If Zer0 is electable, just about anybody is.
I agree
Don’t feel bad, they were talking like this in 2007. Then the Mighty McCain emerged, like a beast stalking the Earth, and laid waste to all...oh, wait. :)
I have noticed a recurring theme in this election cycle.
ALL Repub Candidtes are somehow “lesser men or women”.
NONE are of the “stature” of Dear Leader.
It’s not just the ususal suspects in this propaganda, RINOs are joining in the campaign. This puts whoever gets the nomination in the position of having to be a reincarnation of Ronald the Magnificent.
Television has completely destroyed this nation.
Are we supposed to take this seriously? You have to mention Ron Paul, even if you hate him. Palin Romney Gingrich Paul Bachmann are well known enough to win the nomination. The Republicans never pick unknowns, that’s the Democrats.
Rich Lowrey states: “ That he (Huntsman) is now being mentioned as a top-tier candidate is commentary on the weakness of that tier.”
Uh no Rich, it’s a commentary on the weakness of the commenters. Huntsman is a total non starter everywhere except DC and New York. He will catch the combined wrath of the Bush and McCain haters.
Wrong question. The real question is who is genuinely conservative and who is not. The rest will take care of itself.
Those only concerned with “electability” are demrats, uninformed, RINOs, doctrinaire libertarian or other pseudointellectuals.
The paramount issue for this pres. cycle is to return America to its roots—The Constitution, Bill of Rights, the family and capitalism. This is what a conservative believes. All the other issues are subsets of those overarching principles. If conservatives cannot sell conservatism to the majority of voters they deserve to lose.
Lt. Col. Allen West is the answer.
If Obama was electable anyone is electable. Hell, I’m even electable.
The FEC (the Federal Election Commission which governs federal election financing) close date for quarterly and semiannual reporting is June 30. So any prominent candidate with the potential to realize a huge influx of money upon declaring will likely want to wait until after this date. Nothing really happens anyway until early 2012. Early straw polls and debates and even the earliest primaries are not good predictors and only benefit those with no name recognition.
If a potential candidate already has name recognition and regularly has on-air appearances, what advantage would there be to declare early? It just gives the press more time to attack, reduces their on-air time, eliminates their commentary job, etc. If the press is cranky about the candidates, it means the big names are controlling their own timetable not the press pressuring them into making a move. Suspense and anticipation are keeping the big names in the news without them having to spend a dime.
Open wide. TPaw is going to be jammed down your throat.
The person who will win the nomination is the one who can bring obama’s corruption to the forefront. They must get in some good sound bytes and headlines against his policies. They have to attack him straight on and get the truth out on the unemployment numbers, his sympathies with islam, the disappearance of the stimulus money, his shady deals with Rezko, his ties with Ayers, his phony SSN. He needs to bring up everything that wasn’t investigated the first time around because you know the obama team is going to get down and dirty. They are already trying to dig up dirt on Christie and he isn’t even running. Cain can make headway without being called a racist.
Some might be good VP candidates and a few would be good Presidents. But electable? Not seeing it.
The Republicans are holding their powder. They don’t have to waste money fighting the MSM 24/7 to overcome negative publicity. When we actually get to a real cutoff date for primary voting, then some of the bigger names might commit. In a way they are taking a page out of the Tea Party by not giving the MSM a target to character assassinate (with the exception of Palin who has received non-stop abuse since she was selected the VP of McCain). Anybody the MSM loves for the Republicans is dead on arrival. Anyone they hate, despise, or ridicule has a chance to get through the primaries.
Sure looks like some real hot deal making going on in the smoky back rooms in D.C.
Wanted: enthusiastic, articulate individual with good governance record on which to run. Is it really too much to ask?
The problem is that the right-wing pundits and many people here are too worried about slamming a viable condidate because of a small difference or two and are abslutely self destructing andf killing off anyone who would be good.
Pessimistic and cynical to the max, republicans and some conservatives are destroying any chance of a good candidate even before the left and their media get a shot at them.
It’s called shooting yourself in the foot.