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Contrary to Media Reports, GOP Has Strong Field in 2012
Townhall.com ^ | March 11, 2011 | Matt Towery

Posted on 03/11/2011 5:19:25 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 03/11/2011 5:19:31 AM PST by Kaslin
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Stopped at Newt comment. If Newt is the pick I will not be wasting anytime on the election. I will be moving outland because this country cannot take four more years of 0.
2 posted on 03/11/2011 5:22:51 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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If the GOP puts up a crusty old RINO I will forever change my party affiliation and do whatever I can to get a 3rd party off the ground.

I voted for my last McCain...


3 posted on 03/11/2011 5:25:08 AM PST by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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Of course, some people view Romney as a bit too moderate.

Ugh. Yeah, he was the the first to socialize medicine. That's a big "bit" of a problem.

Disagree with this article. Out of the early "frontrunners" most aren't even credible. Myth? Trump!? Ron Paul? NEWT?

4 posted on 03/11/2011 5:27:16 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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I like both Barbour and Pawlenty at this point.


5 posted on 03/11/2011 5:27:34 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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6 posted on 03/11/2011 5:28:03 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Neither party has any field since no one has declared their candidacy. This is another example of the media attempting to influence the 2012 elections by steering people towards certain individuals.


7 posted on 03/11/2011 5:34:10 AM PST by Defend Liberty
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RE :”Last week in this column, I put forth an explanation as to why Newt Gingrich is a stronger political force than many imagine. This week, let's consider the Republicans’ other potential major candidates for the White House.
For starters, there's Mitt Romney. Some will have it that his expected candidacy is fatally flawed from the start, thanks to the largely unsuccessful health care reform that he championed when he was governor of Massachusetts.

Don't need to go any further than those two losers to see this author is sniffing glue.

Speaking of Newt, while this is not being reported on FNC because of his relationship with them this interview shows that Newt will continue to stick his foot in his mouth as he always has.
AOL News: Gingrich: Love of Country Contributed to Affair(Newt says in interview)

Clinton once said something idiotic like this related to fighting impeachment to save the country.

8 posted on 03/11/2011 5:35:57 AM PST by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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Children read this and be warned it is the results of glue sniffing at an early age.


9 posted on 03/11/2011 5:43:34 AM PST by org.whodat
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But Romney, to his credit, has already admitted that his best intentions on health care in his home state didn't work as he'd hoped.

Uh, no, he hasn't. He continues to defend the Romneycare abomination, which scuttles claims from his defenders that he went along with it because he had to or else it would have been worse.

10 posted on 03/11/2011 5:46:11 AM PST by dirtboy
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Allegedly (I don’t know fro sure if this is true) Newt told his ex-wife that she was a “Jaguar” and he “couldn’t handle that right now” and all he wanted was a “Chevy” (current wife). He then asked her to just let him cheat and she refused.

He’ll always be a heroic figure for 1994 but if that’s a glimpse into his psyche....


11 posted on 03/11/2011 5:46:15 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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RE :” Allegedly (I don’t know fro sure if this is true) Newt told his ex-wife that she was a “Jaguar” and he “couldn’t handle that right now” and all he wanted was a “Chevy” (current wife). He then asked her to just let him cheat and she refused.

This is a subject we don't need rehashed again and then to have Newt explain that he cheated on his wife because of his passion for his country just brings back bad memories.

Is there any political group that wants Newt as president? Or that thinks he would even have a chance to win?

12 posted on 03/11/2011 5:54:12 AM PST by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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“Don’t need to go any further than those two losers to see this author is sniffing glue.”

That’s exactly what I thought. And if you read the rest of the article it’s just as bad. Huckabee genuine? What planet is this guy on?

I think he pretty makes the case he’s trying to argue against-this is truly a weak field. I think our only hope is Herman Cain.


13 posted on 03/11/2011 5:56:49 AM PST by lquist1
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The author speaks to their viability as candidates. I was at the event Monday night where 5 of the potential candidates spoke. All five of them were reassuring and any one of them is far superior to Obama.

I no longer believe we have a weak field. I personally liked Santorum. He helped himself but they were all very good. Roemer probably has no chance but I'd still take him over Obama.

14 posted on 03/11/2011 5:59:06 AM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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Tea Party, I’m counting on you. It’s time to rid the country of this tired old bunch of RINO’s and deeply money-entrenched republicans. Come up with some behind-the-scenes conservative and value-oriented ‘gentlemen farmers’ to take back our country and rid D.C. of the massive corruption and fraud. Restore the country to a Republic and get rid of the corrosive and destructive components of a centralized government.


15 posted on 03/11/2011 5:59:55 AM PST by yorkie01
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Cain was very good Monday night and he has support here in Iowa.


16 posted on 03/11/2011 6:00:40 AM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Impy; USS Alaska; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; randita; ...

Newt’s done, mostly by his own actions, both in and out of the political arena.

@sickoflibs: “Is there any political group that wants Newt as president? Or that thinks he would even have a chance to win?”

No and no. Less than zero of a chance. Again, he did it to himself.

Electoral votes: Maine splits theirs as well.


17 posted on 03/11/2011 6:08:13 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Some men DO just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Cain is emerging as the strongest of the field. Those who haven’t looked at him seriously should take a second look.

As a former CEO, Chairman of the KC Fed. Reserve, and Mathematician/Comp.Sci major - Cain is an analytical problem solver. He considers problems something to be “solved” not “spun and kicked down the road.”

He has enough charisma to excite a crowd, and is the only one in the field that seems to understand the gloves will have to come off if there’s a chance to win. Obama is going all out class warfare and race warfare. He’s given up all pretense of “uniting.” He’s being purposefully divisive in hopes that he can wring one more vote out of his side.

So far, Cain is the only one that appears to be both capable and willing to get in this fight to win it.


18 posted on 03/11/2011 6:13:18 AM PST by crescen7 (game on)
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NO NEWT, ROMNEY, OR RON PAUL!

PALIN, PENCE, DEMINT, BACHMANN YES!


19 posted on 03/11/2011 6:19:07 AM PST by GailA (2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
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Cain is a good guy. But there is no way in hell Republicans are going to put a guy on the ticket who has never won an election before.


20 posted on 03/11/2011 6:19:29 AM PST by free me (Sarah Palin 2012? You Betcha!)
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