President predicts GOP will keep control of White House after 'tough race' in 2008

[sabra]

Source: The Examiner

Washington, D.C. (Map, News) - President Bush, for the first time, is predicting that Hillary Rodham Clinton will defeat Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primaries. "She's got a national presence and this is becoming a national primary," Bush said in an interview for the new book, The Evangelical President. "And therefore the person with the national presence, who has got the ability to raise enough money to sustain an effort in a multiplicity of sites, has got a good chance to be nominated."

But Bush is convinced the junior senator from New York will then be defeated in the general election by the Republican nominee.

"I think our candidate can beat her, but it's going to be a tough race," the president predicted in an Oval Office interview. "I will work to see to it that a Republican wins and therefore don't accept the premise that a Democrat will win. I truly think the Republicans will hold the White House."

Current and former Bush advisers sounded less certain.

"It's going to be a very close election," said Karl Rove, who until this month was the president's top political strategist. "We are at this very narrow divide in politics."

The election "could go either way," Vice President Dick Cheney told The Examiner in his West Wing office. "Right now, we're sort of in the area where we're pretty evenly balanced on both sides."


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[DemKR]

1. dream on ASSHOLE

[msongs]

2. too bad the democrats are doing little to nothing about election security issues nt

[karynnj]

32. I hope more is being done under the surface that we can't see

It does throw into perspective how unreasonable that it was to think that Senator Kerry could have secured the election of 2004 starting in March 2004 when he won the nomination. Notice that Senator Clinton, the likely 2008 candidate is not - to my knowledge - working on this.

Elections are conducted at a state level so there may be more going on than we know of.

[benh57]

53. CA is doing a lot

Quite a bit is being done by our secretary of state in California, debra bowen. (goddess :P

[JerseygirlCT]

66. I hope so, too.

When they start prognosticating like this, the first thing I think about is "oh, so they've got things lined up for 2008 already".

[aquart]

3. This is NOT an Onion story?

Myself, it is my most devout wish that George will work hard for a Republican win. I want him standing next to that candidate every single damn day.

[sendero]

34. Me too..

.... hang on to those coat-tails Rudy, ride them all the way to hell.

[aquart]

68. Eh, I think they'll go for Mitt.

Whatever slimy snake lives inside, he is the prettiest poster child they got. And Republicans ALWAYS vote for the surface and assume it mirrors the soul.

The surface of Giuliani looks rid hard and put away wet.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. Translation: We've already FIXED the next election!

[bdamomma]

16. maybe they will throw Jeb in.

[go west young man]

20. Probably on the money. They'll wait for our cowardly DNC to put

Hillary in place when it should have been Edwards. Then they whip out Jeb after the media has saturated us with too much Hillary love. Then a bit of voter disenfranchisement, and media blitz on Jeb, while they pick apart Hillary's marriage issue, followed by some trumped up terror, a little vote rigging in key states and a close race turns into a win for them. Way to go DNC and we could have had Edwards take the South and be the next JFK. If Al Gore came in as VP it's a sure win. But no our crap leadership will take the "numbers" with Hillary and we will lose again. Wait and see.

[beltanefauve]

58. That's what I'm afraid of

I'm betting Mitt will pick him as his running mate should he get the nod.

[Virginia Dare]

75. That's my fear too...n/t

[goclark]

19. Exactly!

What does this clown know about actually "winning" an election?

Vincente Fox sure pegged him right... " Windshield Cowboy" and Cocky!

:puke:

[davekriss]

44. The fix was in in 2004

I recall an interview GWB gave in 2004. Although the interviewer was friendly, lobbing softballs, George rolled his eyes and spoke his standard gibberish when fearful he'll reveal a truth -- that is, until he was asked if he thought he would win in 2004. GWB suddenly was fully composed and said more than that, he knew he would win. I turned to my wife and said the fix was in. And it was (another stolen election).

[PittPoliSci]

70. bingo.

[Virginia Dare]

72. Pretty much sounds that way doesn't it?

and the delusional alcoholic doesn't know enough to keep his mouth shut.

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. "The Evangelical President." Oh, boy

Clinton supporters may need to worry. The man who has been wrong about everything is predicting a Clinton nomination. The guy never gets it right.

