McCain-Lieberman can't happen because of money. They don't have any and almost certainly can't raise enough to be competitive. Bloomberg-Hagel can happen because Bloomberg can finance his campaign out of pocket without raising 50 cents, and spend as much as either major party.
I figure Bloomberg likes his chances because he thinks Hillary Clinton will win Democratic nomination and Mike Huckabee will win Republican nomination, leaving him as only hard-core fiscal conservative and most anti-war candidate. (Like Edwards, he was pro-war in 2002, explaining why he needs Hagel, to boost his anti-war cred.) Ross Perot was ahead of Clinton and Bush in July 1992 and faded only because he dropped out of race after crazy paranoid speech and then practically endorsed Clinton. Bloomberg probably figures Perot was motivated more by hatred for Bush rather than desire to win presidency, had no real background in government of any kind, and that he wouldn't make same mistakes Perot did. I have long wondered when some other ultra-rich guy would try to buy US presidency, and it looks like moment may finally be at hand. If he faces Clinton and Huckabee, I can't dismiss him as sure to lose, as he really might take as many votes from anti-war and pro-environment Democrats as from bourgeois Republicans.
But he would have to win outright in November. If he threw race into House of Representatives, Democrats who will probably win Congress comfortably choose Hillary Clinton, not him.
I agree that some form of Hagel/Bloomberg is far more likely than McCain/Leiberman. Still, the Senate seat point can be made of Hagel just as of McCain. In fact, being in AZ, I would bet that McCain could more likely continue in the Senate as an independent than Hagel, if it came to that.
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Except that Hagel has already blown off his Senate seat, so that issue doesn't even arise for him.
Still, the Senate seat point can be made of Hagel just as of McCain.
Hmm... well, the legs are easy enough (although leveling them would require a little work. If you're going for the pelvis as the base and the ribcage for the back, I think McCain has it over Hagel, actually. Roomier, more comfortable.
But I really don't see why you're even thinking about that. It's kinda gross.
It's like "Night of the Living Republican." The idiots are right outside, and they want to eat your brain.
Interesting... What did Perot have against Bush? I am not familiar with that...
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There were several references to Perot hating Bush, but not touching on why exactly. When I read about it back in 1992, it seemed to be business-related, but it spilled over into family issues as well.
What, did Ross call George's mom a bitch, or something?
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from here most recently but I recall it bandied about much more widely at the time:
[Perot's] obsessiveness is evident in his focus on American POWs and MIAs from the Vietnam War. He became concerned about them in the late 1960s, as a sincere and fervent supporter of the Vietnam War. He led a quixotic mission with food and other goods for American POWs in North Vietnam, which failed due to opposition from that country, Moscow and even Washington (after Perot refused to go along with Nixon Administration PR goals.) Fair enough.
But Perot has remained convinced ever since that large numbers of POWs are being hidden in Asia, despite massive evidence to the contrary. (In fact, there is strong evidence that most of the MIAs weren't even missing; they were shot down while flying illegal missions over Cambodia, Laos, etc. and the government called them MIAs rather than admit the missions.)
The Reagan Administration even gave him access to top secret classified documents in an attempt to answer his relentless criticism of them for not bringing the MIAs back, but Perot only saw what he wanted to, and remains unconvinced. In fact, this was the origin of his feud with George Bush; as VP Bush drew the unpleasant job of telling Perot they were cutting off his top secret clearance, and Perot typically started a no-holds-barred feud with Bush, which in part led to Bill Clinton's election.
Also, he opposed NAFTA. Not entirely un-Paul-esque, though much more of a business man insider.
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