re: #71 sattv4u2

Here we go again. “The Republicans are rudderless,,, they don’t have a leader,,, they’re doomed”
Let me ask you something
June 1997, 6 months after Clinton slaughtered Dole, name me one person (besides Carl Rover, MAYBE) that would have told you for certainty that George Bush would be the leader of the Repubs and be elected in 2000
June 2001, after Bush beat Gore, tell me one person who would have told you John Kerry would have been the ‘rudder” of the Dems come 2004
June 2005, after Bush beat Kerry, tell me one person who would have told you that BHO would be the “leader” of the Dems come 2008!
I could go back even further. The “losers” in the race for the White House are ALWAYS “rudderless and leaderless” for at LEAST 2 1/2 years after that election. ALWAYS

yes, here we go again indeed.

June 1997 — most of the Republican establishment would have given you good odds on Bush for 2000.

June 2001 — okay, you’ve got me there.

June 2005 — everybody who saw BHO’s 2004 DNC keynote speech. The guy was dragged into the race by massive groundswell, his own personal plans didn’t have him running until 2016 or 2020.