[modrepub]

35. Anyone find it ironic

that our self anointed evangelical president has done more to drive Christians from the Middle East than any of his heathen predecessors?

[Ishoutandscream2]

39. And to make me a born again agnostic

This president has wreaked havoc on everything. He has to be the greatest fuck up in recent history.

[Maggie_May]

6. Yeah just like you won oh yeah you stole

[Ninga]

7. I will say it one more time, winning in '08 is not everything, it must be a landslide

and be a decisive win that has coattails and brings in more Dem's.

We can not put up a candidate who gives a voter heartburn when it comes time to pull the lever.

We can not put up a candidate who even comes close to being a centrist.

We can not put up a candidate who does not represent real change, and progressive values.

[LibDemAlways]

42. I've been singing the same tune in my posts.

The other day someone started a thread with the words that Hillary "has a good shot" at winning. WTF? A "good shot"? Sorry, that's not nearly good enough. We need a candidate who will make it a blow out, who will make it not even close. The repukes want Hillary in the worst way because she guarantees a close election - one close enough to steal.

Winning in 08 isn't optional. It isn't something we can play around with and potentially lose. It's mandatory. Nominating Hillary or any mealy-mouthed centrist would, IMO, give the repukes an excellent shot at 8 more years of the reign of terror.

[Atman]

8. Well, he gave Karl a year and a half off to work on it!

:shrug:

.

[jojo54]

9. "very narrow divide in politics"

Boy Dicky, you really do live in your own world.

[KansDem]

10. Well, he's been right about everything else, hasn't he?

:rofl:

[pattmarty]

11. Goes to show exactly how smart this prick is.

[maseman]

49. Hey, Rove also predicted they would

keep control of the House and the Senate last year. Keep up those predictions their Shrubby.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. He also thinks he's a strong asset to Republican presidential candidates

'Bush' is quickly becoming a synonym for delusional.

[Javaman]

13. And again, when has he* ever been right about anything?

him* saying this is like naming your D&D character Conan.







yeah, I'm a geek.

[old guy]

14. This should be good news!

Everything * says or does turns out the opposite way.

[bdamomma]

15. evenly balanced????

apparently you are not Cheney

[Triana]

17. DOES ANYONE ELSE think it's a tad bit "interesting"...

...that everytime Rover or bu$hit or any Repube states that the Repubes will retain the White House in 2008 it is ALWAYS followed by the declaration that Hillary will be the Dem nominee?

DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK that maybe this is why the lamestream corprat-owned media keeps touting the inevitability of Hillary as nominee and stating that she is "ahead" in this-or-that poll on a DAILY basis?

DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE the pattern and the tactic here?

Is it possible that Hillary is being RAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS because the Republicans KNOW she'll lose?

Would YOU put this past them? I wouldn't.

[spotbird]

21. It's over

Hillary is the nominee. The Republicans are fairly sure they can beat her, but won't be all that bothered if they don't. I'm not talking about the Freeper types, rather all of our corporate owners.

[defendandprotect]

36. deleted

[krabigirl]

64. I totally agree. It's all lame anyway, who cares what Bu$h thinks.

[Neecy]

18. the Bush mafia at work once again

I will work to see to it that a Republican wins

Meaning, he'll rig the system to see to it that a Republican wins.

What a banana republic this country has turned into.

[Bitwit1234]

22. Maybe turd blossom let little turd in to how he was going to steal it.

[grahamhgreen]

23. The dems in congress have an 11% approval rating, they're kidding themselves

when they think they will sweep in '08 without doing the will of the people.

[Virginia Dare]

73. Congress has an 11% approval rating..

both parties, not just the Dems, and congressional polls usually mean less than squat. The Democrats are killing the Repukes in raising money, it bodes well for them.

[Honeycombe8]

24. He could be right, he could be wrong. But one thing's for sure...he's been wrong most of the time.

Sure, he's won every election he's ever entered.....all 3 of 'em. But Rove did that; all * had to do was show up and not fall down or throw up.

It's wrong for the Dems - or Repubs for that matter - to base ANY of their strategy on what the opposing party says or thinks. It's all a mind game.

[liberal N proud]

25. Do they already have the votes counted?

Only if the votes are counted ahead of time will the republicOn asshole win the White House.

If the peoples votes count, they are out!

