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Pence rules out bid for president
CNN ^ | 1/27/11 | John King

Posted on 01/27/2011 1:56:44 PM PST by pissant

Three sources close to Republican Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana tell CNN they are told he will announce he is not running for president in 2012 and will instead begin exploring a run for governor.

These sources say he has been flattered by the efforts to nudge him into the GOP presidential race but, as one of the sources put it, "he is a realist and kept coming back to questions about the fund-raising." The second source said some around Pence also have reminded him of the difficulty of mounting a presidential campaign from the House, and noted that, at age 51, he would have a better platform to explore a presidential run if he first was elected governor.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; mikepence; pence; pence2012
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

YUP. I saw that. thanks. Give him an earful and get him to run.


41 posted on 01/27/2011 2:56:48 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

But she’s never given a categorical NO like DeMint just did.


42 posted on 01/27/2011 2:57:11 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: pissant

... so says the brainiac who was touting Pence, the author of amnesty legislation.


43 posted on 01/27/2011 3:00:41 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: pissant

“That leaves Cain, Bachmann, DemInt and Bolton”....correction, that leaves Cain, Bachmann and Bolton for you, none of which will get more than ole Duncan the magnificent did if they all run:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2664135/posts


44 posted on 01/27/2011 3:02:31 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: RegulatorCountry

The same Pence who has since stated that he would no longer support any amnesty legislation or guest worker program. As opposed to the puppet still spouting McCain’s amnesty plan.


45 posted on 01/27/2011 3:02:36 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

There goes our best chance of getting the Marxist/Muslim out of the White House.

I thought DeMint said he would not run:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110127/pl_yblog_theticket/jim-demint-says-he-wont-run-for-president-but-his-advisers-beg-to-differ


46 posted on 01/27/2011 3:03:53 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Lakeshark

Romney had a great run. Maybe he will again. Get your kneepads out of the closet. And brush off the Reagan lies.


47 posted on 01/27/2011 3:03:58 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: patriot08

He’s still contemplating it. With his buddy Pence out, I think it far more likely now. We’ll see.


48 posted on 01/27/2011 3:05:23 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
My FTD sympathy bouquet for your loss Pissant.

Now can you get behind someone viable?

49 posted on 01/27/2011 3:06:03 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: pissant
You know, the people you support have never polled beyond 1%, I'm pretty sure you're nothing more than a disruptor, possibly a Moby troll.

All you do is divide and squeel and disrupt for candidates that have no chance.

Pissant, the most despised poster on FR, and for good reason.

50 posted on 01/27/2011 3:07:06 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: pissant
It was kinda funny a year ago when it was 'yea I don't care for Palin' in a clever way (occasionally)...

It smacks of desperation now that a seasoned political observer like you has realized Palin could become The Accidental President in 2012 simply by channeling Reagan's mantra: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?!" ...

The Electoral Math is there -- overlay the red sea of state legislative and executive seats won in 2010, flip those states (heh, first among equals Indiana -- nothing like bringing a thread full circle) accordingly and et voila I don't care if Bobo raises eleventy billion dollars, he's got an uphill climb ... it won't be that she wins, it'll be that he loses ...

51 posted on 01/27/2011 3:07:16 PM PST by StAnDeliver (/)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Same guys: DeMint, Cain, Bachmann. Can you post some more pics of Palin please, you big Cain fan you.


52 posted on 01/27/2011 3:07:31 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Lakeshark

At least I don’t lie. Through my teeth no less. About Reagan. In the service of the Abortionist.


53 posted on 01/27/2011 3:08:59 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Lazlo in PA

Viable will be whoever the establishment approves.

That will not be a conservative. Do you get it yet?

Whoever is approved will not be a conservative, just someone who talks like one.

DeMint and Pence out? Why is that?


54 posted on 01/27/2011 3:09:36 PM PST by dforest
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To: pissant
You lie and distort all the time.

We're not sure if it's because you post from a loony bin, you're stupid, insane, or a Moby.

Whatever the reason, you do it all the time, you've already done it on this thread.

Pissant: the most hated poster on FR. Congrats..

55 posted on 01/27/2011 3:11:59 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Why don’t you ask me to quote Palin on amnesty or LOST or TARP again.

In the meantime, please scrape up those quotes from Reagan’s pro-abortion years. We’ll do a dual thread together.


56 posted on 01/27/2011 3:14:55 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Lakeshark

Oh. and while you’re at it you can call me a liar again for making the “false claim” that you had stated Fred was 100% pro life.


57 posted on 01/27/2011 3:17:19 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

First lie of the thread: Post 38: </I>Just like Palin lied when she said she’d run if no one else would?


58 posted on 01/27/2011 3:19:36 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: pissant
You do lie, you sometimes do it directly, but most times you do it with deceit and partial truth, just like in the post I just quoted.

It's just who you are, it's why you are despised and not listened to here.

59 posted on 01/27/2011 3:21:50 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: pissant

This is a huge disappointment. I like Cain- just not sure if he’s up to it. I was really hoping Pence would run.

So we have Newt, possibly Rudy, not sure about Mitt, not even sure if Sarah is going to do it, Daniels, maybe DeMint and Pawlenty.

It will be another ugly primary season.


60 posted on 01/27/2011 3:22:08 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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