In a new development, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is his favorite republican against Hillary Clinton in 2008. Although Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are winning in every poll, Romney is positioning himself as the anti-McCain, and it may well pay off. One of the interesting parts of this story is that all the republicans are acting as if Hillary Clinton is definitely going to get theGovernor Mitt Romney (R-MA)
nomination. As I have pointed out in the past, she would not be
the strongest candidate. That distinction would fall to Mark Warner or John Edwards. It is quite likely that Clinton will either not run for or not win the nomination, and it is a fascinating tactic on the part of the republicans to pretend that she will definitely win. It is a strange and unusual voter intimidation tactic, because usually parties don't try to mess with the outcome of another party's primary. This suggests that they think that the only Democrat they can beat is Hillary Clinton, and their only hope is to get people who would have voted for Warner or Edwards to stay home. They have also taken it one step further. For months now, conservative pundits have never missed an opportunity to point out that Hillary would be an extremely dangerous opponent. Think what you may, I just don't buy that. If they were so afraid of her they would be discounting her. It's a sign of their fear of the rest of the democratic field that they pretend they don't exist. Get the real article here.
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Look for the conversation on Mitt Romney at "this link".
The reason the Republicans are mentioning Hillary is because she is the front-runner. In the long run she may not win the nomination, but in the short run she has the money and she has the name. McCain is the front-runner for the Republicans because he is seen as one of the few Republicans that can beat Clinton. If any of the other Democrats were strong candidates for the nomination, it would be a different race among Republicans (and most likely will be in 2007.)
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