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(Vanity)2012 GOP Presidential Canidate: Who's Next in Line?

Posted on 09/23/2010 6:16:30 AM PDT by facedodge

If Bob Dole and John McCain became our presidential candidates mostly because they were "next in line," who then fits that role this time around? Newt? Jeb?

If Carter gave us Reagan, how do we make sure 0bama gives us the "next Reagan" and not the next in line?


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KEYWORDS: 2012; gop; govpalin; honorablegovpalin; mamagrizzly; palin
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To: facedodge
Personally I wish Mark Levin would get the GOP nomination, but no matter who it is, I will vote them even if I have to hold my nose while filling out my ballot like I had to last time. Once the primary is over, the in-fighting has to stop until the election is over. If the Democrats won't split their votes, we can't afford to split ours.
21 posted on 09/23/2010 6:39:54 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: facedodge

Jeb? Never again will another Bush successfully run. OVER . Newt? Sell out.


22 posted on 09/23/2010 6:53:01 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: facedodge

The only thing Mitt is next in line for is the men’s room.


23 posted on 09/23/2010 6:56:09 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: facedodge

I don’t think there’s really a “next in line.” Traditionally, the next in line seems to have gained his status by previously losing a string of primaries in earlier elections or even having lost the election itself when he was the candidate; this automatically means that he somehow “deserves” another shot. Poor thing, he’s been around so long, running and failing, that let’s let him mess up the really big one this time around...

They’re usually older and have been party fixtures for years, and are almost always liberal.

Fortunately, I think almost all of the possible candidates for “next in line” have either died, retired or gotten such a long-standing bad rep that even the GOP wouldn’t dare suggest them.

The only one who even nearly fits that description this time is Romney, and, of course, he’s the only one I really, truly wouldn’t vote for. I hope they don’t try to stick us with him. But he’s a weasel, and he has a lot of money of his own, like John Kerry, so he may be considering it.

Still, I think they may actually be forced to go with somebody new this time. Maybe that should be our slogan: No more retreads!


24 posted on 09/23/2010 6:57:38 AM PDT by livius
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To: facedodge
The voters in the primaries give us the nominee. If the nominee doesn't gain traction by at least Super Tuesday, he usually runs out of money and has to drop out.

The "next-in line" tag is a media construct.

25 posted on 09/23/2010 6:58:08 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: SanFranDan
Wow... so the voters in New Hampshire and South Carolina and the other states that went for McCain in the primaries had nothing to do with it. The mysterious "they" gave it to McCain.

Oh, okay...

26 posted on 09/23/2010 7:00:16 AM PDT by carton253 (Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
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To: facedodge

The GOP nomination has traditionally gone to someone who has run in a prior Presidential primary and lost.
not just McCain and Dole but also Reagan, GHW Bush, Nixon, all the way back to Dewey. Only exceptions seem to have been Eisenhower who had universal name ID, George W Bush who also had near universal name ID due to his father and Ford who had never sought the Presidency but ascended to it through circumstance.


27 posted on 09/23/2010 7:21:15 AM PDT by DM1
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To: DM1

Ford and Rockefeller rigged the convention.


28 posted on 09/23/2010 7:26:47 AM PDT by ontap
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To: facedodge

We need to make sure they know we will not support another McCain type. Mitt Romney has too much baggage i.e. (Romneycare). The dims will kill him on that and he insists on standing by it. If he had been smart he would have disavowed it two years ago and it would have been off the charts by now....but he did not!


29 posted on 09/23/2010 7:30:20 AM PDT by ontap
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To: facedodge

Don’t over think this. The answer is simple—we pick the constitutionalist candidate.

They will be known by their actions over the long term, not by prepared campaign statements.


30 posted on 09/23/2010 8:09:20 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Rules will never work for radicals (liberals) because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
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To: facedodge

Huckabee and Romney are from the ruling class. Many currently in congress are also beholden to the ruling class.

We need a candidate of the people.


31 posted on 09/23/2010 8:12:06 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Rules will never work for radicals (liberals) because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
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To: facedodge

Bolton... I don’t know if he’s “next in line” but I have a feeling if the guy decides to run, he’ll make a whole new line.


32 posted on 09/23/2010 9:57:20 AM PDT by DreamingWest
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To: reasonisfaith; All
Mitt is toast...he gave us the Mass version of Obamacare, and it's a fiscal disaster..he can never get the nomination..The economy will still be the big issue in 2012, and you can forget about any senator, or anyone inside the beltway....the voters won't take a chance on a novice again...it'll have to be someone who has successfully run something..it's got to be a governor...and two governors on the ticket is even better..so..here's my ticket...

Barbour/Christie2102

33 posted on 09/23/2010 10:25:18 AM PDT by ken5050 (The meek shall inherit the earth, but no way Kendrick Meek beats Marco Rubio)
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To: ontap

probably but my point was that he had run a very credible national campaign and lost before he ran again and won.


34 posted on 09/23/2010 1:29:58 PM PDT by DM1
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