[oldbrowser]

I would take the worst candidate on this list before Obama.

[choctaw man]

The sad news is Romney will be the nominee. The rest of the story is that Oh Bummer will be re-elected.

The Republicans don’t want to win the WH for some reason, just like Bush vs Clinton...I’m tellin’ you...

[Terpfen]

Yeah, that chart isn’t biased at all. Nope.

Since when is “Mormon” code for “unelectable”, by the way? I don’t think anyone cares that Huntsman or Romney are Mormons. Hell, I don’t think anyone cares about them regardless.

[Cicero]

This is from The Economist? That Communist rag?

[jrd]

I'll go for Palin/Cain

[Christian Engineer Mass]

This is such garbage. Nothing’s ever good enough for some people.

They said much worse about Reagan.

Trump is not a republican. Don’t be retarded.

Donald Trump Political Campaign Contributions 2008 Election Cycle

$1,300 03/31/2008 P CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER - Republican
$5,000 03/28/2008 P DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - Democrat
$1,000 10/15/2007 P CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER - Republican
$2,300 09/24/2007 P FRIENDS OF WEINER - Democrat
$2,300 08/27/2007 P RANGEL FOR CONGRESS - Democrat
$2,300 08/27/2007 G RANGEL FOR CONGRESS - Democrat
$1,000 05/02/2007 P FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE - Democrat
$1,700 03/31/2007 G HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT - Democrat
$2,300 03/31/2007 P HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT - Democrat

Donald Trump Political Campaign Contributions 2010 Election Cycle
$1,000 04/07/2010 P FRIENDS OF SCHUMER - Democrat
$1,600 12/11/2009 G FRIENDS OF SCHUMER - Democrat
$400 12/11/2009 P FRIENDS OF SCHUMER - Democrat
$2,400 10/16/2009 P CHARLIE CRIST FOR US SENATE - None
$2,400 10/16/2009 G CHARLIE CRIST FOR US SENATE - None
$2,000 05/20/2009 P FRIENDS OF SCHUMER - Democrat
$2,400 03/26/2009 P FRIENDS FOR HARRY REID - Democrat

[Artemis Webb]

Horseshit.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

It is reaching the point that one must ask; can any reputable person participate in the electoral process?

[Stepan12]

The sky is falling!

Maybe the Messiah will be re elected. If people are too stupid to see by their voting again for the Messiah that Muslim nuclear terrorism, Zimbabwe type inflation, and turning America into a third world country; etc., will certainly come (if they don't come sooner), then maybe one should just stick a fork in America. It was nice while we knowed ya.

[C210N]

Near as I can tell, there will NOT be a reliable poll until November of 2012. Bank on it. Everything out between now and October 2012 has an agenda behind it.

[DTogo]

If Saudi Arabia goes down on 3/11 and we see $5+ gas, there won’t be elections in 2012.

[OldNewYork]

From where I’m viewing things, even a pig with lipstick on it could beat the current White House resident. I’ll write that in on the ballot too, if it comes to it.

[marron]

If none of these people can beat an open socialist who is destroying the dollar and shutting down our economy, then our problems are bigger than what any candidate can solve.

We aren’t doing our job in educating the public, and we aren’t doing our job in building the networks we need to reach the public and explain ourselves. We’ve ceded to our ideological enemies all the infrastructure of the war of ideas, we let them educate generations of our kids, and then wonder why our best candidates are unable to beat the worst candidate the Dems could possibly rally around.

Obama is a disaster, and if we can’t make that case with even our worst candidate then we are headed for dark days.

[americanophile]

Well, to my mind they pretty much have it right. Now on to the Senate...

[RicocheT]

I agree with the chart’s conclusions. The GOP short list is short an electable candidate. Also, we need a real conservative who the general public likes enough that we get enough voters in the center to win. When elected, our candidate needs to stay true to the right, not move to center left.

[ilgipper]

There’s 10-12 on that list that can beat Obama, barring a major shift in the economy. When gas prices reached these levels in 2008, that was one of - if not the - largest catalysts that drove the economic collapse. The bottom line is every cost goes up for business and individuals when it costs this much to move goods, people, and individual families. If that economy was brought to its knees, this weak, hobbled economy will be down for the count.

[Charles Henrickson]

That chart is actually a fairly realistic assessment of those names, their pros and cons. You could make against any of them, as to why they could lose. But some could possibly win, and it's too soon to say on some of the others.

I don't have a favorite yet for the nomination. No one jumps out at me, either as the best choice or the most electable. But unless it's a pro-abort (e.g., Giuliani), I'd vote for any of them ahead of Obama.

[Happy Rain]

Obama will poll well because white guilt,socialist stupidity and black racism still affects many of those polled—especially since conservatives are usually too employed and productive to waste time on silly poll participation.
Once inside the voting booth however,TRUE Americans (I hope)will vote TRUE American!

[socialism_stinX]

Any of them can beat Obama, who has very weak approval ratings for an incumbent and is now in the process of screwing up the economic recovery with high energy prices and the high costs of Obamacare.

[nhwingut]

Name: Barrack Obama

Current Job: President

Pro: Good liar

Cons: Bankrupted country, Lost 3.6 million jobs, Obamacare