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Senate Republicans offer up hypothetical 2012 ballot [NRSC touts McCain, Romney, others]
CNN - Political Ticker ^ | 2009-08-10

Posted on 08/10/2009 11:37:12 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The first primary contest of the 2012 election cycle is more than two years away, but some Republicans are already voting … sort of.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee — which assists GOP Senate candidates — e-mailed a "Proxy Ballot" to some supporters on Monday asking them which Republican leader is their top choice for the Republican presidential nomination. The survey also asks Republicans to rank the importance of issues like health care, abortion rights and taxes.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; cornyn; juancornyn; msm4romney; nrsc; propagandawingofdnc; rino; rinoparty; rinos; stupidparty
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To: RebelYell1990

The ultimate Republican Establishment guy. Apparently competent as a governor, but a mushy rollover to the Obama agenda. His objection to Obamacare? That it’s moving so fast. Yech!


21 posted on 08/11/2009 12:58:19 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: rabscuttle385

Are they joking?


22 posted on 08/11/2009 12:58:50 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: 9YearLurker

really? I wasn’t aware of this, if you wouldn’t mind posting links I would really appreciate it.


23 posted on 08/11/2009 12:59:45 AM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: RebelYell1990

Saw him quoted on it here today, I’ll see if I can find it.


24 posted on 08/11/2009 1:01:06 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: rabscuttle385

This is merely a fund-raising wheeze. The envelopes get opened, the checks removed, and the surveys pitched on the trash heap alongside Jimmy Swaggart’s prayer requests.


25 posted on 08/11/2009 1:02:33 AM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: RebelYell1990

Here’s the FR thread based on the article today quoting Barbour on health care: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312845/posts


26 posted on 08/11/2009 1:03:51 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Geez, I just found out he represented Mexico and NAFTA agreements.

Also, here is a video of Barbour arguing for the bank bailout(Bankers’ Heist of 2008)
http://ky3.blogspot.com/2008/09/haley-barbour-interview.html

He looked good on the surface. Oh well, I guess it is down to Ron Paul unless DeMint decides to run.


27 posted on 08/11/2009 1:04:26 AM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: RebelYell1990

I understand. I was a fan of his after Katrina, but I’ve since figured out he’s a hyperpolitical rollover Republican who at first looks good because he outwardly plays to his conservative Southern state.


28 posted on 08/11/2009 1:09:06 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RebelYell1990

BTW, I’m strongly with Paul on 70% of his positions (I’ve got tiny government, libertarian leanings), so I understand his appeal.


29 posted on 08/11/2009 1:12:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I think the appeal of a Ron Paul, or someone that take his positions on the Bank Bailout, Auto Bailout, Stimulus, Income Tax, Federal Reserve(more than 70% of Americans support auditing the FED), and Amnesty for Illegals.


30 posted on 08/11/2009 1:21:46 AM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: 9YearLurker

would be popular


31 posted on 08/11/2009 1:22:18 AM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: RebelYell1990

I agree. He worries me on foreign affairs and comes across as too cranky and out on the fringe to actually win himself, but he’s very, very right on many of his positions, I believe.

The moderates that the NRSC backs on the other hand, are more losing, Democrat-lite mush.


32 posted on 08/11/2009 1:27:25 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RebelYell1990

If you are going to vote against lobbyists or lawyers based on their clients, you are unlikely to be voting for any lawyers or lobbyists. Not that that would necessarily be a bad thing!


33 posted on 08/11/2009 1:28:20 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: RebelYell1990

Except for the fact that he is surrounded by anti-semites and truthers, and the country would not survive four years of his foreign policy.


34 posted on 08/11/2009 1:30:21 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: rabscuttle385
Neither Jindal nor McCain are natural born citizens. The Constitution may be up for manipulation by the current leadership of both parties now, but we must put allegiance to The Constitution back where it belongs. The founding fathers were right about allegiance, as were the Romans and de Vattel and John Marshall and Waite and Bingham. There is no right to be president. Jindal appears to have allegiance, but equal opportunity is not the issue in choosing a commander in chief. We don't get to say “I like this guy so lets ignore The Constitution.

Personally, I'll take integrity, and would be very happy with Palin and Bachmann, or Palin and Malkin, or ... I don't believe Michelle Malkin would be interested, but I might be wrong, and has, of course, no management governing experience, but neither did Obama? It wouldn't hurt our chances to have two beautiful and smart women running, both with a fierce reputation for integrity..

DeMint impresses, but I find it hard to accept someone who wouldn't ask the question they all knew should have been resolved - Is Obama a natural born citizen? Neither, of course, would Bachmann, but she is extemely good with both economic issues and with the law, and has more children than Palin. I do like Imhofe for his unwavering devotion to truth in battling the global warning swindle “cap and trade”.

35 posted on 08/11/2009 2:02:00 AM PDT by Spaulding
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To: Gator113

Total ditto for me.


36 posted on 08/11/2009 2:24:52 AM PDT by jws3sticks (Sarah Palin forever!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Seems to me the Republican party likes Socialism!!


37 posted on 08/11/2009 2:46:20 AM PDT by timetostand
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To: rabscuttle385

I (write-in) vote for Fred Thompson.

i kinda tired of nobodies


38 posted on 08/11/2009 2:51:21 AM PDT by element92
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To: rabscuttle385

39 posted on 08/11/2009 3:32:34 AM PDT by TSgt (I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
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To: 9YearLurker

****Palin was the only good idea out of all 12 they chose to list.****

I want a good explanation on why she quit the governorship before I back her for anything again.


40 posted on 08/11/2009 3:44:45 AM PDT by liliesgrandpa (Just out of curiosity, is there any possible GOP candidate that is too repugnant for you to support?)
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