vs. Madame President with 1547
Posted on 03/29/2011 6:15:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Flip through any list of Republicans running for president or probably running or maybe thinking of running, and you'll find at least a couple dozen names. From Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to Michele Bachmann, Rudy Giuliani, and Donald Trump, it's a potentially vast field peppered with outsize personalities and also folks who make you say, "who?"
Why so many?
"Because people perceive vulnerability in President Obama," says Darrell West, a political analyst at the Brookings Institution. "We have high unemployment, we have 2-1/2 wars, and there's a lot of contentiousness surrounding health care. So nobody's afraid to take on a sitting president."
By the time the Iowa caucuses roll around early next year, the GOP could easily field 10 to 12 candidates. The latest to say “I’m in” is Congresswoman Bachmann of Minnesota, a tea party firebrand and born-again Christian who could shake up the race by doing well in her native Iowa. She stole the show at last weekend’s Conservative Principles Conference in Iowa.
But it’s easy to see how a Bachmann candidacy fades in early states that are less friendly to evangelicals, such as New Hampshire, Nevada, and Florida. When all is said and done, the race for the 2012 GOP nomination may boil down to just three serious contenders: former Governor Romney of Massachusetts, former Governor Pawlenty of Minnesota, and Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi.....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
I just wish Romney would go away . . . I’m tired of his universal health care and pro-homosexual stand. Run for the democratic nomination, Romney. They’ll love you. Just go away. You gotta’ be the odds on favorite of the dummycrats for the stupid party’s top spot, but we’ve had enough of their choices . . . Dole . . . McLame . . .
Another stab at chosing our candidate for us.
Never cared much for Pawlenty. To me, he comes across as a slick talking RINO. I’m afraid that he would be one to say what he needs to say to get elected, and then turn out to be a RINO, making GW Bush look like a Reagan in comparison.
However, I saw him on TV this morning, and he had a dammed good command/grasp of ‘the issues’, and had a good conservative approach with his answers. Being it was in hostile territory on PMSNBC, it was a very good appearance for him.
i’m not voting for any of these.
Not voting for them.
No Palin, no vote.
GOP headed towards Whig grave.
Wish list for the left!
If that happens, i’ll not be casting a vote for President!
Romney, Pawlenty & Barbour... an MSM wet dream.
yes.
Christian Science Monitor smells just like Asspress, MSNBC, and the other liars.
“How big GOP 2012 field could boil down to three (Governors Romney, Pawlenty & Barbour)”
LOL.
Larry, Curly and Mo.
What a sorry bunch that would be.
April Fools?
Conservative: A "three-legged stool" conservative (fiscal, social, military), someone who "gets" and can articulate Tenth-Amendment federalism.
Competent: Someone who will govern effectively.
Electable: Someone who can appeal to enough voters "in the middle" so as to beat Obama in the general election.
Up to this point, none of the names mentioned "jumps out at me" as the obvious and outstanding choice on all of the above points. We'll see. That's why we have campaigns and primaries.
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