[Betty]

26. whoever is the next President

will be blamed by the simpleton American electorate when the Middle East goes up in flames, as it seems sure to do. Why would bush be running out the clock except to insure that Iraq implodes on someone else's watch? He probably secretly hopes the next president is a Dem because it will set up his asshole brother for 2012.

[Strelnikov_]

31. I Agree. So Does Juan Cole

And the ME is just one of the disasters facing the next administration. Distinct possibilities are an energy crises coupled with a deep recession (at best) due to the structural problems with the 'new economy' (globalization, rampant speculation) finally coming home to roost.


Juan Cole: the moment Bush went into Iraq, Americans were screwed

http://www.juancole.com/

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

In other words, the Democratic president risks being Fordized when s/he withdraws from Iraq, by the aftermath. A one-term president associated with humiliation abroad and high inflation at home? Maybe I should say, Carterized. The Republican Party could come back strong in 2012 and then dominate politics for decades, if that happened.

It is all so unfair, of course, since Bush started and prosecuted this disaster in Iraq, and Bush is refusing to accept responsibility for the failure, pushing it off onto his successor. But life is unfair. So what can the Dems do to avoid being made the fall guy this way? They could try to legislate stronger US diplomacy aiming at ensuring peace between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran even if there is sectarian violence on a greater scale in Iraq. They could resist the temptation to demonize Iran or to push it onto a war footing with threats or even bombings.

As for Iraq itself, the best hope for the Dems may be that Gen. Petraeus actually succeeds, over the next year, in significantly reducing ethnic tensions. It is a slim reed to hold onto, as they recognize. But from the moment Bush went into Iraq, Americans were screwed. And that includes the Democratic Party, which is being set up to take the fall.

I'm a severe skeptic on the likelihood of anything that looks like success in Iraq. But I don't think career public servants such as Ryan Crocker and David Petraeus are acting as partisan Republicans in their Iraq efforts. I think they both are sincere, experienced men attempting to retrieve what they can for America from Bush's catastrophe. They may as well try, since the Democrats can't over-rule Bush and get the troops out, anyway. If the troops are there, they may as well at least be deployed intelligently, which is what Gen. Petraeus is doing. I wish them well in their Herculean labors. Because if they fail, I have a sinking feeling that we are all going down with them, including the next Democratic president. And their success is a long shot.

[FormerRepub]

54. I'll have to agree also.

I think there's a good chance you are correct which is distressing.....really. However, I do get the sense that one of the main catalysts of this sprint to acquire nukes by repressive regimes around the world is due to their reaction to George Bush and the Neocon's philosphical and actual low threshhold for using force to defend U.S. oil interests. Also, the Neocon agenda complete with speculation about how we may in the future even employ selective biological warfare (a biological agent would affect only people who were part of a certain gene pool...like Persians for instance) has been on the worldwide web for years. You know the Iranians, Syrians, Venezuelans ,etc etc have read all that. I suspect that it's possible, just possible, that things on a few of these fronts could calm a bit if we could elect a President that could field a grown up and sophisticated diplomatic enslaught as well as abandon all this axis of evil talk. I would also prefer a more secular sounding head of state. Bush is the scariest President I've ever seen at the most dangerous point in our nation's history in modern times. Bush-Cheney has really backed us into a corner.

I am worried about Hillary Clinton's candidacy. I would vote for her in a heartbeat. But I've heard independents as well as longtime Democrats say they would vote Republican if she were the Democratic nominee. Now that's something to worry about.

[SayWhatYo]

56. BS. The majority of Americans know who is to blame fpr Iraq.

Even the stupid ones know, they are just too damn stubborn to admit it.

[shanti]

27. just looks into his magic 8 ball, he does..

:eyes:

[OnyxCollie]

40. It keeps giving him the same message.

Made in China.

[Doctor_J]

28. Nice to see Stupid and his puppeteers focussed on poverty, unemployment,

the economy, rebuilding NOLA, the environment, and the occupation of the middle east. Lazy, evil assholes.

[Hawaii Hiker]

29. Bullshit X 5 - The only way a Republican wins is if they succeed

in rigging it, which is what they've been attempting in California.
http://www.cadem.org/site/c.jrLZK2PyHmF/b.3374417/k.C13/Steal_the_State_Editorials_News_and_FAQ.htm

Unless this insane & totally partsian initiative passes in CA., Republicans won't win....

