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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:19 PM Original message |
If Al announces before 2008, he's an idiot. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. AND if he announces too early, "An Inconvenient Truth" gets overshadowed |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yup.nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. how fitting that pic is |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. If he was considering running, smartest thing to do would be exactly what he's doing. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. If he announces early, the media gets more time to smear & distort |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. They make shit up. And if it's repeated enough it's "true". n/t |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Al has said he's done with elective politics: |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And I've seen a dozen interviews where he says (paraphrasing): |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. He needs to announce before then. Iowa is the middle of Jan 2008. |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. His book, "The Assault on Reason" is being released in May 2007. NT |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I sense a Daily Show appearance in June 2007 |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think you're right. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. If I were Al's adviser, I'd tell him to skip Iowa. Study Bobby Kennedy's |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I'm not sure if that's possible anymore |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. OK..maybe really late 2007...but Jan 2008 may be better... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That is something I failed to consider |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I think the deadline to get on the ballot for NH is in Nov. 2007 |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. The reason Bobby entered was because of Eugene McCarthy. |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. If he doesn't announce before 2008 he could be overshadowed |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. My opinion is the longer Hillary is in the spotlight, the worse for her... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. maybe he'll announce in 2009 |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Even better! |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. He needs to wait but that's too late |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes Big Al will run, and that is only my opinion |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bingo!!! |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. What longship said... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. He may have stature, but he'll still need organization and money |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I wonder how big a committee could be formed and yet kept secret? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. In politics, no committee of more than one is likely to remain secret for long |
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