Posted on 07/11/2010 7:47:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The November midterm elections are just four months away, but a handful of politicians are already looking far down the calendar to 2012 -- and it's starting to show.
Though the 2012 presidential campaign arguably began as soon as the 2008 campaign ended, the water testing is starting to become more visible. It takes a long time to raise the millions needed to run for president and build national attention -- so with about two years to go until the conventions, a few potential candidates seem to be getting the ball rolling.
The political activity is taking place in all the familiar forums. Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty this weekend returned to New Hampshire, site of the first-in-the-nation primary, for the third time in seven months. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a 2008 presidential candidate, is expected to be campaigning hard for fellow Republicans in the midterms while building visibility. And former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just launched a splashy new online ad.
"I think that Romney and Pawlenty are getting a good head start," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "But it's also true that those other candidates, most of them, people like Palin and Newt Gingrich and Haley Barbour, could raise money very quickly. They could put a campaign together quickly if they had to."
Pawlenty is trying to raise his profile in a state critical to presidential politics. During a visit to New Hampshire's Strafford County Republican Picnic Saturday, Pawlenty didn't speak about any plans for 2012. But he told a crowd of about 100 people that Washington needs to change.
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You’re probabaly right, it was one of few mistakes he made, but at the time he had other bigger fish to fry. Considering what he accomplished, I’d simply use it as a mistake we can look at with hind sight.
Thanks. Do you have a link for that?
No, but do remeber seeing it some where.
From what I have heard, he thought he had a deal on border security, but the Dims renegged.
Gingrich is interesting, but his flirting with global warming will sink him.
Again, IMHO.
How about Fred Thompson-too old?
Thune is a nice sweet man.......that's his problem. He needs to show some FIRE.
Until Crist mentioned it, I had never heard of anyone getting a bax-whack, or whatever. It sounds like something you get in a San Francisco bath house, but I could be mistaken.
How about Jindal or Demint?
How about Jindal or Demint?
Yeah, that'll work. Working for him right now is this dratted oil spill. Crist is getting hours of face time and backing up banning all drilling in the Gulf forever, yadda yadda yadda.
Another big help: Eastern Florida is awash with "Double-Registered" voters out of New York and New Jersey. They tip the close races. If the Democrats ran Hitler, and the Republicans Mother Teresa, trust me, these Ani would pull the lever or the chad for Adolf ... and Crist.
What do they care about the "Crist-Cross." He's a Democrat.
If you'd bother to do some research and read her notes, you would know that Governor Palin opposes amnesty.
But no...you want to repeat a tired discredited meme from disgruntled conservatives angry that Palin is more viable and conservative than the candidate or candidates they support.
““We won’t complicate it any more. Let’s keep it simple and let’s say, ‘No, if you are here illegally and you don’t follow the steps that at some point through immigration reform we’re going to be able to provide, and that is to somehow allow you to work. If you’re not going to do that, you will be deported you will be gone.””
Would you parse this please? These are HER WORDS. Every time I read it, I get the same result - which is that if ILLEGALS don’t sign up for something, they get deported. If they do sign up...seems to me that they don’t get deported. WHAT THE HELL IS SHE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
I don’t illegals to sign up for ANYTHING. I want them out of work and going home - maybe you and her have different plans for them?
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