10 Comments, 10 Threads

1. 1. Doug Mataconis

   Dick Morris has been so consistently wrong about things political in the last several years, its a wonder they still pay him to write a column.

   July 11, 2006 - 5:33 am   Link to this Comment

   

   
2. 2. tim maguire

   Doug beat me to it. If Dick Morris says it’s so, you can be pretty sure it isn’t so.

   July 11, 2006 - 12:30 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
3. 3. Skip

   I too am not a fan of Morris, however I think his thought has merrit (but probably not this coming Pres. election). As both parties go farther left and right, it leaves people such as myself to choose security over some of my liberal concerns. If someone like Rudy came in (not a fan of Bloomberg) strong on security, but also pro-choice, etc. he or she could concievably take a lot of the vote.

   July 11, 2006 - 12:34 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
4. 4. Mike R

   Is the gun control aspect of the liberal ideology really a selling point for mainstream America, or do reporters just think that it is? (Or to ask it another way, is Morris expressing his veiwpoint as mainstream, or am I?)

   Mike

   July 11, 2006 - 1:02 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
5. 5. Silicon Valley Jim

   So, let’s see here:

   1964 – Lyndon Johnson, incumbent President, former vice-President, born and raised in Texas, which was part of the Confederacy

   1968 – Richard Nixon, former vice-President, born and raised in California

   1972 – Richard Nixon, incumbent President

   1976 – Jimmy Carter, born and raised in Georgia, governor of Georgia, which was part of the Confederacy

   1980 – Ronald Reagan, born in Illinois, moved to California in 1937, former governor of California

   1984 – Ronald Reagan, incumbent President and former governor of California

   1988 – George H. W. Bush, sitting vice-President, born in Massachusetts, raised in Connecticut, moved to Texas in 1948

   1992 – Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas (part of the Confederacy), where he was born and raised

   1996 – Bill Clinton, incumbent President

   2000 – George W. Bush, governor of Texas, where he was raised

   2004 – George W. Bush, incumbent President

   So every winner of a Presidential election from 1964 on has had prior experience as either a state governor or a vice-President. The majority were raised in states that had been part of the Confederacy. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Michael Bloomberg’s performance as mayor of New York, but forty-plus years of history doesn’t bode well for his chances.

   July 11, 2006 - 2:07 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
6. 6. Karol

   Oh my gosh, I totally scoff too. Who knew I had so much in common with Will Collier?

   July 11, 2006 - 2:17 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
7. 7. Whitehall

   Morris has certainly shown himself out of touch with reality lately.

   He does fire off startling insights from time to time but this ain’t one of them.

   July 11, 2006 - 4:53 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
8. 8. richard mcenroe

   Is there anyone in either party Dick Morris has said CAN’T be president?

   July 11, 2006 - 9:50 pm   Link to this Comment

   

   
9. 9. Clay

   Dick, put down the crack pipe, and step away, with your hands in the air!

   Being pro-gun control or pro abortion will NOT win you doodly in the so called red states, and running as an independent??

   he hasn’t the support infrastructure to be a serious candidate.

   c’mon… Dick, you’re nucking futs.

   July 13, 2006 - 10:50 am   Link to this Comment

   

   
10. 10. triticale

    “Any of these three men can win as an independent.” So therefore they should all three run.

    July 14, 2006 - 5:55 pm   Link to this Comment