Quality not quantity.Reader Nilus said:Leaves few politicians to vote for does it not? I like to vote for pro-choice politicians and that gives me lots of folks to vote for.
Reader Nilus
trunks2k said:McCain I could withstand, but he lost a bit of respect from me in the last couple months of the election - he just seemed to be parroting talking points too much.
Obama, if he stays as interesting as he was this year, will be a possible presidential candidate down the line. But I can't see him being a candidate in 2008; he just won't have the experience. He might have a good chance of winning when he does run. A lot of people seem to like him and he won his race by a landslide. But then again, he was running against Alan Keyes.
Illinois has actually always been a predominately Republican state. Cook county Illinois is the only county where a Democrat ever really has a chance of getting elected. Every other county in the state is mostly republican. We went 25 years with only Republicans as Governor. I was surprised when both of the last 2 presidential elections went to the Democrats. But one of the reasons could be that the last Republican Governor was George Ryan and his administration was laced with scandal. If Fitzgerald ran again against Obama, he probably would have won, as he was a popular senator. Obama won because the Illinois Republican party couldn't put a decent challenger against him.wvernon said:Not only was he running against Keyes, but he is Senator for a predominately Democrat state. Kerry won with like 65 percent or something.
Vylo said:I would have to look a bit more into the Governator, but he is a republican I could see myself voting for.
Is there any restriction for being US born for VP?
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Yes. The vice president must be able to serve as president, which for now means that he must be native born.
This rule could be changed be constitutional amendment, but I think a majority of Americans still have difficulty with the idea that people born elsewhere can really be Americans.
I think you'll be disappointed.Vylo said:I'm hoping so far for Obama vs McCain in '08.
crimedog said:Interesting considering the first presidents were foreign born.Vylo said:I would have to look a bit more into the Governator, but he is a republican I could see myself voting for.
Is there any restriction for being US born for VP?
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Yes. The vice president must be able to serve as president, which for now means that he must be native born.
This rule could be changed be constitutional amendment, but I think a majority of Americans still have difficulty with the idea that people born elsewhere can really be Americans.
I think the change is inevitable... but there definately need to be safeguards put in place.
Jacob4Jesus said:Illinois has actually always been a predominately Republican state. Cook county Illinois is the only county where a Democrat ever really has a chance of getting elected. Every other county in the state is mostly republican. We went 25 years with only Republicans as Governor. I was surprised when both of the last 2 presidential elections went to the Democrats. But one of the reasons could be that the last Republican Governor was George Ryan and his administration was laced with scandal. If Fitzgerald ran again against Obama, he probably would have won, as he was a popular senator. Obama won because the Illinois Republican party couldn't put a decent challenger against him.
Yeah, I agree that George Ryan messed up a lot for the Republicans. The Illinois GOP is pretty much like the nationwide Democratic Party... they're both TKO'ed. I guess the coming years will tell if the IL GOP will re-evaluate themselves or become a minor party in this state. I am a Democrat, but I would hope the Republican party can heal itself because I believe everyone should be represented in Government, and most conservatives in Illinois are not getting that representation.GW_in_04 said:thats the problem....cook county...and lake county where I live used be to like 70-75% republican now it is about 55-45 split. The republican party is in shambles thanks to the "leadership" of George "soon to be in prison" Ryan and Judy "i am actually a democrat" Baar-Topinka. The IL GOP for the most part is very very moderate now and the few conservatives that are left in the GOP are minorities and not listened to by the majority of people who are the so called leaders in this state.....more and more each year IL is turning into the Massachusetts of the Midwest.
Have you guys seen the county by county presidential breakdown of the country on hannity.com? The entire thing is red except where big liberal cities are where corruption runs wild....Chicago, LA, NY, Boston, etc..
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The dems better hope not or this will be 16 years of Republican Stronghold!
arnegrim said:Interesting considering the first presidents were foreign born.
I think the change is inevitable... but there definately need to be safeguards put in place.
JEB Bush?Norseman said:No, I'm pretty sure Bush will win the next elections.
I stand corrected... thank you.Jacob4Jesus said:Um, no, the first Presidents were not foreign born.
Washington was born in Virginia.
Adams was born in Massachussetts
Jefferson was born in Virginia
Madison was born in Virginia
Monroe was born in Virginia.
No president has ever been foreign born. And I seriously doubt anyone ever will. The majority of the country is opposed to this and I can't see an amendment ever being passed. Congress has already tried 26 times in the history of the country to pass such an amendment, and it has always failed.
http://www.politicalpuzzle.org/archives/2004/10/president_schwa.php