Posted on 11/22/2008 11:56:31 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Theyre asking whether various candidates should run, not who the nominee should be, but its a fair proxy for enthusiasm. 67 percent say yes to the Cuda, 62 to Romney, 61 to Huck. No one else cracks 50. Among conservative Republicans, its Palin 73, Huck 65, Mitt 64; among moderates and liberals, Mitt 59, Palin 48, Huck 46. Based on those numbers, its actually Romney whos best positioned to unite the party.
The more I think about it, the more skeptical I am that all three will run. Even Im not pessimistic enough to believe the recession will last until 2012, which means The One will inevitably be credited with having succeeded in his chief task by the time his term ends. Huckabee will run anyway because hes hot to remake the party in his image, but Romney doesnt strike me as eager for another expensive primary war just to be a sacrificial lamb in the general. My hunch is hell run only if Obama looks vulnerable and, even then, only if there are enough social cons running to split the base among them so that his strength with moderates is magnified. (It worked for McCain this year, didnt it?) If he doesnt run, I assume Pawlenty will throw in and try to capture those moderates with his Sams Club rhetoric. He wont win, but he desperately needs a higher profile if hes going to make a serious run in the future. (It worked for Huckabee this year, didnt it?)
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Not rumors, a wide group of cited articles, little monkey.
They were timely reported and in detail describe
bad behavior by Mitt Romney.
Anyone who supports him is a moron.
nobody in the military will respect the son of “brainwashed” George Romney.
Romney has no accomplishments, in fact romneycare shows what a disaster 0bamacare will be. 0bama had no accomplishments other than being at the right place at the right time.
Unfortunately, alot of the people wrongly believe Sarah is incompetent. She will have to prove them wrong before running for POTUS. I sincerely hope that she is the next prez, but I don’t see that happening until ‘16.
I am active duty 21 years and I do respect Romney for other things that he has done like kept faithful to his wife which is more than I can say about McCain.
Typical example for you Obama-RomneyBOTs;
Obama also has a cookie cutter perfect family. I still voted for mccain over Obama.
does anyone really think that romney would stay the course during an unpopular war?
Obama also has a cookie cutter perfect family. I still voted for mccain over Obama.
I did too. Normally I would have not voted for a divorcee for President, but this time it was just to dangerous not to.
“Oh please. Romney is brilliant in economics. That is proven everywhere.”
then he should run again for governor of MA.
I guess you didn’t vote for reagan, either?
then he should run again for governor of MA.
Did you ever hear the phrase “been there, done that”. He is past that. He is on to bigger and better things. Now one thing I believe he should consider is running for the Senate. The problem is that he is getting older and doesn’t have six years to sit in a Senate seat and then run for President. He probably only has about four more elections available and then he will be too old.
Thank you - it’s going on the car!!!
I guess you didnt vote for reagan, either?
Sure didn’t. Reagan? Was I even born then?
Not at all - thank you for the compliment of wanting to do so!
I like Jindal well enough, and he has good educational credentials, for sure. He’s only been governor of LA for 1 year, so we need to watch and see how the remainder of his term goes and if he can win re-election. I saw him all over cable news last week, and while he speaks well, he really said nothing different from what I heard from other conservative Republicans, including Palin. Her speech at the RGA said the exact same thing Jindal said on TV-—that Republicans had lost their way during the last 8 years and needed to get back to their roots in cutting government spending and taxes in order to grow the economy. I’ve never heard Jindal (nor any of the others) give any details or lay out any plans to implement this platform. Again, I’ll need to wait and see what kind of record Jindal has in LA before I’ll jump on the bandwagon. In any event, he is still way too young for ‘12 (may be a moot point if the One is riding high in popularity....I don’t want to see one of our rising stars become a sacrificial lamb) and will still be VERY young for POTUS in ‘16 at what, 44?
Palin needs to get back to some good governing in Alaska during the legislative session. I have no problem with her doing the talk show rounds after that-—including Oprah and whomever. Her negatives were high because the media was allowed to shape the public’s opinion of her. If she can get out on her own, especially on highly rated shows like Oprah, and be herself in a relaxed atmospher, I beieve it will greatly increase her positives, especially among women.
It's a sin to not do what?
And you know that how? Friends with Romney's butlers? polishers?
miss his mandatory service to the church overseas.
And you know that how? Friends with Romney’s butlers? polishers?
We would all know trust me. Look at what Mrs. McCain is going through right now. Even though she may not have cheated on her husband, there is news of it. Romney didn’t even have a whisper so I can pretty much trust he doesn’t have baggage except for the dog story that FREEPERS made a huge deal over. See how desperate the press was...they had to go back to the 70’s and find the doggy on the top of the car story.
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