Posted on 05/22/2011 5:19:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Once upon a time there was a president, wavering in popularity. He was deemed by some political pundits as “highly beatable.” He had just done his whole thing with health care, which left voters fuming, and two years before the presidential election, Republicans picked up a slew of seats in the House, taking control.
But then, the Republican Party did the unthinkable: It gave the nomination to a guy because it was essentially “his turn,” and the candidate got shellacked by the incumbent Democratic president.
That president was Bill Clinton; the “It’s His Turn” candidate was Bob Dole; the year, 1996. And 2012 is shaping up to be an awful lot like that election.
In 1994, Mr. Clinton had just tried to jam universal health care down America’s throat. He had cruised to office two years earlier, defeating an unpopular Republican, and had been on top of the world until the mid-terms.
Republicans picked up a shocking 54 House seats and took the chamber for the first time since 1954. In the Senate, they picked up nine seats, taking over that chamber for the first time in eight years. The American voter was angry, and the GOP capitalized immediately, led by a then-young congressman, Newt Gingrich, who helped craft the Contract With America.
Fast forward to 2010. A Democrat had again cruised to office, beating an unpopular (even within his own party) candidate. This time, the president was able to shove a health-care overhaul through a Congress so flush with Democrats that they held a super-majority in the Senate. But the president had over-reached, and voters once again became frustrated, pouring into town halls to vent their anger....
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agree.
dana pe-rino and rino maker karl rove will put forward
“established”
republicans like puslenty and rombot.
Agreed. Obama will have done irreparable damage by 2016. We need a real conservative in 2012. We can do a lot better than Willard Romney.
We can’t let him get to where Dole was in 1996 ... he needs to be shown the door in the early state primaries!
I don't like Romney. He isn't electable because since he's been the gov. of Massachusetts, he's pushed through a lot of things that Obama voters would be comfortable with, like his health care thing. Because of that, they won't vote for him, because in there mind, there's no difference between him and Obozo, so why not vote for Obozo?
Another reason I don't like him is because he is too cozy with the left. He had to be to get the things in Mass. through by the state legislature. I don't want my president to be cozy with the left. I want my prez. to grab them by their collective throat, shake them vigorously, throw them against the wall, and repeat as needed until they wise up, stop the gravy train, and close our porous borders. Ain't gonna happen with Romney, which is why he won't get my vote.
And appoint Michael Savage as press secretary!
I don’t buy Palin sitting this one out as a cold political calculation. If she sits, it will because of family pressures and concerns.
(And I’m hoping and thinking she’ll run in 2012.)
Romney is likely to give us Obama’s second term. The Republican Party needs some hope and change, and Romney isn’t it.
Funny, I’ve long thought the “it’s my turn” candidate was SARAH PALIN.
Willard, it’s your turn EVERY SINGLE DAY to be the biggest tool in the room. What other “turn” do you think you’re entitled to?
“....I want my prez. to grab them by their collective throat, shake them vigorously, throw them against the wall, and repeat as needed until they wise up, stop the gravy train, and close our porous borders.......”
Alas they can’t wise up. They’re stuck on stupid.
Conservatism will rise to the occasion and if the Republican party does not it is disposable.
The point isn't the Romney needs to be shown the door before its too late. Its that there's noone else right now so Romney's most likely going to be the guy. After him (and he'll lose IMO) the candidates just get weaker. Sarah's not running, and I don't think she's ready. (I'm waiting with an open mind) There's still time for a suddenly ready up and comer (Gad, Bush disappointed me) but that window is rapidly closing.
Yeah, right, she’s “not ready”. Another concern troll.
{shrug}Yeah, I'm a troll. Listen, tell you what ngat, let me know if she decides she's ready and runs this term. Then you and I can get together and see which one of us knows what they're talking about, deal?
I didn’t say you were a regular troll, just a “concern troll”. Go on over to urban dictionary and look it up.
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