"With only 24 percent of Americans thinking the country is on the right track, the behavior of the leading GOP presidential candidates is utterly befuddling. Not a single one has tried to put any distance between himself and the president -- especially on foreign policy, the area of Bush's most catastrophic policies. I've written about how the lunatic fringe of the GOP has taken over the party. Well, the takeover is so complete that those looking to lead the party have come to the conclusion that the only way they can win is to compete for the 24 percent of the country that does not think we are headed over the edge of a cliff. They're all vying to be voted head wacko of the lunatic fringe." Arianna Huffington, blogging




I don't think that the Republican candidates want to win. Guiliani is going to run a racist campaign and Thompson said he doesn't think he can win the Presidency.

I think the lunatic fringe and fascists have destroyed the Republican Party.

kindj

"With only 24 percent of Americans thinking the country is on the right track,"

Do you have any more info on what she means by that? On the right track in what way--domestic policy, foreign policy, economics, etc?

I'm just curious because I see some things as being on the right track, some on the wrong one, and some just cruising along with no major impact one way or another.

I do, however, agree with the overall blandness of the Republican candidates. I see too much of the "same old, same old." I like Thompson, and I do think that he can win if he pushes hard enough. Overall, they all seem to hesitant to me.

tomder55

It didn't take Al Franken long to brainwash Arianna into almost complete incoherance. CNN Election News, August 27, 1996

Yeah ;much better when those Republicans were safe and content in their country clubs;a perpetual minority party ... while the Demoncrats had carte blanche ability to destroy the country all on their own.

Dark_crow

Have you read “Pigs at the Trough” by the author of the quote:

Between 1990 and 2000, average CEO pay rose 571 %. Between 1990 and 2000, average worker pay rose 37%. Of course, one of the main reasons the Bush administration has been so reluctant to rein in corporate America is because it is so much a part of it, with a vice president who was a CEO, three former CEOs who hold cabinet-level positions, two-dozen ambassadors who are former CEOs or company chairmen, a president who is the first commander-in-chief with an MBA, and a domestic agenda no deeper than tax breaks for friends.
Fittingly, then, both the president and the vice president were caught in the rising tide of corporate scandals that washed over the White House lawn in the summer of 2002.
The Bush crisis control team had an off day that July 31 when, in the space of 12 hours, it was revealed that both Harken Energy, while President Bush was on its board, and Halliburton, while Vice President Cheney was its CEO, had created subsidiary shell companies in offshore tax havens. The administration's attempt at what was supposed to be damage control did more harm than good.

tomder55

Choux
my guess is that Thompson's self-deprecating humor went over your head. We see how well Hillary fared when she wasn't scripted.