Republican candidates — Dan Quayle Redux?
June 9th, 2007 by 
Gerald Plessner
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani | 
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June 9th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner
Eight of the ten guys running for the Republican nomination for president make Dan Quayle, Clarence Thomas and George W. Bush look like geniuses. Only John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have any claim to national leadership and those claims are beginning to look increasingly weak.John McCain, though beloved and deserving of our thanks for his sacrifices and dedication, is beyond the job in years and gravitas. His submission to humiliation by the Bush White House and his advocacy of an increased war effort in Iraq make him look too weak on one hand and too wrong on the other.
Rudy Giuliani’s hard-boiled approach is appealing to many Republican voters but too many Americans don’t believe that the president’s war on terrorism has made us any safer. His unattractiveness to the Republican religious right may remain a real problem for Giuliani.
McCain and Giuliani may be up to the task but, when compared to the Democratic candidates, the rest of this group looks like a gang that can’t think straight. Read the rest of this entry »
John and Elizabeth Edwards should continue their quest
March 24th, 2007 by Gerald Plessner
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By Gerald PlessnerÂ
I have the deepest respect for John and Elizabeth Edwards and their decision that he continue his quest for the presidency. Carole and I faced the same challenge in 2000 — in a less public way of course — and she has given me permission to write about it. I am the husband, partner, lover and friend of a breast cancer and Mastectomy survivor. Working together, we made all the decisions that John and Elizabeth Edwards have faced and will continue to face.
In November 2000, Carole was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had to decide when to act on her doctors’ advice, which course to take and which odds to consider. In her typically confident and rational manner, and with a composure which men seldom display, she went forward and faced the challenge.