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    The NY Dems voted for Rudy but the Political leaders hated him! I like Rudy but I don't see him winning. A Catholic (I'm Catholic) Italian (I'm Italian) from New York would send the south and the religous right into a tailspin. He'll need major support from the good ole boys down there at the price of perhaps some of his beleifs.
    Agreed. The South and parts of the Midwest would need a lot of convincing done.

    BTW...Italian Catholic Pride right here, too!! :D
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    Oh, this is funny, looks like he was reading off the wrong script!!!!


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    Moose, you know, I just got back from the hospital and they were discussing him on the radio....

    That was when I started thinking.."did I say Obama Barack or Barack Obama in the thread?" LOL.

    And after reading all the replies, I though maybe I'd gotten away with it ;) I stand corrected. :D
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    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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    I like Obama. When I talk to people about him, I hear over and over "He has no experience," and then whe I ask those same people "Will you vote for him?" they say "Oh, yeah."

    The thing is that he's got energy and is a new, fresh face that the US needs, andthat's what peopel will vote for. There are no other good contenders these days....just a bunch of faces that we've been seeing for years that everyone is sick of.

    In all honesty, he will need to choose a non-Jewish white male to run with him to get the votes he needs.
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    People don't know who or what they want. The American people don't vote or get involved in the political process, yet, they will be the first one to say who they like or don't like, or complain about the system.

    The last election which received a ton of media attention had voter turnout in the 40% range....

    There was a special election last year in Calfornia, 38% voter turnout.....
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    Joe Lieberman is a member of the "Connecticut for Lieberman" party.

    Be careful how you throw the experience card around, too. Completely objectively, the people mentioned in the thread had the following experience:
    Eisenhower - no elective office.
    JFK - 8 years US Senate
    LBJ - 12 years US House, 12 years US Senate, 3 years VP
    Carter - 4 years GA Senate, 4 years GA Governor
    Clinton - 2 years AR Atty Gen, 12 years AR Governor
    Obama - 8 years IL Senate, 4 years US Senate (as of Nov. 2008)
    Giuliani - 8 years NYC Mayor

    By the way, the last sitting Senator elected President was Kennedy, although both Johnson and Nixon were former Senators (and former VPs) at the time of their respective elections.

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