WTF are you smoking? sure Iraq is a hellhole but that was unavoidable . but alt fuels are making oil antiqueThe Dems are simply not going to show up at the polls. Kerry promised us an honorable withdraw from Iraq and now Iran owns a quarter of that country and Turkey is at war with the Kurds! The economy is awful and gas is almost $5 a gallon! Sure, we have peace, but at what price?
There is going to a be a serious backlash against the Dems, mark my words.
but Huckabee is too extreme. I would be certain that the republicans would win if they ran anybody else, but with huckabee, they will lose. I don't know how that guy got the nomination, sure the list of republicans running was kinda bad (cheney, Ron paul, Romney, that brief bit where Dubya considered running, Condi rice) but huckabee was the worst pick of the bunch.Huck will edge it out, the flip-flopping charges that almost derailed Kerry last time will stick this time. How is he going to explain his off-and-on withdrawal from Iraq that made it such a bloody mess? Huckabee can contrast Kerry's bumbling, unsure style with is assuredness and ability to connect with people. Plus, he has populist appeal to counter the bad state the economy is in right now. (OOC: I believe the economic downturn would have happened no matter who was president, and the incumbent would get blamed)