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Huckleberry? No way. Nice guy but


I tend to agree.

Sincere question, to all. Who is the most electable, in the GOP field? Respectfully, not your favorite, but the one most able to prevail, in 2016. Thank you, in advance.


14 posted on 01/05/2015 5:20:03 PM PST by jttpwalsh
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Who is the most electable, in the GOP field? Respectfully, not your favorite, but the one most able to prevail, in 2016. Thank you, in advance.
I think none of them has a really high profile compared to Jeb Bush. But the question you are implying is, “Who should we rally around to prevent Bush from winning with a plurality??

I fear that we - I include myself - are hanging back waiting to see who looks good, and sounds good, on TV. That is a terrible criterion for selecting a president, but it’s what the voting public has grown up with. The correct way to look at it is to make a list of the issues you think Jeb isn’t good on, and then the issues that you think he is good on. Then make a list of the Republicans who have a respectable profile, and add to your list of issues anything you think any of them may have as liabilities.

Next, we need a cross-tab of the candidates and the issues, with room for more than a “go” or “no go” indication on each. Maybe a number code from 0 to 10 . . .

Ultimately I think that each candidate should fill out each of those boxes for himself. Bush, apparently, thinks himself above answering those questions. But it wouldn’t hurt to ask . . .

Another good idea would be for Rush to dedicate an hour to each candidate, and get responses on all the issues.

But maybe we should start now with the list of issues?

Want to add to the list?

22 posted on 01/05/2015 6:15:43 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: jttpwalsh
Sincere question, to all. Who is the most electable, in the GOP field? Respectfully, not your favorite, but the one most able to prevail, in 2016. Thank you, in advance.
Respectfully, I don’t think there is a difference between the "most electable” and “my favorite.” I mean that sincerely:
only about half of Americans vote, even in high turnout years. Those who vote do so for a reason, and that reason is always that they care about something, or someone. You must motivate people to turn them out. Annoy them and they stay home. There's always room to expand either group. And the guy who turns out more of his supporters always wins.

See, I Told You So
vanguard ^ | November 5, 2004 | Rod D. Martin

That’s why a “moderate” Republican isn’t anything like a sure thing. And why “electable” is a slippery concept. If Romney was so electable, why is Obama still POTUS??

So who would be my favorite? Quite simply, my favorite is whoever is the best, most convinced, most determined salesman of conservatism. Thirty years ago, Thomas Sowell would have been my ideal candidate. But he is in his mid-eighties now . . .

Sarah Palin is by now a known quantity, but we know that she has suffered a brutal PR beating from Propaganda Journalism. But we also know that any other effective salesman of conservatism can expect the same treatment, so . . .

I suspect that Ted Cruz may be the one. Ted Cruz with Scott Walker’s resume would be the ideal. But, I haven’t heard any of the hopefuls in full “salesman of conservatism” mode.


26 posted on 01/05/2015 7:09:36 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion ("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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“Most electable” is an invitation to let the media choose the R candidate. Best to go with the best conservative, even if the media calls them unelectable, like they did to Reagan 35 years ago.


27 posted on 01/05/2015 7:12:14 PM PST by ez (Muslims do not play well with others.)
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