[TexasFreeper2009]

Romney - for sure will run

Palin - Probably not running

Bachmann - maybe

Paul - will run *gag*

Trump - Will not run, just pimping himself out for publicity

[clee1]

Herman Cain

[E. Pluribus Unum]

All the also-rans are waiting for the "go" signal from Sarah.

[Falcon28]

Allen West

[Steelfish]

Santorum- If he carries PA, he’ll beat Obama

[mnehring]

Paul & Trump? LOL.. Maybe they can join the Attention Whore ticket together.

[Cementjungle]

We will just have to wait and see who the NYT endorses for us.

[americanophile]

Personally, and this is my (ever unpopular) opinion alone, I would focus on retaking the Senate, which given the amount of Dem retirements is looking achievable. The presidency, to my mind, is a very steep climb given the candidates we have. Yes, most everyone on here seems to think that a ham sandwich can defeat Obama and that Palin will be our next president...many are the same people who lectured me on the inestimable force of a Fred Thompson campaign or told me to ignore the polls, that McCain would pull it out. The truth is we haven't any great candidates. They're all second tier, and with considerable drawbacks. 2016 will be a year in which we have a maturing crop, i.e., many of which are now making names for themselves as effective governors, but in the meantime we enter 2012 with blind rage against Obama and not much else. Maybe that will be enough to carry one of these candidates over the top, but I have my doubts.

[JoanneSD]

Herman cain, West, either would be great

[Teacher317]

The sooner someone announces, the longer the MSM has to destroy any potential foundation they might build

[Bigtigermike]

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)

[JLS]

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.

[CrickMan]

TownHall is currently running Straw Poll ......

[Persevero]

I disagree that they need to start publicly campaigning right now. Too early is a disadvantage, so is too late. Timing is everything.

[Jack Black]

Larry Sabato, a professor of political science does this sort of thing professionally. He groups 19 candidates into 4 tiers.

Sabato's Crystal Ball at the American Center for Politics at the University of Virgina.

Thune has definately announced he is not running.

He puts Hermain Cain and Donald Trump right where they belong, in my opinion. Americans like Vice Presidents, Governors, Senators and Generals for Presidents. It is not an entry level job open to ambitious rich people (ask Steve Forbes and Ross Perot) or well known kooks (ask Ralph Nader)

Ron Paul fans will be glad to see he outplaced both of them, while still managing to languish in Tier 4, where he cearly belongs. As does his soulmate Gary Johnson I'm afraid. Open Borders and Legal Pot are great for Liberty Club Dinner topics but will probably not be the winning issues in the 2012 GOP nominating drive.

I'd probably put Christie just under Newt in the 2nd tier, not in the third.

I'd probably also put Palin in the first spot. It's hard for me to imagine her not cleaning the floor with Huck and polishing it after with Mitt. (And I'm not a big Palin fan.)

[unseen1]

huntsman Daniels

[Friendofgeorge]

This is Palin country, just quoting Jim R (God bless him today btw)

Palin or bust, for sure she is running...I hope/pray

[Sybeck1]

The whole Palin following is hinging on her running. If she does not run her name will be MUD with the masses. There will be voter apathy galore in the ranks. And I also predict burnings of her books.

[Shimmer1]

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/herman-cain-for-president/

[Diogenesis]

Romney continues to have his agents attack the GOP.

Shame on Romney and his malignant RomneyBOTs.