Russ Smith envisions a Clinton/McCain race in 2008:
More intriguing, however, should a Clinton-McCain race emerge, is what side the media elite will line up on. This is the sort of decision that can't be made lightly by journalistic sycophants, a battle that'll pit husband and wife, children and parents, Harvard alumni and cable television buddies against one another. Sort of like a Civil War, without the blood and guts and yucky stuff like people being killed. It's a quandary that makes a longtime McCain opponent like yours truly hope that he prevails in winning the nomination; one, because he's the most likely to defeat Clinton; and two, not to be flip, the entertainment factor can't be beat.
Just imagine the tsouris at The New York Times alone: Maureen Dowd lines up with then-septuagenarian McCain, while Paul Krugman (on the assumption he's not fired by then for any number of actionable offenses, such as referring to "Indians" instead of "Native Americans" in a column) is certain to unzip for Hillary. David Brooks is already a McCain whore from 2000, so that's easy, and John Tierney, currently the only Times op-ed writer who seems to possess a conscience might be disgusted and ask for reassignment to the paper's Buffalo bureau.
I was a big McCain guy in the 2000 primaries. Now that i think back, it was mostly because he was a former POW who withstood an hellacious number of years that no one should ever have to endure. He was also a Navy guy and that appealed to me.
I've soured on him in the last few years, starting with the disastrous McCain/Feingold sham. He became a media whore and it is definitely unbecoming.
On the donkey side, Mugger neglected to throw John Corzine's name in the mix. He may well be a formidable opponent to Clinton who is polarizing and carries herds of baggage.
Read the whole thing as they say.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
McCain Vs. Hillary
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I would have a tough time choosing between McCain and Hillary. Right now I would lean toward Hillary, although I agree with McCain's politics more in general.
Hillary would have a couple of advantages for me. One, I think she would be tough on terror and lead the Democrats and left into being active supporters of our efforts there. That is an unambiguous win in my opinion. Two, I don't want to reward any Republican for things like McCain-Feingold. If I hadn't seen such serious issues with John Kerry as commander in cheif, I probably would have refused to support Bush just for signing it.
I would rather have Hillary as President (and remember we will have a Republican Congress and Senate barring some amazing political changes) than McCain under these circumstances.
i agree that mccain's got the best shot against hillary, who can't be nearly as polarizing as bush was over here on my side. she's strong, people know who she is, and she wants what's right for all of us, not just the super-rich.
i like mccain, but he's old, and he's voted lockstep with every mistake dubya's made (the deficit), and any republican who wants to win had better start differentiating him or herself right quick from that mess.
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