Comments on: Tony Blankley on Bloomberg for President

by: PolitiChris

Thu, 31 May 2007 16:54:49 +0000

Interesting that he describes Bloomberg as a nosy, hectoring busybody. I can’t think of three words that might better describe Rudy Giuliani. Oh, unless one of those words is lunatic.

by: Anthony Distler

Tue, 29 May 2007 23:45:44 +0000

Well, yeah, compared to Europe, we are extremely conservatives. In fact, our conservatives would be considered reactionary in European standards.

But we’re not as conservative as we were at the end of the ninties and beginning of the century. In fact, I think we’re more liberal now then we were back in the 80’s.

by: Trent Hill

Tue, 29 May 2007 21:32:35 +0000

Distler,

Compare us to Europe. Then say that.

by: Anthony Distler

Tue, 29 May 2007 20:16:00 +0000

We’re a right-to-center country? Even when 56% of Americans trust Democrats more the Republicans? No, I think we’re a right-to-center country in the eyes of right-to-center bloggers.

by: Richard Winger

Tue, 29 May 2007 19:27:34 +0000

Even if one counts all the presidential candidates who were only on the ballot in just one state, there have never been more than 23 such individuals. In 2004 there were 16.

by: Brad Winthrop

Tue, 29 May 2007 16:50:22 +0000

Five is still more than the three that Blankley mentions. Just because candidates do not have a theoretical chance of being elected doesn’t mean that they aren’t candidates or that people can’t vote for them. If Blankley somehow turns out to be right and Guliani, Clinton and Bloomberg turn out to be the only candidates who can possibly win, voters could and probably some probably would choose to vote for someone who will end up losing. I don’t see how this plays into the hands of the CPD. I would like to see all declared candidates in every debate. The more the merrier imo.

by: Richard Winger

Tue, 29 May 2007 16:35:14 +0000

It is misleading for this post to assume there will be “dozens” of candidates for president in the November 2008 election. There has never been a U.S. presidential election with more than 7 candidates who could theoretically have been elected. This statement about “dozens” of people running for president plays into the hands of the Commission on Presidential Debates.

In 2004 there were only 5 individuals running for president in the general election who could theoretically been elected: Bush, Kerry, Nader, Badnark and Peroutka. 2004 was fairly typical in having five such candidates.