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2012 GOP Ticket: Pawlenty/Barbour. Thoughts?
FReepers Opinions | 4/22/11 | Recovering_Democrat

Posted on 04/22/2011 7:45:13 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat

Looking at the electoral field, I wonder if this would be the strongest ticket from the current field. TP is a 2 term governor from a normally blue Northern state, Haley is a 2 term governor from a red southern state.

They have lots of executive experience, TP has shown he can win in a non-Republican state, and just might be able to put together more than 270 electoral votes....if we can put the keebosh on Hussein's fraud machine.


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To: cycle of discernment
Trump/Palin

Picture that ...
21 posted on 04/22/2011 7:54:43 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Way too elitist for me. So is Trump. I like real grass roots Americans like Vince McMahon, or maybe Larry the Cable Guy.

/s

22 posted on 04/22/2011 7:56:03 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Birth Certificate Derangement Syndrome - have you been tested??)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
No. Tim was rabidly on the AGW bandwagon and now has backtracked -- shows very strong RINO instincts.

Haley is somewhat conservative. He is not nearly fiscal conservative as Sarah. Haley is also quite connected to the "good ole boys" of the GOP.

Haley would likely resist strongly changing the Statist course we are on. In other words, he would not make a bold move towards Liberty and slashing government.

23 posted on 04/22/2011 8:00:02 AM PDT by sand88
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To: biggredd1

Works for me. Either that or Palin/West.

But, PLEASE leave out the B levels like Pawlenty, Barbour, Romney, Daniels, etc.

You couldn’t squeeze an ounce of charisma from all of them put together.

Then, also please leave out the egomaniacs like Trump.

Please select from among Palin, Bachman, West, Cain, Christie and DeMint.


24 posted on 04/22/2011 8:00:31 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Doesn’t really appeal to me. Bachmann/Palin or vice versa.


25 posted on 04/22/2011 8:02:03 AM PDT by Grunthor (The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
The more I hear about/from Barbour, the less I care for him.

Some comments from his FNS appearance Sunday:

And these:

What Haley Barbour didn't tell Fox News: he lobbied for Mexico on 'amnesty'

Governor Barbour on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on February 27, 2011, said that Barack Obama is “one of the greatest politicians in the history of the United States.”

Does Haley Barbour Have an Immigration Problem?

Haley Barbour On Global Warming: ‘We Should Proceed’ As If It ‘Is Actually Happening’
26 posted on 04/22/2011 8:02:38 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Recovering_Democrat

No.....


27 posted on 04/22/2011 8:03:26 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
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28 posted on 04/22/2011 8:03:51 AM PDT by imfrmdixie (A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Eisenhower)
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To: Mr. K

Sorry. Loser ticket.


29 posted on 04/22/2011 8:04:10 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Jedidah
I sincerely implore all FReepers to accept that there is no perfect candidate and that we must unite to defeat the current regime. 2012 is the most important election of our lifetimes.

You are indeed correct it is the most important election in our liftimes, if not in U.S. History.

No candidate will be perfect, but in no way should a RINO be accepted. That will be the death knell of our Republic.

If we elect a RINO type, they will just be a placeholder for four or eight years. Then likely another radical Dem will come into power and truly finish us off.

A very, very strong and very bold conservative must rise to the top and win the nomination. Only someone with a Warrior mindset, willing to smash the heads of the GOP leadership in Congress, can push through the necessary changes; slashing government spending and firing large numbers of Federal workers (parasites).

30 posted on 04/22/2011 8:05:53 AM PDT by sand88
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......no.


31 posted on 04/22/2011 8:06:18 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Pawlenty was nowhere to be found in the Coleman recount, he's a wimp.
32 posted on 04/22/2011 8:06:18 AM PDT by Recon Dad (I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure)
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To: Jedidah

Obama cannot win any southern border state except CA. This is a pick up of 32 electoral votes with FL and NM. Obama has pretty much no chance to win reelection no matter who the Republicans choose. Being from MN and knowing Pawlenty he would not be my choice, he was a global warming guy when it seemed the political thing to be. The only way Obama wins is if he raises 6 billion and pays folks to vote for him. I hope many candidates will step up battle for the nomination and may the best woman with gonads win.


33 posted on 04/22/2011 8:08:26 AM PDT by vicar7
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To: novemberslady
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34 posted on 04/22/2011 8:08:37 AM PDT by imfrmdixie (A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Eisenhower)
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To: sand88

Absolutely.

So we work hard to get the best possible nominee, the purest patriot and conservative.

And if the final choice isn’t who we want, we still pull the lever against Obama in November 2012.

I will vote for Pepe LePew over Barry0.

Sitting home and pouting is simply not an option.


35 posted on 04/22/2011 8:10:19 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Recovering_Democrat

pawlenty seems to have the charm and personality of a mailbox and barbour is an establishment hack. we can do better than this and will have to in order to win.


36 posted on 04/22/2011 8:11:45 AM PDT by madamemayhem (defeat is not getting knocked down, it is not getting back up.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Palin/West
The best ticket for my money.


37 posted on 04/22/2011 8:12:25 AM PDT by Patrioticdale (" I regret that I have only one life to give for my country" ---- Nathan Hale)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

no vote from me.


38 posted on 04/22/2011 8:14:06 AM PDT by ken21 (dem taxes + regs + unions = jobs overseas.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Thoughts? No pig in the poke please - what issues would they run on? [applies to all candidates]

“I’m not Obama” does not a mandate make.


39 posted on 04/22/2011 8:14:13 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Pawlenty/Barbour.
Wow! Now that's a ticket as exciting as Bob Dole and, and ... oh, whoever the hell it was. Boriiiiiiiiiing.
40 posted on 04/22/2011 8:14:36 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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