Posted on 01/15/2011 12:17:27 PM PST by pissant
WALL STREET JOURNAL - The lack of a clear 2012 Republican presidential frontrunner is prompting lesser-known figures to consider joining the race, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Instead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, some conservative groups are looking for fresh faces and asking: Why not Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan or former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain?
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who is President Barack Obama's ambassador to China, has hinted he might join the Republican contest. Former United Nations ambassador John Bolton is talking up a possible bid, and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, an early supporter of the Tea Party movement, is making her own high-profile jaunt to Iowa.
"We need a good solid conservative who can get the base excited, and that person just isn't out there right now," said Karen Beseth, a New York-based conservative blogger who is now backing Cain.
Most top Republican prospects are flawed in the eyes of many conservatives. Romney championed a Massachusetts health care overhaul that has drawn the ire of the right. Palin is seen as too divisive by many in Republican Party ranks, who cite polls showing unease toward her even in conservative circles. Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, raised taxes while in office.
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Bolton, Trump, ..
Nice list - I’d add West
He’d make a great Veep..
I think we need to put together a SWAT Team(can we say that anymore?) to counter the MSM’s picking of our candidate.
We know they are going for Romney or Huckabee. The fact that they are trying to poison Sarah Palin(there I go again) means that is who they are afraid we will select.
Personally I like Barbour because he is a straight shooter (ok I give up)
Palin-Cheney!
Trump?
I hear that Mitt Romney is throwing in the towel and backing Dede Scozzafava.
Well, there are alot of “we”’s that aren’t for Palin.
Pence, deMint, Bachmann...
good so far but too many and we dilute the conservative vote.
Huntsman’s our man, more Romney than Romney, hand picked by Obama. What could go wrong?
West has no intention of running. OR Rubio or Ryan.
Ping
Not all three will run. I can’t see Pence running if DeMint does and vice versa
I like Pence, Cain, & West so far...
LOL
I might like Hermann Cain, too; he has real-world business experience so he'd likely be better on regulation & taxes.
But Sarah has more balls than anyone since Reagan.
Cheers!
LOL.. I knew that would get a response. ;-)
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