Don't Republicans always pretend that they are most afraid of the candidate who is likely to be weakest? Could it be like the Democrats saying that they could be anybody except Duncan Hunter?
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:01:46AM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> [Sometimes it's so hard to keep up with the conventional wisdom. Only
> yesterday, it seemed, she was unelectable.]
>
> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2654.html>
>
> GOP Views Clinton As Virtually Unbeatable
> By: Carrie Sheffield and Jim VandeHei
> February 7, 2007 09:56 AM EST
>
> What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President
> Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican
> politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.
>
> In GOP circles, the Democratic front-runner is seen as so strong, and
> the political climate for Republicans so hostile, that many
> influential voices -- including current and former lawmakers, and
> veterans of President Bush's campaigns -- have grown despairing.
> These partisans describe a political equivalent of the stages of
> grief, starting with denial, then resentment and ending with acceptance.
>
> [...]
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