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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if Senator bennett was a bit younger I’d definitely go for him. A real supply sider and social conservative.
Judge Judy speaking highly of Sarah Palin on this evening’s ‘Larry King Live’...
You are like fungus. You just keep coming back. Now how many times do I have to tell you to stop posting to me. I have tried nice. If you post to me again it won’t be.
And what is that platitude of a coherent worldview supposed to mean?
it means that you aren’t afraid of cutting taxes on the most successful even if it is not the most popular thing to do. It means that you have a clear and thorough conservative response to the bailout without railing against “greed” or “predatory lenders.”
Second, in this negative press appearing suddenly
Gov. Palin increased the tax on oil companies and
made "a few minor tax breaks" to help small biz.
“Minority status?”
Yes, RINO minority status. With $40 million Romney had to buy every vote he got outside the tiny monority of Mittbots.
“We keep picking weak candidates as you perfer and that is what we will be.”
I was for Thompson,who at least argued coherently.
“You were the biggest chearleader for McCain and look what that got us.”
No I wasn’t, that is a pure fabrication on your part. I would have picked McCain after Romney, which ought to tell you how much respect I have for McCain. But go ahead, keep defending your loser candidate no matter how disruptive he is.
You don’t know ‘nice’ and you certainly don’t know ‘truth’.
And that did not take a Rhodes scholar to accomplish. It took a man with some common sense and the courage to live up to his convictions.
If we have come to the point where we can only elect a man president if he has some meaningless degree from an ivy league school, then we have lost our way.
Ignore Romney's past abdication to Democrats - check
Ignore Romney's appointment of corrupt, liberal pro-criminal judges, overlooking GOP candidates - check
Ignore Romney's ignoring Mass Constitution - check
Ignore Romney's wussiness to criticism using tears and fabricated 'religious persecution' - check
Ignore Romney's use of fake law enforcement officers (caught in two states) - check
Ignore Romney is the MSM's choice because they have files already prepared against him - check
Ignore Romney's coverup of the "Big Dig" for donations - check.
Ignore Romney's bankruptcy of Mass for his HillaryCARE=RomneyCARE - check.
Ignore Romney's targetting of other GOP candidates - check
Ignore Romney's decimation of Mass GOP and that he couldn't win Mass to Hillary -check
Ignore Romney's real impact on Massachusetts - check
Ignore Romney's federal bailout of the Olympics - check
Ignore Romney's begging for a federal bailout of RomneyCARE - check
Ignore Romney's use of the Mormon card or CRYING to defect from his record or criticism - check
Novak: Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign
FastCoyote: "Yes, RINO minority status. With $40 million Romney had to buy every vote he got outside the tiny monority of Mittbots."
Exactly.
And please, for the love of God and all that is holy, stop with the "Mitt is Reagan" crap I saw in an earlier post. I think we discussed that before a while back. It is rapidly going past distasteful and disrespectful of a great President, and heading toward disgusting and vile.
Yes, if only he were younger I'd pull the lever for him.
Reagan and Romney are one in the same.
You are garbage.
insane but true. Reagan and Romney have many similiarities.
ROFL!!!!
OH MY!!
it is.....it is...
thanks— I needed that laugh.....I’m surprised to see Romney recover from his thumb sucking, fetal pistion, out emerge from under his desk so quickly....
Seek help, read books, learn conservatism or continue to be a source of humor here at FR...
"I'm not running as the Republican view or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race.
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldnt make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth
my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform."
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
-- President Ronald Reagan
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