What happens if they are all "unelectable"?

By Ron Beasley

The Clinton campaign claims that Barack Obama is unelectable.  Many think Hillary Clinton is unelectable.  But what about John McCain?  If any one is unelectable it's John McCain.  He must support Bush policies because he needs the Bush cultists but......

Bush Hits New Low as 'Wrong Track' Rises

Public disgruntlement neared a record high and President Bush slipped to his career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

Eighty-two percent of Americans now say the country's seriously off on the wrong track, up 10 points in the last year to a point from its record high in polls since 1973. And 31 percent approve of Bush's job performance overall, while 66 percent disapprove.

And this:

Bush May Be as Harmful to McCain as Wright Is to Obama

PRINCETON, NJ -- George W. Bush may do as much damage to John McCain's chances of being elected as Jeremiah Wright does to Barack Obama's, according to results of a recent USA Today/Gallup poll.

And there is lots of talk about a devisive Democratic convention but we have this:

Ron Pau'ls forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain

Virtually all the nation's political attention in recent weeks has focused on the compelling state-by-state presidential nomination struggle between two Democrats and the potential for party-splitting strife over there.

But in the meantime, quietly, largely under the radar of most people, the forces of Rep. Ron Paul have been organizing across the country to stage an embarrassing public revolt against Sen. John McCain when Republicans gather for their national convention in Minnesota at the beginning of September.

And of course there is McCain's very own Ralph Nader.

Barr announces Libertarian White House bid

WASHINGTON - Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr launched a Libertarian Party presidential bid Monday, saying voters are hungry for an alternative to the status quo who would dramatically cut the federal government.

His candidacy throws a wild card into the White House race that many believe could peel away votes from Republican Sen. John McCain given the candidates' similar positions on fiscal policy.

A few weeks ago I suggested that the election would be decided by those who chose not to participate because none of the candidates were electable.

So who will decide? Those who simply decide not to participate. McCain's best chance is against Hillary. Many Republicans who might not vote will to keep Hillary Clinton out of the white. Hillary has managed to offend the black voters and the urban white voters. Obama will not inspire the Republicans as much and may pick up some Libertarian and even Republican votes. The only thing that Hillary's campaign has accomplished is to make her the least electable of the three.

So who will win in November?  I see Obama as the least "unelectable" and the probable winner in November.

Comments

[anderson]

It would certainly be nice if Republicans -- for once in these last several years (decades) -- would decide to run on a campaign to win the minds of actual conservatives rather than seeing their only hope as appealing the fringe lunatics, who really are the only ones left supporting the current White House idiot.

People always say that the Dems need to grow a pair -- and they certainly do! -- but so does the GOP; stop pandering to the basest, most ignorant, jingoistic boobs in the country.

I realize this is a complete fantasy. The GOP have spent decades cultivating that very demographic as their own.