Posted on 01/12/2015 5:50:47 PM PST by entropy12
I agree, if it is Jeb versus Hillary, Hillary is your next president. Which is why running a SINGLE conservative candidate is the only winning strategy. Huckabee, Santorum, Walker, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Pence, etc all running together, Jeb is your nominee.
Hillary will win nomination in a cakewalk because of money advantage over the senator from Mass.
Love the ‘concern trolls’ @ the NY poop liner.
I will work hard to get Walker or anyone other than Bush/Romney as our candidate. But Bush has unlimited money, organization and power behind him. I predict Bush will walk away with the nomination.
I continue to believe that Romney was a place holder for Jeb to run in 2016.I greatly fear he will be elected. This will give the Bush CIA dynasty a highlight in American Presidential History.
quote “Because there are lot of church lady voters for Santorum who will not vote for Cruz”
Santorum has zero support from anyone, people only voted for that nut because he was the only one left.
I don’t get why church ladies wouldn’t vote for Cruz.
You are exactly right about the extreme left lurching towards Warren. But they don’t have the money which th eestablishment democrats have. How many rich donors have declared for Warren? I have’nt heard of many.
This article shows that the NY Times wants the GOP race to be between Walker and Bush. Why? Because they are scared to death of Ted Cruz.
Walker is soft on amnesty, he is pals with GOPe (Priebus, Ryan, and Rove), he broke job creation campaign promises, he was nowhere to be found when Ted Cruz was fighting Obamacare and defending the Constitution, and he is likely to be dogged by (admittedly bogus) ethics complaints.
Conservatives would be crazy to support Walker over Cruz.
Santorum is appearing on TV and will throw his hat in the ring. If nothing else it gets him publicity and can write books. And he will get many church lady votes, if not all. Love is seldom based on rational thoughts.
This thread is about viability of Walker as nominee. We already know we do not want Jebbie.
Cruz can not win with Walker, Santorum, Huckabee, Pence etc. all running together. There are not that many conservative voters in the country. United we stand, divided we lose is still true.
I don’t think anyone here would not give Cruz their full support, if he runs. But he hasn’t given any indication that he is running. It is only wishful thinking at this point.
Oh, you would be surprised how many anti-Ted people post comments here.
The ends justify the means discussions in those liberal / progressive circles of people scare the living hell out of me. It’s like Germany in 1938. Anything will be twisted into the furtherance of their goals. Nightmarish stuff.
What is the last time you witnessed conservative voters coalesce behind a single candidate? Does not look like they will in 2016 either. They did not in 2012 or 2008.
I have not noticed many anti-Cruz posts here on FR. I have seen some posts supporting other candidates, especially the governors. Executive experience and all.
You are right about repub voters being idiots. Why else would they nominate likes of Dole, McPain & Romney!
Don't recall the gruesome details on Dole. But remember that neither McCain nor Romney won a majority in any primary until they had clinched the nomination. The party's establishment candidates excel at winning "winner take all" primaries with pluralities in the 30-35% range.
If it weren't for "winner take all" primaries and open primaries, the GOP nominees over the past five presidential elections could be quite different.
Agreed about winner take all primaries.
2012 memories are still fresh. If either Newt or Santorum drops out after SC primary, Mitt could have lost nomination.
Multiple conservatives running are the real useful idiots for the GOPe. I realize Newt is not a pure conservative but I will always admire his Contract with America circa 1994.
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