Posted on 08/21/2014 8:49:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yes. I see 61 losers.
technically only 1 will not be a loser
NO Bush. NO Huckabee. Yikes.
I’d love to see Cruz give it a run, but although I applaud him in most areas, he’s a little wooden in his demeanor. He needs to loosen up. Reagan charmed ‘em, part of why he got so many crossover votes. That white-guy-stick-up-your-@ss stiffness I see in so many GOP candidates will not fly anymore.
There was a Republican mining engineer in 1928 whose first elective office was President of the United States. Although, he had served as Secretary of Commerce. And, in 1908, we elected another very weighty Republican lawyer who had served as Secretary of War but had held no elective office.
“Run someone that has no history of politics, but a proven, and successful work ethic.”
It would be very hard for somebody who had little or no experience as a politician to run. It would be like taking a champion swimmer and then running him in a track and field event. (Yes, I believe that has worked, but it’s notable because it works so rarely.) Politics is a dirty game. When (not if) the opposition hits below the belt you not only have to take it, you have to dish it out while appearing not to. Politics is as much acting as it is business. (Or, in the case of most Democrats, it’s all acting.)
Several years ago I backed an independent businessman for the US House. He was conservative and successful in business. But he came apart when attacked and fought back with no finesse. Despite reasonable funding, a dedicated staff of volunteers and a credible effort, he got less than 4% of the vote. You could really see the difference between his style, or lack of it, as the candidates interacted towards the end of the race. Too bad, I really liked the guy and he’d have made a fine representative.
1.) Announce your running.
2.) Get all your dirty laundry out there in the wind. Nothing that anyone could possibly use against you.
3.) Be honest about everything, except for the obvious.
4.) Win.
People like accountability. America is craving for it. I think a good honest campaign is what the country leads. Throw a little bit of charm, modesty, and wisdom to listen to GOOD VETTED, and PATRIOTIC POLITICAL ADVISORS. It’s all it would take. Make sure everyone hears your voice, non stop tour around the country, even the towns in districts that don’t matter. Show what a real leader looks like, and the country will follow.
All we see are weak kneed career politicians.
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Good reference. Thanks.
No one not known for executive experience beats anyone with executive experience.Senators only win if they are opposed by other senators - NOT against governors and certainly not against sitting presidents. Kennedy beat Nixon in ’60 - but then, VP is NOT an executive position, but effectively an elected prince. “Elected,” only in the sense that his running mate won, that is. Few sitting VPs have won election - and that essentially represents a “third term” for the sitting POTUS.
Ronald Reagan isn’t in the offing. We’d be best off to settle on a good governor, perhaps Scott Walker if he wins reelection.
Whoever we nominate will have the opposition of wire service journalism, and must be willing and able to burn through it with truth telling. Romney would have had a real chance if he had been willing to go to the mat over Benghazi over the opposition of Candy Crowley in the last debate. That would have taken more courage than Mitt was willing to muster.
Inaction is the greatest evil, and I believe many men and women that could stand up. Just don’t, because they refuse to sacrifice what they have. I don’t want anyone like that.
This “kitchen sink” list was an exercise in irrelevance. What I found interesting was the direct reference to Cruz only does so with the question about “convincing kingmakers”.
I thought the GOPe narrative was that there are no kingmakers - that McCain and Romney were the result of spontaneous political consensus-building.
Then I remember that Øbozo has set the bar so low that Darryl, the guy who works on my car at Jiffy Lube should be included as a contender.
And Elsie is, believe it or not, a “He.” :-P
These were political backgrounds, though. Taft also had served as Governor-General of the Philippines.
Only 65?
I hear that ELSIE might make a run for it this year.
Many have said that if he were running against Obama; that he’d win!
me!
Me!!
ME!!!
ME!!!! - again!
“Comments?”
Yeah, I failed to make the cut again.
Oh?
ACTUALLY; ALL could be losers!
(I've not yet decided to toss my hat into the ring.)
See!
A groupie!!!
A chicken in every pot is passe’.
My motto is “A cold glass of milk for EVERYONE!”
With the Libertarians it would be Pot in every chicken.
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