Sunday, December 13, 2009

Sunday Morning Roundtable II


Each Sunday we take a cue from the Sunday morning political talk shows and encourage discussion and debate on a topic (usually political) from the week. This week’s topic for your commentary:

The next presidential election is still three years away and so it’s time for all kinds of speculation! With a first-term Democrat in the White House, most of the speculation is, of course, on the Republican side.

There was a recent story on cnn.com about an effort to draft Dick Cheney to run for president. I have also heard speculation about Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh as potential candidates. Of course, Mitt Romney could run a second time or there could be first-time presidential runs by other Republicans such as Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. Sarah Palin is out there, too.

Maybe my imagination isn’t creative enough, but I have a hard time envisioning Beck, Limbaugh, or Cheney ever running, let alone having any chance of success. Am I wrong on this? Do you think any of these three could put together serious campaigns? Would you vote for them?

2 comments:

  1. Campaigns put restrictions on candidates: on what they say and how they say it. I can't imagine Beck, Limbaugh or Cheney successfully submitting to a campaign's demands in this regard. The presence of any one of them, however, would make for interesting televised debates!

    I can't see myself voting for any of these three.

    Then again, who would have thought a community organizer, become a senator with a spotty voting record, could have campaigned his way into the White House?

    Didn't vote for him, either!

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  2. I don't know about the rest of the country, but all three would lose in MA, and I'm not old enough to vote anyway.

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