Posted on 03/02/2011 8:56:47 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
Right now Laura Ingraham is talking about Republicans need to step forward now, now is the time, if they are going to run, and so I am wondering myself who are the Republican candidates (for President) in 2012?
It doesnt matter if they say they are running or not, can someone give me the complete list? I want to start making a decision early this time so I can jump in with good spirit and enthusiasm, I think this battle needs to start early and start now because its going to be a long campaign.
So who has the long list? I may have forgotten someone, overlooked, maybe I am off the mark.
I tried to put together a gut list and this is the only thing I came up with so far:
Republicans definitely on my list: Romney Palin Bachmann Paul Trump
Republicans not on my list: (Jeb) Bush
Republicans who are in good keeping but are not on my list because they cannot win: Gingrich
I think Trump is cool. But that’s just me. Beyond that though, he isn’t going to go the whole mile.
So does anyone have the “long list”?
Serious folks. I agree with Laura. This thing has to start early, and we need to encourage a little courage here to all the candidates to please step forward.
Yes, I have grown to like him better as well, however, he is too squishy on the Moochelle..and her eating edicts.
T Paw..or Pawlenty has some good ads out.
We will just have to wait and see who the NYT endorses for us.
Well, if there isn’t a “long list”, then this has me worried. It needs to start now.
By the way, forget this thread, I want to pray for Jim instead.
very funny - NYT.
Well is Sarah bows out, I will go with who she recommends. But I am really confused right now. I mean, by now I would have thought there would be a long list of for sures.
Herman cain, West, either would be great
Newt
The sooner someone announces, the longer the MSM has to destroy any potential foundation they might build
Nyet.
Hahaha!
Romney - yes
Palin - yes (don’t buy into these people who are ignorant on how she do things)
Pawlenty - yes
Gingrich - yes
Hermain Cain - yes
Barbour - yes
Mitch Daniels - maybe
Rick Santorium - maybe
John Huntsman - maybe
Trump - maybe. ( perhaps joking around for the fun of it)
Huckabee - most likely not
Guiliani - most likely not (seems to be a stalking horse for somebody if he did run)
Bolton - most likely not
Ron Paul - most likely not
Michele Bachmann - most likely not (she said that she’s just setting the table for the 2012 election)
Thune - No
Pence - No
Christie - No (a thousand times he said no)
If Ingram did not use her program to pee on the last fairly conservative president we had a mere 2 years ago, perhaps more people would be willing to step forward now. Given how much of the GOP chattering class stood behind G.W. Bush, I can not blame people for not rushing to seek the GOP nomination. Since both the GOP establishment and much of the chattering class will bow to the DC group think and bail on you at a moments notice, I can understand why some people have second thoughts.
Romney, Santorum, and Newt are running.
I disagree that they need to start publicly campaigning right now. Too early is a disadvantage, so is too late. Timing is everything.
How about DeMint?
I LIKE some of these people a lot, but several have never been in elected office. And some have JUST been elected, so the field narrows tremendously.
The danger is that if Obama is re-elected, he knows he won’t face the voters again, so he’ll be even MORE radical and destructive. We have to take the WH more than the Senate.
He is my choice right now, but things can change.
By the way, here’s one thing we can count on: They ALL want to be president. The fact that they are not running yet is not an indication that they are not interested. Even Christie, who has been the most reluctant. If he thought he could win and that he would be good for America, he would run, without a doubt.
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