It’s time for Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman to throw in the towel. Tell their supporters that they gave it their best effort and openly endorse one of the viable candidates.
I agree. It’s ridiculous that we have so many candidates at this stage of the game.
They won’t because they want to hog the national platform and they want to pretend they are VP material.
Same for Paul and Perry. Paul clearly has zero chance to secure the nomination and simply enjoys the spotlight. Perry melted under the spotlight of constant national media attention and most people don’t want a W clone (and Perry comes across as just that).
It seems that Cain’s supporters (including me) saw him as a voice for common sense conservatism AND as the best non-Romney in the field. But in the glare of media scrutiny, Cain has been tested and comes up lacking; it is not the allegations that are causing many of us to question Cain’s suitability, but rather Cain’s forced errors in other aspects of the campaign - that seem to have been brought on due to the close scrutiny (due to his meteoric rise and the allegations) he has been under.
Among the candidates who have a practical chance of being nominate and then elected, who is the voice for common sense conservatism AND as the best non-Romney in the field? Many people are answering: Gingrich. But it is hard to decide as each candidate has flaws (and the media will unfairly expose them and ignore Obama’s no matter who the GOP nominee is).
I suppose the primary process will narrow the field somewhat. I vote in one of the early primaries, so I might choose to send a message by voting for a “no-compromise” candidate like Bachman (who I am not convinced would make a good president, but whose positions and passion are generally admirable).
Most of Bachman and Santorum’s 9-10% would go to Cain IMHO. Huntsman’s 2% would probably go to Romney.
The actual votes of the people will shake people out of the race. I wouldn’t reccommend anybody get out of a race based on polls alone. The powers that be would love that!
Romney supporters = < 26% (= All Libs)
Cain Supporters + Gingrich Supporters + Santorum Supporters + Bachmann Supporters + Perry Supporters = > 75%
The conservatives OUTNUMBER the LIBS!!!! We have TOO MANY Conservatives running. They need to get together, pick a candidate and support him/her and BLOW away Romney in the Primary!!!!
If we DON’T do this, we are facing ANOTHER McCain type debacle.
Its BAD ENOUGH those two twits Boehner and McConnell BLEW things by capitulating on that Supercommittee. NOW 32% of Americans blame the DEMOCRATS in Congress and 42% of Americans blame the GOP for the budget mess!!!
If the GOP can’t defeat Obama and take control of Congress, that political party has forfeited its right to exist. It needs to go.
—”It’s time for Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman to throw in the towel. Tell their supporters that they gave it their best effort and openly endorse one of the viable candidates.”
Hey, I’m a Cain supporter, but you are talking crazy.
It’s only the middle of November.
Here’s a flashback from Nov. 7th, 2007 in which Rasmussen attempts to prognosticate based upon November poll numbers and, as you can see, he got it waaaay wrong:
http://www.conservative.org/wp-content/themes/Conservative/bl-archive/Issues/issue95/071106pol.php
“It’s also fairly easy to suggest that Mike Huckabee and John McCain are very, very long shots. It is hard to see them getting the nomination without major mistakes from all the other campaigns. But, given the volatility of the race, it’s not quite possible to rule them out.
“Among the top three candidates—Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney—it remains much easier to show why each of them should lose the nomination rather than win it. But, barring a major surprise, one of those three will be the Republican nominee in 2008. “
In other words, it’s too early for ANYONE to throw in the towel just yet.
Cheers
I agree and having participated in Cook County politics for decades suspect something. Cui bono if they stay in?
I wouldn’t worry. Things will sort themselves out come January and you’ll see some folks drop.