Well I never thought I'd ever be interested in a presidential campaign but here we go. On one side you've got the possibility of the first woman or black president, on the other side, an evangelical fruitcake and Mr Guliani. Peppered in-between on both sides are 3 people that aren't quite as interesting to an outsider, but are polling well enough to be serious contenders.
Michael bloomberg may well throw his hat into the ring as well.
That's 6 serious contenders to the presidency, (7 if you count bloomberg). I don't recall there being that many contenders in a presidential race. Usually one party has one candidate that's a given (usually the incumbent president or vice president) but in 2008 its an open field on both sides.
Moreover their fortunes seem to be see-sawing by the day, so its not as if there's a forgone conclusion anywhere and plenty of surprises are coming up.
Some will say RG has basically no chance however I wouldn't bet large sums againt him, simply on the basis of how different the results have gone in the different states.
The upside of this is that whoever wins won't be George Bush (although with that argument, one could make a humanoid statue out of dog droppings, dress it in a suit, and the result would be still be an improvement).
The downside is that whoever does win, will be someone who, at this present time, is enjoying the support of no more than 20% of the population, based on the strongest candidates having 33% of their party (gallop) assuming best case 60% support of their party (pollingreport.com)
Michael bloomberg may well throw his hat into the ring as well.
That's 6 serious contenders to the presidency, (7 if you count bloomberg). I don't recall there being that many contenders in a presidential race. Usually one party has one candidate that's a given (usually the incumbent president or vice president) but in 2008 its an open field on both sides.
Moreover their fortunes seem to be see-sawing by the day, so its not as if there's a forgone conclusion anywhere and plenty of surprises are coming up.
Some will say RG has basically no chance however I wouldn't bet large sums againt him, simply on the basis of how different the results have gone in the different states.
The upside of this is that whoever wins won't be George Bush (although with that argument, one could make a humanoid statue out of dog droppings, dress it in a suit, and the result would be still be an improvement).
The downside is that whoever does win, will be someone who, at this present time, is enjoying the support of no more than 20% of the population, based on the strongest candidates having 33% of their party (gallop) assuming best case 60% support of their party (pollingreport.com)
