Posted on 01/25/2010 1:16:49 PM PST by Steelfish
2012 Election: Twelve GOP Candidates Who Might Challenge Obama The Pros and Cons of a Dozen Republicans Who Might Run for President in the Next Election
By TEDDY DAVIS Jan. 25, 2010
The 2012 presidential election is years away, but there is already a growing crop of Republicans who are toying with the idea of seeking the GOP's presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Reuters)The first test will come April 8-11 when the Southern Republican Leadership Conference will hold a widely attended cattle call in New Orleans, which several potential GOP presidential candidates are expected to attend.
ABC News spoke with strategists, Republican Party officials and conservative leaders to narrow down the list of GOP candidates who seem the most committed to taking back the White House.
Here's a look at a dozen Republicans whose names have emerged as possible contenders to take on President Obama in 2012. In the end, not all of these Republicans will run. But as of today, they seem like the 12 best bets to get into the race.
One Republican not on the list? Scott Brown. The newly elected senator from Massachusetts is the conservative darling at the moment. Insiders say, however, that his support for abortion rights and the overlap between his political team and that of Mitt Romney will keep him out of the 2012 race.
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Which truther did you vote for?
You summed it up very well. Agree.
You must be thinking about Juan McCain & his minions.
Actually, dems picked McRino...open primary in Florida...dems in groves voted for McRino...open primaries are a bad idea...
No, I'm calling the Ron Paul/Dr. Demento Brigades that.
"I think it's safe to say that you voted for Juan McCain in 2008, correct?"
I voted for Sarah.
Really....so it wasn’t dems voting for McRino in the primary...which elected?
The southern half of Florida is full of liberals, much like California. The Orlando-Tampa-Miami corridor is very liberal....................
The one thing Palin needs to get done in the next few months is to put together a national campaign staff. That’s simply a must. If she’s doing it, it’s off the radar.
Best,
Chris
SO...how did McRino win the primary in Florida? Was that Republicans or a whole lot of dems voting? Liberals are dems, right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Republican_primary,_2008
Liberals come in both parties, we just call ours RINOs. The McRino crowd was very vocal here. Guilliani staked his whole campaign on Florida and lost. Romney did well in Jacksonville and burbs and Gainesville college crowds.........
This is an interesting list, though Mike Pence and George Pataki would both have to run for the Senate this year to have any credibility at all.
I like Pawlenty and Barbour. Gary Johnson I have never even heard of.
Actually , only South Florida is considered liberal. Tampa and Orlando are both moderate to conservative.
Considered by whom? Certainly not me...............
okay
I’d rather see Dick Cheney on this list than Newt “Green”grich.
Recall that in 2008, the Democrats knew in advance that the Democrat primaries were not going to count Florida and Michigan for the presidency. Democrats were encouraged to cross over. Hillary persuaded her supporters to stay the course and vote for her in the primaries there anyway.
There were crossover Rats in the states. And the DNC encouraged it.
How about a Dick Cheney-Dan Quayle ticket? Quayle has great name recognition as well.
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