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Date Posted: 12:05:34 11/07/07 Wed
Author: Lynx
Subject: Re: One year from now...
In reply to: klutz 's message, "One year from now..." on 22:23:35 11/06/07 Tue

>What do you predict will be the biggest political
>event or events in the race of '08?

Ah, predictions. Okay, I'm game. Let's remember to check back on this thread next year.

First, Ron Paul is going to surprise a lot of people by placing either second or third in both the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries. I'd say there's about a 90% chance that he'll be a third-party candidacy, and probably one of the most viable ones ever, because he'll be pulling about equal numbers from both the Dem. and Rep. sides. Hillary, of course, will be the Dem. nominee, and the eventual winner. I'm thinking that Giuliani will be the Rep. nominee, but the opposing sides will make mincemeat of him during the campaign, both because he's certifiably insane and because he carries as much baggage as an American Tourister factory. He could even come in third behind Paul, should Paul decide to go independent. In any event, Hillary will win by hook or by crook, and a lot of her die-hard supporters will be shocked to find that she has no intention of putting anything back the way it was (restoring habeas corpus, dropping warrantless wiretapping, getting us the hell out of Iraq, etc., etc.). And that's when you'll see The Resistance start to grow by leaps and bounds. It won't be pretty.

All of that applies only if none of the principal players dies first, needless to say.

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