Hypothetical 2000 Republican Primary

[OSR stands with Israel]

Say neither Bush runs and this is the field, Who do you vote for , and if you could rank your top 5 candidates how would it look like


My ranked vote:

1. Tommy Thompson ( Who my vote would go to)
2. John McCain
3. Jack Kemp
4 . Tom Ridge
5.  Christine Todd Whitman

[Kingpoleon]

1. Whitman
2. Pataki
3. Danforth
4. McCain
5. Kemp
6. Ridge
7. Thompson
8. Forbes
9. Hatch
10. Gingrich
11. Keyes


I think Kemp or Danforth would win.

[OSR stands with Israel]

1. Whitman
2. Pataki
3. Danforth
4. McCain
5. Kemp
6. Ridge
7. Thompson
8. Forbes
9. Hatch
10. Gingrich
11. Keyes


I think Kemp or Danforth would win.

It would be really hard for anyone to win , and I would say It would go to a contested convention between these 4 candidates: McCain, Kemp, Danforth, and Thompson . In the contested convention I would say they probably go with McCain-Danforth as the ticket

[Lechasseur]

Probably John Danforth

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

What an awful field. I'd write-in Pat Buchanan.

[SATW]

What a solid field. Most of these people are FF's.

1. Jack Kemp
2. John Danforth
3. George Pataki
4. John McCain
5. Christine Todd Whitman
6. Orrin Hatch
7. Tommy Thompson
8. Steve Forbes
9. Newt Gingrich
10. Tom Ridge
11. Alan Keyes (I would not vote for him)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

1. Danforth
2. Kemp
3. McCain

[America Needs R'hllor]

Didn't know who Danforth is, but from what I read about him, and from his opinion on my litmus issue (same sex marriage), he's an FF. Nonetheless:

1. Pataki
2. Danforth

3. McCain
4. Ridge

5. Whitman

6. Thompson
7. Forbes
8. Kemp

9. Hatch

10. Gingrich


11. Keyes

[Greedo punched first]

1. Pataki
2. McCain

[Mr. Morden]

Danforth was the other name floated at the end of Bush's VP selection process, before he went with Cheney.  I do wonder, if Bush had picked Danforth instead of Cheney as his running mate, would the Iraq War have ever happened?  No Cheney means, conceivably, someone other than Rumsfeld is picked for SecDef (since Cheney and Rumsfeld were pals from the Ford administration, I'm assuming that Cheney argued in favor of picking Rumsfeld for SecDef).  It's not obvious what happens with Iraq in a Cheney-less, Rumsfeld-less Bush administration.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Super surprised you excluded Kasich.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Danforth was the other name floated at the end of Bush's VP selection process, before he went with Cheney.  I do wonder, if Bush had picked Danforth instead of Cheney as his running mate, would the Iraq War have ever happened?  No Cheney means, conceivably, someone other than Rumsfeld is picked for SecDef (since Cheney and Rumsfeld were pals from the Ford administration, I'm assuming that Cheney argued in favor of picking Rumsfeld for SecDef).  It's not obvious what happens with Iraq in a Cheney-less, Rumsfeld-less Bush administration.

Ridge was, I believe, an early choice for Defense. Bush may have looked at a CEO as well.

[darklordoftech]

Danforth was the other name floated at the end of Bush's VP selection process, before he went with Cheney.  I do wonder, if Bush had picked Danforth instead of Cheney as his running mate, would the Iraq War have ever happened?  No Cheney means, conceivably, someone other than Rumsfeld is picked for SecDef (since Cheney and Rumsfeld were pals from the Ford administration, I'm assuming that Cheney argued in favor of picking Rumsfeld for SecDef).  It's not obvious what happens with Iraq in a Cheney-less, Rumsfeld-less Bush administration.

Cheney pushed for Rumsfeld as SecDef in order to counter Colin Powell, who Cheney perceived as too dovish.

[SNJ1985]

Keyes

[Del Tachi]

There are no Southerners on this list :/

I guess Danforth