Bush III???

[MarkG]

With Republicans expecting President Bush to roll to reelection in 2004, their focus is fast turning to 2008 and whom the GOP will run against expected Democratic nominee Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Now, Whispers is told that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush looks strong. "If Jeb is in the mix" for the nomination, says a top GOP official, "it's his."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030421/whispers/21whisplead.htm

[MRT144]

at least i trust jeb more than G-dub

[Chemical Ollie]

GW's brother vs Bill's wife - who said clan-fighting was a middle-east phenomenon?

[Pekka]

Wow, this is too much. I mean how can power concentrate so much with few families? This is like watching Dallas or something. Is JR doing Hillary?

[MRT144]

i hope everyone is doing hillary

[Pekka]

Everyone is.. except Bill.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What this really reveals is what a farce the primary system is. "If Jeb is in the mix, it's his" means they party insiders have the power to nominate whomever they like, and the democratic spectacle of the primaries is just so much window dressing. This was already evident with Bush II, when he was all-but-annointed back in '99, a good 6 months before a single primary ballot had been cast.

The Dems are nearly as bad, and got a lot worse about this crap under Clinton, but the GOP is just absolutely shameless about it.

But you'll never see Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for President. She'll run, sure, but she'll never get the nomination. This is just a GOP fantasy, and a comforting one because she'd be so easy to beat. The more likely scenario is a Republican nightmare so scary that the GOP can barely utter it aloud: in the next Dem administration, Hillary will be Attorney General...and if that happens in 2004, USA PATRIOT will still be on the books and at her disposal. Then the fun really begins.

[red_jon]

Hmm, since I don't think a woman President is going to happen for at least another few terms Jeb really wouild win that election.

But then if any woman were to be President, it would be Hillary. Would that mean Bill would be the 'first man'?

[CerberusIV]

I am still not sure which is likely to happen first, a woman as President or a black man? I imagine it will be at least a decade before we see either.

[General Ludd]

What a nice little Monarchy they have going there in states.

[Estilpón]

pfffff Bush Bush II

¿Bush III?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by CerberusIV
I am still not sure which is likely to happen first, a woman as President or a black man? I imagine it will be at least a decade before we see either.

It'll be a woman. Colin Powell isn't going to run; and no matter how many times Morgan Freeman plays the President, the fact remains that there are no black governors (and there haven't been any since Reconstruction ended in 1877), no black senators (and, I believe, only 2 since Reconstruction), and no black members of the House power structure (now that JC Watts has left). By contrast, there are 6 female governors, 14 female Senators, and the House minority leader is a woman.

[Az]

Why not Colin?

[Spiffor]

The US should get rid of the 2 terms limit. It really hampers them to have a proper hereditary monarchy.

[Az]

Actually, I like their elected despot thing. It's much better than our zillion-party, " if you don't complete all of our demands we go to election" Two-year government system.

Now only if the two parties in the US were the Communist and the Democratic Socialist...