Posted on 01/12/2012 8:54:27 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
I would bet money both of them would run
SCOTUS justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia turn 76 this year. There is a very strong possibility of one of them being replaced. Your disdain for Romney aside.. are you SURE you’re OK with Obama making the nominations for their replacements (knowing the Senate GOP’s lack of success maintaining filibusters)?
I hope Paul runs 3rd party. His support comes mostly from the anti-Constitution, anti-US defense leftists and conspiracy nut and dope-using libertarians so Obama and the the Libertarian Party candidate will lose the most votes. Trump running, however, would take away RINO Romney votes.
If Paul runs 3rd party, he’s going to pull votes from both establishment parties, as did Perot. But, in this case, he could hurt King Barry more than he helps him as the left wing crazies that voted DemocRat en masse in 2008 will flock to Paul as we already saw in Iowa and New Hampshire.
No way. "Disaffected" Obama supporters are annoyed at him for not destroying the country enough. They aren't going to look to billionaire Trump or nutcase Paul to vent their frustrations.
Get used to it. Romney will be the nominee. Newt has shot himself in the foot and he is history. Trump is too smart to waste his money on a 3rd party run. Ron Paul will stay in the Rep. race all the way to the convention so he can get some platform concessions and will not run as a 3rd party for the sake of his son. Now is the time for everybody to focus on the objective which is defeating Obama.
Paul won’t run 3rd Party. It would damage Rand’s budding political career.
Trump is a wild-card. Hard to predict what he will do, though I suspect he will also stay out. He is handsomely paid for his reality show.
I would rather Romney beat Obama, and then we can primary him in 2016.
One or both. The damage would differ only in the size of Obama's victory. It's folly to think democrats are going to come over to vote for Paul or Trump in any appreciable numbers.
I'm with you. If Ron Paul were to disappear from the planet today, I'd bet 3/4 of his followers would not support ANY Republican...now or in the future. I also have no doubt that Trump would pull a lot of the dumbass vote...mostly liberals.
Doesn’t this kinda assume that we might win with Romney and no third party run? I’m not sure there’s a predicament here. I think we lose either way, if Romney is the pick.
Perry was ready to drop out. I wonder who might have talked or paid him into staying?
Ron Paul might actually win the 4 way race.
It's this: There is a chance Obama could be defeated without a third-party interference. With Paul or Trump in the mix, that chance is gone... completely. Say hello to at least four more years of Obama.
IMHO, Donald Trump was planning to run for ‘12 POTUS as an Independent, no matter what. Donald is a leftist Democrat pretending to be a conservative Republican (NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg does much of the same thing.). Rep. Ron Paul is so unpredictable that I’m not so sure what he would do, even though Ron has said, several times, that he wouldn’t run for ‘12 POTUS as an Independent or from a third political party but would stay in the GOP. I’m, still, profoundly frustrated that BO is, probably, the worst POTUS, ever, but the GOP may end up losing the ‘12 POTUS race to BO, anyways!
If Paul and Trump enter as indies, let’s make at least a fun ride by drafting Palin to run on a 5th party ticket. It’ll be a lost cause, but it’ll be entertaining.
Since the nominee will either be Newt, Santorum, or God forbid, Willard, Trump will NOT run as he has explained again and again on Fox, but Uncle Nutjob WILL.
Wait a minute. Are you saying that Romney isn’t the most conservative electible candidate? I’m shocked, shocked!!
Yeah, voting for Trump will really teach the Establishment a lesson! Boy, you’ll really make a point! Those Establishment types will really sit up and take notice when you vote for a-hole Trump.
Four more years of Obama and it wont matter. Your freedom will be gone. The economy will be in ruins. The collapse will be total. Dont like Romney? Well get over it! It seems like he will be the nominee, so you can vote for him, or any other vote you cast or dont cast is as good as a vote for Obama. Is he perfect? No. Is he 1000x better than Hussein Obama? Of course. So grow up!
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