In 2000, the Republicans tried to draft Collin Powell to run, but he turned down the offer. It was only after Powell turned down the Republican establishemnt that Goerge W was even considered. In 2008, the Republican establishment didn't think they had a snowball's chance so they just let things play out. Now, McCain has a pretty good shot at the Oval Office. Don't be too surprized if the Democrat establishment ends up picking Clinton. She really is their best hope to beat McCain. November is a long way away - still plenty of time for more skelatons to be dragged out of Obama's closet. He seems like a really nice guy; but this is Washington style politics - the way we seem to test the meddle (courage and fortitude) of our leader wannabes.
I would add W spent 70 million to defeat McCain in the republican primary, it really is about the money. Also I think the neo-cons only select token women and minorities, otherwise it's the "old white man's club". We shall see how it plays out.
Good point. Market research shows that the biggest determining factor of a consumer's decision to choose one product over another is name recognition (which explains all those sequels of movies that weren't popular to begin with, and the ones based on old television shows.) Why should appealing to the voters' mind be any different than appealing to the consumer's?-When people see a name or a title that they have heard of, it makes them feel smart. When G.W. Bush was running in 2000, my first thought was that he had a built-in advantage: people were familiar with the phrase "President Bush." Appealing to the vanity of the average American citizen has long been profitable, even more so now that the science of marketing has become so sophisticated while the general intelligence falls.
I don't think it will matter much; she would soon become high profile :) McCain should postpone the announement and let Clinton and Obama bash eachother a while longer - don't want to take the spotlihjt off of them just yet . . .
In 2000, the Republicans tried to draft Collin Powell to run, but he turned down the offer. It was only after Powell turned down the Republican establishemnt that Goerge W was even considered. In 2008, the Republican establishment didn't think they had a snowball's chance so they just let things play out. Now, McCain has a pretty good shot at the Oval Office. Don't be too surprized if the Democrat establishment ends up picking Clinton. She really is their best hope to beat McCain. November is a long way away - still plenty of time for more skelatons to be dragged out of Obama's closet. He seems like a really nice guy; but this is Washington style politics - the way we seem to test the meddle (courage and fortitude) of our leader wannabes.
I would add W spent 70 million to defeat McCain in the republican primary, it really is about the money. Also I think the neo-cons only select token women and minorities, otherwise it's the "old white man's club". We shall see how it plays out.
Good point. Market research shows that the biggest determining factor of a consumer's decision to choose one product over another is name recognition (which explains all those sequels of movies that weren't popular to begin with, and the ones based on old television shows.) Why should appealing to the voters' mind be any different than appealing to the consumer's?-When people see a name or a title that they have heard of, it makes them feel smart. When G.W. Bush was running in 2000, my first thought was that he had a built-in advantage: people were familiar with the phrase "President Bush." Appealing to the vanity of the average American citizen has long been profitable, even more so now that the science of marketing has become so sophisticated while the general intelligence falls.
I don't think it will matter much; she would soon become high profile :) McCain should postpone the announement and let Clinton and Obama bash eachother a while longer - don't want to take the spotlihjt off of them just yet . . .
Don't think she's high profile enough.