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It'll be McCain vs. Clinton. McCain will win and be a one term president.

Dear gods, I hope not. This nation will be even more of a ruin than it currently is if we have another Republican as president.

Given the democratic contenders, I'm pretty sure we'll have more Republican leadership. Yay!

Well, polls indicate that all other things aside, voters will reject them out of sexism or (less likely, since Obama probably won't win the nom) racism. I saw some interesting analysis about this. Respondents mostly said that *they* wouldn't decide on that basis, but that some hypothetical guy they know almost *definitely* would. Apparently pollsters use this sort of thing to check for biases respondents would rather not admit.

If you people manage to nominate Romney, I'll celebrate, he won't beat anyone.

Was really hoping for an "Opening the Dark" tag on this post.

Statistically speaking, if McCain decided to run for a second term, he'd probably make it in.

Doesn't make me any happier about the prospect.

He'll be president during an economic downturn that the West will never fully recover from and the final act of an unpopular war, and part of his mandate will be given out of sexism in the electorate and not his virtues, such as they are. The Dems will, by the way, quietly ensure that a protestant white man runs in 2004.

Incidentally, lest anyone think I'm being especially hard on Americans here, I note that we don't pick our PMs directly, and that's why we had Kim Campbell in the first place.

You mean 2012, of course.

Whoops! Yep.

Gah! Don't SAY that!

Curse you for your cold and most likely accurate analysis.

I got to shake Obama's hand last night, and thought he was a fairly straightforward, likable man.

I, unfortunatly, agree with your prediction, though.

What that'll do to my generation's politics makes me very curious, and I'm secretly hoping it'll move us even further to the left out of desperation.

I want to see the day when saying you're a republican is a dirty thing to say.

Or is like calling yourself a whig.

and in the line to see Obama speak last night, there was some kid who yelled "Libertarians forever!"

I responded, "Go vote for Paul, you confused dickhead!"

I want to see the day when people are open and tolerant and actually mean it.

I never claimed to be either. I have no tolerance for Libertarianism, I have no tolerance for conservatism (social or financial), and I feel that being intolerant of both is an acceptable position to hold. I don't expect my own position to be tolerated.

Yep. This is my analysis as well. And even worse, if McCain wins 2 terms (or dies in office during one) we get his veep ... who could be anyone.

-Marco

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