Gould 0738 wrote:

I think the August surprise may
be the dumping of Cheney from the ticket for "health" reasons.

If Kerry/Edwards takes off in the polls, GWB may be faced with trying to mend
fences with McCain.

"Yes, John, I know I told all those terrible lies about you in 2000 and I know
that John Kerry is one of your best friends in the Senate, but can't we let
by-gones be by-gones and ignore friendship for the good of the party?"

As a Democrat, you better hope they run with Cheney. Certain other choices,
(such as McCain), would all but guarantee the Republicans another four years.


You haven't seen the clips of McCain slamming Bush? They aren't
delivered with any humor.

I expect Bush to dump Cheney, either just before the GOP convention or
right afterwards, so he can pick someone he feels is more palatable. I
wouldn't bet on it being McCain. But Colin Powell, sadly, has turned
into a Bush whore. He might take it.

I dunno, Chuck. The Republicans have a LOT of credibility problems on
the War against Iraq and on the Economy. The non-Kerry Democratic
interest groups are going to slam Bush et al over and over and over on
these...