<p>I feel that Hillary is a major Presidential cnadidate for the 2008 election. I also think that Barrack Obama win run with her for the vice presidential bid. Both seem to be immensely popular among liberal Americans, unlike other democrats like John Kerry and Ted Kennedy :) .</p>
<p>According to polls, 56% of Americans felt that Hillary should have run for president against George Bush in the 2004 presidential elections. Hillary Clinton is also becoming popular among republicans. Polls show that 49% of Republicans want her to run for president in 2008. Whats interesting is that Hillary is gaining much support among wealthy Republicans, many of which are willing to fundraise for her campaigns. </p>
<p>Whoever the Republican candidate is, the 2008 election will indeed be interesting! So what are your thoughts on this? All opinions are welcomed.Who do you think will be likely candidates? And will Kerry run in the primaries again?</p>
<p>As a very big liberal, I would be happy with either Hillary or Obama making the ticket. If the Republicans chose to play the Clinton card, Hillary could actually denounce the party for attacking her husband and not her record. She could then use that time to go after the Republican candidate.</p>
<p>Obama would pick up a lot of the minority vote across this country. That would be a valuable asset for Democrats. That being said, I believe he needs another term as Senator to be a viable candidate for the Presidency.</p>
<p>I think that the dream ticket for Democrats right now would be Sen. Harry Reid/Sen. Barack Obama. Reid as a Prez candidate can get Nevada to turn blue and would put a lot of pressure on neighbor states of AZ, NM and CO to also go blue. Obama, as I already said, could get the minority vote and might pick up 1 or 2 southern states.</p>
<p>Republicans want her to run because they know she can't win. I'm not a republican and I don't want her to run for the same reason. Dem. candidates will probably be Joe Biden, maybe Gore again, Edwards, Lieberman might take another stab at it, and you can't forget Al Sharpten.</p>
<p>I was part of Turn Arizona Blue, for all the good that did :(</p>
<p>I'd rather see people like Hillary and Obama run than have another Kerry try to campaign. that's a reason why Democrats aren't respected, because of pansy candidates.</p>
<p>I would never vote for her. If I was a Democrat, I would nominate Evan Bayh to give my party the best chance to win(Senator from Indiana).</p>
<p>Hillary would get slaughtered. I generally decide whether to vote libertarian or democrat based on the candidate, but there is no way I would vote for Hillary.</p>
<p>uc_benz, i totally agree with you. Even though I am liberal, I really dissapprove Dean's leadership over the Democratic party. Reid can do a better job in his place.</p>
<p>Howard Dean is doing what the Repubs having been doing for years. Tearing the other party to shreads. Most of the Repub slant media (see Fox News) is the first to post a news story about how he is going over the line. So the other news networks as not to lose out pick it up to. He has done nothing different then what was done before. The Democrats need a very vocal person to show that they care and that they are in fact connected with the U.S. . They need to show that they are also a party of very strong ideals that are correct, and that the other side is wrong.</p>
<p>theres no way howard dean's personal views will make him a viable canidate, but hes finally trying to define the democratic party, attack the republican party and win voters. he goes way over the line sometimes but hes doing the right thing for the democratic party.</p>
<p>although given that im fairly conservative(not necessarly republican) my opinion could be looked at as relativly sketchy.</p>
<p>Think beyond the Senate. The last two Democratic presidents were governors before they earned the party's nomination.</p>
<p>Here's one thing to consider. Given Cheney's ill health, there is no de facto Republican nominee, meaning that both parties will have intense nomination battles. The battle may be especially vicious on the Republican side, especially if the war is not resolved, spending continues to rise, and a popular moderate like McCain chooses to take on the right wing establishment.</p>