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?
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?
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!
ReplyDeleteI 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!
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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