Republicans united against Clinton

[struggle4progress]

GOP delegates on Mackinac say she's reason enough to pick best candidate

September 23, 2007

BY DAWSON BELL

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

MACKINAC ISLAND -- Michigan Republicans pronounced themselves generally pleased with their 2008 presidential choices at a two-day gab-fest that finished Saturday.

But even if a clear favorite emerges this morning from the straw poll of delegates to the biennial Michigan Republican Leadership Conference, the thing that appears to mostly unite the GOP is the choice they dread voters will make: President Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Through a weekend of speeches, conversations with voters and reporters, Republican candidates and activists alike recoiled at the prospect of a second Clinton presidency. Party officials credited the leading Democratic contender with giving Republicans a reason to get excited about the next election after the party took a licking in 2006.

"I'm a little bit surprised at how much energy there is this early," said state GOP Executive Director Jeff Timmer. "And a lot of that is due to Hillary," who is regarded almost universally among Republicans as the inevitable Democratic nominee ...

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[rurallib]

1. They are satisfied with Mittens, the cross-dresser and Frederick

of Hollywood? They have exquisite taste! Truly a bumper crop!

[The River]

2. Giving Republicans a Reason

to GOTV in record numbers.

Thanks DLC