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1 posted on 09/23/2010 6:16:33 AM PDT by facedodge
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If the deciding factor was the “next in line” line of thought than the next candidate would be Mitt Romney. But since he’s a POS I can’t seriously see him winning the nomination.

Of course I couldn’t see McCain winning the nomination either and we all know how that turned out.


2 posted on 09/23/2010 6:19:10 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: facedodge

There really isn’t a ‘next in line’ figure this time around, unless you want to count Mittens.


3 posted on 09/23/2010 6:19:54 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (Pablo is very whiney)
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To: facedodge

I think you are “begging the question.” I don’t think it’s necessarily true that Dole and McCain were “destined” to be nominees.


5 posted on 09/23/2010 6:20:28 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: facedodge

Romney? Honestly, I don’t think there is a ‘next in line’ right now. That’s a good thing. Let’s let them fight it out.


6 posted on 09/23/2010 6:20:28 AM PDT by Terpin (Missing: One very clever and insightful tagline. Reward for safe return!)
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To: facedodge

“next in line”

well Reagan was “next in line” since he had run against Ford and lost in 76 (Barely lost went down to the convention i think)


8 posted on 09/23/2010 6:22:40 AM PDT by DM1
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To: facedodge

Next in line is Mitt.


9 posted on 09/23/2010 6:23:21 AM PDT by Genoa (Put the kettle on!)
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That would be Gov. Palin,
and not the mental defective, Obama-supporting ineligible, shapeshifter,
carpetbagging, backstabbing misogynist, Mitt Willard Romney(care).

Romney praises Obama again
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney praised President Obama
at a GOP fundraising dinner Wednesday ..
"I also think it's important for us to nod to the president when he's right," Romney said....
Romney, who spoke at a dinner for the National Republican Senatorial Committee,
said he's pleased with the president's plans to "finish the job" in Iraq and Afghanistan
-- lines that drew applause from the partisan audience. He also applauded the president
for standing up to the auto industry.
"I hope he continues to be tough ....The former businessman even offered faint praise for
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, saying that after a series of initial missteps,
"I think he's finally getting close to the right answer."



10 posted on 09/23/2010 6:24:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis ('Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
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To: facedodge
Wasn't Buchanan "next in line" in 1996? Or Quayle?

What about Forbes in 2000? Or Kemp?

Isn't Palin next in line in 2012?

12 posted on 09/23/2010 6:24:44 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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There’s a new dynamic with the Tea Party influence - it’s like the GOP has suddenly found itself with an antibody against the RINO virus.

That won’t keep those establishment types from running, but I can’t see them weathering a Tea Party onslaught.

I have great respect for Gingrich’s insights, but he’s blown his shot with the Pelosi and Scuzzafava fiascos. Romney has too many enemies among the rank-and-file GOP. I like Palin, but she’s been so tainted by two years of constant mud-slinging, she’d really have to run a flawless primary to succeed.

I’m looking for some new faces to break out - maybe Pence, maybe Ryan, who knows. I expect a lot will depend on whether the elephants take over Congress, and then if someone in the GOP uses that situation to show some real leadership.


14 posted on 09/23/2010 6:28:13 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: facedodge
It depends on whether the insider elites want this to be a throw-away election and aim for 2016 or really mount a strong challenge to Obama.

Too many times, the GOP seem to be fat and happy being the minority. Heck, they still get their share of the pork and they don't have to work hard and do all that leadership stuff.

The real question is: Does the GOP want to win or just run?
15 posted on 09/23/2010 6:30:47 AM PDT by TomGuy
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DeMint is my guy, but Mitt is going to be tough to beat as most states allow independents and democrats to vote. Also figure the solid conservative vote will be split among several candidates while Huck will get the Southern Baptist and single issue social voters.


16 posted on 09/23/2010 6:31:21 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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Good question. Seems like it's always the next status-quo guy in line with the Republicans.

The only answer I have to your question is "No one who couldn't beat John McCain in a primary."

17 posted on 09/23/2010 6:31:47 AM PDT by OKSooner (Obama confessed "his muslim faith" on the George Stephanopolous show on September 7th, 2008.)
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To: facedodge

I believe the “next in line” conversation is spot on. Despite having better candidates for 2008, they gave it to Juan. It’s simply how this organization works.

But now that the Tea Party is in the house, I hope they pick the Best candidate, instead of the next Juan.


19 posted on 09/23/2010 6:35:31 AM PDT by SanFranDan
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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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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: 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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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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