NYC Mayors

[CPT MikeyMike]

Not sure if this one's been discussed....

Republican Ticket

Rudy Giuliani/Mike Huckabee

Democrat Ticket

Mike Bloomberg (switched parites of course)/Evan Bayh

No serious third party candidates...how does it play out?

[Padfoot]

Replay of 2004 as far as the EVs go.  Moderates in the Northeast may put Guliani ahead in New Hampshire or perhaps Pennsylvania.

[jman724]

Giulliani and Bloomberg seem to hold pretty much the same ideals and support the same policies.  In this case, i think it would be an easy victory for Giulliani.  With not much difference between them, and Giulliani being more charasmatic and not a billionaire (that i know of) voters would be more inclined to support him.  I would expect to see a 5-8 point victory.  Giulliani would be able to swing California, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in addition to PA and NH. 

[Verily]

Giulliani and Bloomberg seem to hold pretty much the same ideals and support the same policies.  In this case, i think it would be an easy victory for Giulliani.  With not much difference between them, and Giulliani being more charasmatic and not a billionaire (that i know of) voters would be more inclined to support him.  I would expect to see a 5-8 point victory.  Giulliani would be able to swing California, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in addition to PA and NH. 

Giuliani has a considerable number of "scandals", to use the term conservatives would use. Boarding with a gay couple, divorcing twice, marrying his second cousin, all of these things would hurt him in a national campaign. I'm pretty sure Giuliani is also extremely wealthy, but I don't know for certain.

[Eraserhead]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

[Padfoot]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

I'd like Guliani to win the Republican nod just because I'm not a fan of any of the other Republicans and I'd like an alternative in case a Democrat I don't like wins.

I don't think Bloomberg would go Democrat just to get the nomination, nor do I beleive he would get it.  I think it's much more likely he will go for the Unity08 nod.

[Eraserhead]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

Well they are both pro-Iraq and I have never liked either Giuliani or Bloomberg (who just helped Lieberman get re-elected).

[Padfoot]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

Well they are both pro-Iraq and I have never liked either Giuliani or Bloomberg (who just helped Lieberman get re-elected).

I just find it amusing when people bash the nominess from their own state.  i know that no state will ever vote 100% for a home town boy but since there are three this time around I think it's funny that many New yorkers don't like any of them.  (Excuse me if I'm wrong for assuming your anti-war sentiments would extend to Hillary as well and you'll be voting for someone else in the primaries).

[Eraserhead]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

Well they are both pro-Iraq and I have never liked either Giuliani or Bloomberg (who just helped Lieberman get re-elected).

I just find it amusing when people bash the nominess from their own state.  i know that no state will ever vote 100% for a home town boy but since there are three this time around I think it's funny that many New yorkers don't like any of them.  (Excuse me if I'm wrong for assuming your anti-war sentiments would extend to Hillary as well and you'll be voting for someone else in the primaries).

You are not wrong. AnybodyButClinton '08.

[Smash255]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

I'd like Guliani to win the Republican nod just because I'm not a fan of any of the other Republicans and I'd like an alternative in case a Democrat I don't like wins.

I don't think Bloomberg would go Democrat just to get the nomination, nor do I beleive he would get it.  I think it's much more likely he will go for the Unity08 nod.

Thats actually how Bloomberg got the GOP nod for Mayor......

he was a Democrat and was going to run for mayor as a Democrat, he only switched parties and ran as a Republican, because the GOP primary field was MUCH smaller than the Dem Primary field.

[Padfoot]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

This coming from a New Yorker! lol. 

I'd like Guliani to win the Republican nod just because I'm not a fan of any of the other Republicans and I'd like an alternative in case a Democrat I don't like wins.

I don't think Bloomberg would go Democrat just to get the nomination, nor do I beleive he would get it.  I think it's much more likely he will go for the Unity08 nod.

Thats actually how Bloomberg got the GOP nod for Mayor......

he was a Democrat and was going to run for mayor as a Democrat, he only switched parties and ran as a Republican, because the GOP primary field was MUCH smaller than the Dem Primary field.

Exactly, that why I think it would be unwise of him to switch back again.  I can see the ads now: "I was for the Democratic party before I was against it."  The last thing the Democrats need or want is another "flip-flopper"

[TomC]

I couldn't bring myself to vote in an election like this.

I could almost vote twice.