failure that is the Bush occupation of Iraq has galvanized Democratic supporters into uniting behind whichever candidate gets the nomination. (Even though many Democrats have reservations about Hillary's original support for the Iraq invasion, she is still preferable to them over any Republican in the running.) The way these people see it, the only way to truly address domestic issues is to first get out of foreign conflicts, which neither of the Republicans are willing to openly proclaim (with the exception of Ron Paul).
2007-12-08 12:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It is pretty obvious that we do not have that candidate. it is just as obvious that the Democrats do not either.
I think who ever gets the republican nomination will receive record votes especially if Hillary receives the democrat nomination.
2007-12-08 04:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by Locutus1of1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There does not appear to be. Today's GOP has a strong percentage of various narrow-minded groups influencing their politics. If a candidate appeals to one group within the GOP, he turns off the other. Moderates within the party are slipping away. Their own internal prejudices are becoming their own undoing.
2007-12-08 04:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by Chi Guy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can only say that in my area, which is very Christian Conservative (but not necessarily Republican -- Deep South, you know) everyone is on the Huckabee band wagon because they think he will make abortion illegal.
They don't get that a President really can't directly effect abortion law, but what he (or she?) can do is appoint conservative or origionist judges to the Supreme Court.
2007-12-08 04:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by cornbread_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not fired up about any of the Republicans. Similarly, none of my Democrat friends are fired up about the candidates on their side of the board. I've never seen a field comprised of such -- mediocrity.
2007-12-08 04:26:17 · answer #5 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I saw Huckabee on CNN the other night. He may just be the one.
2007-12-08 04:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Joan H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not at the moment, Huckabee and Ron Paul are the only two which may be able to.
2007-12-08 04:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by Edge Caliber 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, All of them, No matter who the candidate is, ALL republican voters will vote for him
2007-12-08 04:25:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Good question, I seriously doubt they can.
However, they will come out in droves to vote for whomever is the candidate.
2007-12-08 04:24:54 · answer #9 · answered by Bubba 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
NO!
2007-12-08 04:52:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