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How big will the Republican presidential field be (and does it matter)?
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| 2/2/11
| Chris Cilliza
Posted on 02/02/2011 7:21:05 PM PST by pissant
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Out of the 18, we'll be lucky to get 2 or 3 conservatives.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:21:10 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
From what I’ve observed in the state run “media” over the past couple of weeks, it appears that the DemocRATS have already selected Mitt Romney for us.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:23:15 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(ObamaCare funds 16,000 new tax collectors but no new doctors. Now that's what I call "green" jobs.)
To: pissant
Yes the size of the field matters. If there are multiple conservatives going into the primaries, we’ll have to choose in November between a socialist and a Marxist.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:26:07 PM PST
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: pissant
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:26:58 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: pissant
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:27:47 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(The TOTUS-reader is a Judas Goat, leading the American sheeple to the slaugherhouse /Parmy)
To: pissant; onyx; 2ndDivisionVet
How big will the Republican presidential field be?About 5' 4" and turning 47 this month.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:28:00 PM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: freedomfiter2
Exactly, so far none of the R names being mentioned does a thing for me, they are mostly bland bland men who have the vigor of a corpse.
Debates will be like Accounting Practice Meetings..
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:31:26 PM PST
by
padre35
(You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
To: pissant
Out of the 18, we'll be lucky to get 2 or 3 conservatives. Good. Let the other 15 split the vote.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:33:38 PM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: padre35
Debates will be like Accounting Practice Meetings..I think you'll change your mind if we see Palin, Cain, Bachmann and DeMint on the same stage.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:35:21 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: buccaneer81
I hope that does NOT happen! I don’t want to see the, fighting one another!
THAT will not help Conservatism at all.
To: DTogo
I was thinking 5’2” and 54
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:41:12 PM PST
by
pissant
((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
To: pissant
Mix-n-match, a winning ticket!
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:42:58 PM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: acapesket
I hope that does NOT happen! I don’t want to see the, fighting one another! THAT will not help Conservatism at all.I agree, and I truly don't see it happening in reality. Sarah is the only one of those four who has any staying power.
What we will probably see is Palin, Romney, Pawlenty, maybe Pence and an outside shot of a current governor (Christie, Kasich, Perry; take your pick.)
To: pissant
The more the merrier. While, with a large number, some of the best will be knocked off early, it will generate more interest. DumBO will not have a good target and will spend much at poor prospects.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:49:01 PM PST
by
depressed in 06
(The only thing the ZerO administration is competent at is bad ideas.)
To: pissant
1972 (Democrats), 1976 (Democrats), 2000 (Republicans) and 2008 (Republicans)Large fields must equal weak nominees. McGovern, Carter, George W. Bush, McCain.
Doesn't bode well for 2012.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:50:05 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: pissant
I can support Huntsman, as well as Cain. My favorites are in my tagline. I also have a nightmare list on my homepage.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:50:26 PM PST
by
matthew fuller
(My list: Bachman, Barbour, Bolton, Cain, Liz Cheney, Daniels, DeMint, Inhofe, Palin, and Pawlenty .)
To: pissant
Under no circumstance should the slime stream media be allowed to pick our candidate like last time.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:50:52 PM PST
by
depressed in 06
(The only thing the ZerO administration is competent at is bad ideas.)
To: PAR35
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:51:08 PM PST
by
pissant
((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
To: buccaneer81
Hmm, AFAIK Bachmann and Demint or not running in 2012?
The other grim reality is Obamao will raise 1 billion for his re-election bid, whomever wins the nomination will have to be able to come close to matching him or 1 billion along with the MSM literally fellating his failure of a Presidency and a R can find themselves buried by October.
Let’s hope they do not make the Bob Dole mistake once again.
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posted on
02/02/2011 7:54:37 PM PST
by
padre35
(You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
To: padre35
The Republican nominee will have to far, far, far outstrip in legitimate domestic donations what BO can raise in illegal overseas donations.
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