Clinton, McCain '800-pound gorillas' of 2008 presidential race

[sabra]

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Clinton, McCain '800-pound gorillas' of 2008 presidential race

By RON FOURNIER
AP Political Writer

June 22, 2005

If you want to be the next president, it's time to start running - unless your name is Hillary Rodham Clinton or John McCain. They can wait. And wait, as front-runners tend to do.

"They're 800-pound gorillas," says Democratic consultant Jeff Link of Iowa. "They're well-known, well-liked and will be heavy favorites in their respective parties."

What does that mean for the other 15 or so Democrats and Republicans considering a 2008 bid? It's time to get hustling. They have a limited window of opportunity to establish themselves as credible candidates before the early front-runners decide whether to seize center stage.

Joe Biden gets it. The Delaware senator announced Sunday that he intends to seek the Democratic nomination and will determine this year whether he can win. Two days later, he delivered what amounted to the first speech of the 2008 campaign, accusing President Bush of "misleading statements and premature declarations of victory" in Iraq.

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[napi21]

1. I don't know if we'll ever see it, but that sure would be an interesting

match-up...Clinton v/s McCain!

[The Night Owl]

2. McCain? McCain is an 800 pound doormat, not an 800 pound gorilla.

Why would America elect a guy who let George W. Bush walk all over him in 2000? If McCain can't stand up to George W. Bush, then he has no business being president.

America doesn't need George W. Bush's doormat.

[Skwmom]

3. The only way voters will elect Hillary Commander-inChief

is if the Republicans run a very, very "wimpy" candidate (which I can't imagine them doing unless they want to intentionally lose in 08).

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

4. I remember pro-Bush articles written by Ron Fournier

from before 11/04, so read this article with a jaundiced eye.

[sniffa]

5. good thing neither wiLL be their party's nominee

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. My thoughts exactly.

GOP would never nominate McCain and I doubt we'll nominate Hillary.

If they both (or either) ran as independents though, things would get awfully interesting.

[SteppingRazor]

6. The saddest part is that McCain would probably win...

in a Clinton/McCain election. Happily, the Republican primaries are filled with religio-crazies who will hopefully pass over McCain in favor of some batshit-insane dupe like Frist.

[aden_nak]

8. The term is "crazybatshitinsane". :D

[political_aware]

9. Yaw..............

More media nonsense. The writer is the 800# of you know what.