Well, here's something I never thought I would write about. If the Democrats can get an African American President elected, the Republicans are going to need to get a woman elected President of the United States to get back in the political game. Crazy? But from my perspective, the only qualified Republican candidates to run at this point are all women.
Candidate #1 - Current Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (who is now running for Governor of Texas against Rick Perry), would be a good Republican candidate. She's been a Senator, so she knows Washington and the Texas governor's office has already propelled a Texas governor to the White House.
Candidate #2 - Call me even crazier, but firebrand conservative Liz Cheney is another viable candidate for the first female President. Liz Cheney unapologetically has taken up her father's mantle on conservatism, national security, and torture. She's literally a chip off the old block.
Candidate #3 - No female Republican Presidential conversation is complete without mentioning Sarah Palin. I think she would make an even worse President than George W. Bush 2, but she's a candidate for Republicans nonetheless. The woman can barely run a state and her own household, so I would never vote for her.
There is no doubt that the midterm elections in 2010 will see Democrats losing seats, but unless there are major upheavals in 2010, we're unlikely to see a repeat of the 1994 Democratic political massacre that occurred that year.
The male Republican Presidential candidates are all terrible choices. Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal, Newt Gingrich, and John Thune are all very weak Republican candidates.
May the best man, or woman, win (only the nomination, not the office).
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