"The Four Losers of the Apocalypse"

[BlueStater]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/15/presidential.bids/index.html



McCain joins the fight for the White House in '08
POSTED: 11:26 p.m. EST, November 15, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The 2008 race for the White House intensified Thursday as one of the big name Republican players, Sen. John McCain, threw himself into the fray.

The 70-year-old Arizona senator is the fourth Republican to say they will form an exploratory committee in the race for the GOP presidential nomination since the party took what President Bush called "a thumping" in the midterm elections.

Exploratory committees allow would-be candidates to raise campaign money without having to publicly disclose donations or expenditures. (Watch what led up to McCain's bid -- 1:55 )

McCain's name recognition can only be matched by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to form a committee last week. The moderate conservative's performance in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks earned him praise and fame across the nation.

Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, outgoing chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, was the first to form a committee.

On Wednesday, Tommy Thompson, a former Wisconsin governor who headed the Department of Health and Human Services in Bush's Cabinet during his first term, said he is considering a White House bid. An aide said Thompson is expected to create his exploratory committee early next year.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. A true "Rogues Gallery" if there ever was one!

And they are the GOPer's top hands!

[and-justice-for-all]

2. They dont have a chance....

Gore is coming to claim what was rightfully his. If not Gore, its going to be General Clark or Obama.