[lpbk2713]

30. He could be right.

It all depends on how good a job they do of stealing the election again.

[flaminbats]

33. too bad this prick isn't running!

Bush would be so easy to beat in 2008, if he ran Republican officeholders would be jumping ship and switching parties in droves. Cheney knows Bush is the only reason Republicans would never nominate him.

its rare to have three 2-term Presidents in a row. Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were the last. only FDR, Truman, and Eisenhower have come close to repeating this. the next President isn't likely to be re-elected, history shows we're long overdue for a 1-termer.

[defendandprotect]

37. Speaking as the unimpeachable president, the Democrats are continuing to help ---!!!

[Vidar]

38. The "Diebold factor" has not yet beem dealt with adequately.

[truthisfreedom]

41. Just like Iraqis will greet us with flowers and cheers, and the surge is working.

Irrelevant f*cktard.

[cobalt1999]

43. What else can he say?

I fucked it up for the republicans for the foreseeable future?

[Vinca]

45. If the worst should happen and they win. it will be the end of the

United States as we know it can be. All the Republican candidates are equally as bad as King George and some are even worse (hard as that is to imagine). Our only hope is that Democrats win big.

[BootinUp]

46. Whatever he says the truth is 180 degrees around, that means

WE WILL WIN!

He's right about Hillary winning the primary though. I am talking about which party will win the Whitehouse.

[SayWhatYo]

57. Shame if it's true(hillary)

I really want Obama to be president...

[BootinUp]

60. Well,

I wouldn't be too disappointed if Obama wins, probably more nervous about our chances in the GE though. But he has assembled a good team for sure.

[daleo]

47. Translation: "the fix is in"?

I hope that's not what he is really saying, but it is hard to have faith in fair elections.

[intheflow]

67. That was certainly my first thought.

Collusion. :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. I hate to agree with Bush, but he's right

and the reason for it... what the dems have or have not with their power in the House and Senate

Part of it is procedural, part of it is perception

Oh and I hate to say it, but if Joe Six pack is given the choice of republican or republican light, guess who they will vote for? And the perception game is critical here

He who controls the message... you know the rest

And of course there is Diebold...

[Supersedeas]

50. Diebold can be tough that way

[Felix Mala]

51. If Republican candidate loses in '08, they'll blame Bush...

[nolabels]

71. Even for their loses Republicans never take responsibility, par for course

Pretty sure it's ingrained into the DNA that way :shrug:

[pacalo]

52. The ONLY place that reflects a "very narrow divide in politics" is Rove's shady "calculator".

[SayWhatYo]

55. I don't see how that is possible.

I think it will be a democratic landslide. Obviously democrats will get their normal votes, but there is a large number of people who typical vote republican who are sick of the republicans...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

62. Don't expect those people to automatically vote for a Democrat

That's an easy trap to fall into.

What we can hope for is a strong Libertarian candidate to skim a few of them off.

A strong conservative independent could skim a few more of them off.

Other than that more will not vote at all than vote for a Democrat.

[ileus]

59. Unless Hillary switches parties we've got '08 locked up.

And if the switches to the GOP she's still got it locked up. The only question is who's going to be VP.

[Cha]

61. I notice they don't have a (sic)

after pres..bush is monkey on string who happened to have ghwbush for spawner. A little monkeyturd who surrounds himself with shit-licking sycophants and anyone with a brain is going to care what he thinks(dubious in itself)?

[ProudDad]

63. Hell, if hillary wins

he'll still get his wish...

[leaninglib]

65. Well, this is a 50-50 nation; and although things look pretty good

right now, anything can happen.

No matter what happens, it will no doubt be close. We have seen the last of the 60-40 landslides. Heck, I'd wager that we have seen the last of solid 55-45 wins.

[doc03]

69. For once I agree with the Chimp n/t

[Virginia Dare]

74. A little early to be prognosticating, isn't it?

notice they don't touch who they think the repuke nominee will be..maybe it doesn't matter?:think:

[Orsino]

76. It'll be a cakewalk...

...and the GOP candidate will be greeted with flowers, after spending only about $50 million.