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Judd Gregg for president? National columnist thinks exiting pol will make a bid
Fosters ^ | 12/23/10 | Jennifer Keefe

Posted on 12/23/2010 8:29:46 PM PST by pissant

DOVER — One national columnist has speculated New Hampshire's own Judd Gregg, who recently retired after three terms in the U.S. Senate, is considering a run for the presidency in 2012.

Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large of National Review Online, cites the Republican as acting like he's not running "but hasn't ruled it out."

As Gregg's term wraps up and the holidays approach, no one is available to take calls at his offices throughout the state and in Washington, D.C.

The listed phone number for Gregg's home in Rye has been temporarily disconnected, according to a recording.

Republican Strategist Mike Dennehy said speculation about Gregg running for president might be "wishful thinking" because of what he accomplished in the Senate, and since he had retired from that post, this would be a way to continue his career.

But an online search of "Gregg for President" does yield several results — mostly speculation — from various news agencies that peg the senator as a shoo-in, should he choose to run officially.

(Excerpt) Read more at fosters.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; gregg; gregg2012; hellno; juddgregg; obamacabinet
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Shirley, you jest!
1 posted on 12/23/2010 8:29:49 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

b a r f...


2 posted on 12/23/2010 8:35:40 PM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: pissant
I don't jest. And don't call me Shirley....


3 posted on 12/23/2010 8:35:52 PM PST by GQuagmire (Hey now!)
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To: pissant

Notice the Yea Vote or Not Voting By Gregg on Lame Duck Bills

RINO SEASON- Senate Republican Turncoats
Senate Republican Voting Yea in Lame Duck Session
Bill S.510 FDA Food DADT Repeal START Treaty HR3082 Budget
Alexander (R-TN) Yea Yea Yea
Barrasso (R-WY) Yea
Bennett (R-UT) Yea Yea
Brown (R-MA) Yea Yea Yea Yea
Bunning (R-KY) Yea
Burr (R-NC) Yea Yea
Cochran (R-MS) Yea Yea
Collins (R-ME) Yea Yea Yea Yea
Corker (R-TN) Yea Yea
Ensign (R-NV) Yea Yea
Enzi (R-WY) Yea Yea
Grassley (R-IA) Yea Yea
Gregg (R-NH) Yea Yea
Hutchison (R-TX) Yea
Isakson (R-GA) Yea
Johanns (R-NE) Yea Yea Yea
Kirk (R-IL) Yea Yea Yea
Kyl (R-AZ) Yea
LeMieux (R-FL) Yea
Lugar (R-IN) Yea Yea Yea
McConnell (R-KY) Yea
Murkowski (R-AK) Yea Yea Yea Yea
Roberts (R-KS) Yea
Sessions (R-AL) Yea
Shelby (R-AL) Yea
Snowe (R-ME) Yea Yea Yea Yea
Thune (R-SD) Yea
Vitter (R-LA) Yea
Voinovich (R-OH) Yea Yea Yea Yea
Not Voting
Bond (R-MO) Not voting Not voting Not voting
Brownback (R-KS) Not voting Not voting Not voting
Bunning (R-KY) Not voting Not voting
Gregg (R-NH) Not voting Not voting
Hatch (R-UT) Not voting

4 posted on 12/23/2010 8:36:22 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: pissant

He is the definition of squishy. No thanks. Go get a real job.


5 posted on 12/23/2010 8:36:22 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: pissant

Sure the Dems would love a RINO running as the Republican Candidate.

Look at his lame duck voting record.

About 5 Pubbie RINOs on my table need to be removed....


6 posted on 12/23/2010 8:38:01 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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He’d have a good chance in the New Hampshire primary, but then it would be all over.


7 posted on 12/23/2010 8:38:23 PM PST by devere
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To: devere

He’d really hurt Mittens in NH.


8 posted on 12/23/2010 8:42:14 PM PST by bwc2221
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To: pissant

Anyone who is actually a possibility has been spending money and lining up allies for a long time now. That is Palin and Romney primarily. No one else is serious. That could change if something knocks Palin or Romney out of contention, like health problems or an accident.


9 posted on 12/23/2010 8:46:38 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: pissant

"Vote for me or I will make a sequel!"

10 posted on 12/23/2010 8:47:04 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Nothing sharpens the mind like not being able to get a job. /Nonstatist)
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To: pissant

Why would a career legislator be qualified to hold an executive office?


11 posted on 12/23/2010 8:48:12 PM PST by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: arthurus

McCain had far less money than either Rudy or Romney.

A conservative will enter the race.


12 posted on 12/23/2010 8:49:44 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Hoodat

Not sure. Some folks think a 1/2 term governor is qualified.


13 posted on 12/23/2010 8:50:27 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Texas Fossil

I would love to see him run, something to split the Democrat vote with Romney in the Republican primaries. The problem is that he could be a factor in the first one but would diminish rapidly after that. We need serious competition for Romney in order to neutralize the Democrats.


14 posted on 12/23/2010 8:51:48 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: arthurus

Romney already has “health” problems (RomneyCare).


15 posted on 12/23/2010 8:53:43 PM PST by ducdriver (judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta. (Ps. 42))
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To: pissant

18 years in the Senate, and no national name recognition? Sounds like a joke.


16 posted on 12/23/2010 9:00:51 PM PST by PAR35
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To: pissant

FWIW.


17 posted on 12/23/2010 9:07:54 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Well if he helps take out Mitt in NH, it may be of some worth.


18 posted on 12/23/2010 9:10:01 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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It is too late for anyone who is not already in the race. Barring accident or massive bad health the Republican contest is between the Conservative Palin and the Democrat Romney.


19 posted on 12/23/2010 9:20:20 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: PAR35

John McCain redux, NO Thanks


20 posted on 12/23/2010 9:25:34 PM PST by Rodm
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