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We REALLY Do Not Know (who will be the GOP nominee, could be someone not in the race yet)
Weekly standard ^ | Bill kristol

Posted on 12/13/2011 7:28:51 PM PST by Bigtigermike

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote that we do not know who the GOP presidential nominee will be:

It could be Mitt Romney—though our warnings in this space a couple of weeks ago that his victory is by no means inevitable seem increasingly justified by the dynamics of the race.

The nominee could be Newt Gingrich—whose rise in the polls has been spectacular, and whose skills and appeal are still widely underestimated by many elites, including conservative elites

[....]

It could be someone not yet in the race. If the Gingrich surge turns into a Newt bubble, and if there continue s to be the present level of resistance to Romney, then anyone from Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin to Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Marco Rubio, or Jeb Bush—or someone else!

Let me repeat, with emphasis: We REALLY do not know who the GOP nominee will be.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; beltwaybill; billkristol; brokeredconvention; cain; hermancain; kristol; palin; primaries; sarahpalin
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To: Revolting cat!

I don’t know about picking up the mantle, but I think Skipper likes to drop the soap when he’s flirting.


21 posted on 12/13/2011 7:43:45 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Bigtigermike

If that’s the case...

Cain/Palin 2012!


22 posted on 12/13/2011 7:45:36 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If she entertains the idea, I will do everything in my power... within moral and legal boundries ;-)... to help her get elected.

LLS


23 posted on 12/13/2011 7:46:49 PM PST by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: Bigtigermike

24 posted on 12/13/2011 7:46:52 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Bigtigermike

McCain 2012! Yeah (right)!


25 posted on 12/13/2011 7:48:39 PM PST by yup2394871293
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To: RichInOC

Now that there is some funny ****

LLS


26 posted on 12/13/2011 7:49:05 PM PST by LibLieSlayer ("Americans are hungry to feel once again a sense of mission and greatness." Ronaldo Magnus)
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To: Bigtigermike

I don’t think someone could jump in the race and win this late in the game. They are already locked out of too many states.


27 posted on 12/13/2011 7:50:36 PM PST by mamelukesabre (.)
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To: Bigtigermike

“could be someone not in the race yet”

No. It could not.


28 posted on 12/13/2011 7:51:44 PM PST by Grunthor (We dont LOVE Newt - heck we barely even like him. He's just the best of a rotten bunch)
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To: Revolting cat!

Conservative can emerge.

Newt is amnesty, global warming and individual mandate nut. True progressive.

Bachmann is our hope.

Stop amnesty!


29 posted on 12/13/2011 7:55:16 PM PST by heiss (heartless and inhumane (radical rightwinger))
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To: Bigtigermike

PDS dies hard.


30 posted on 12/13/2011 7:57:20 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: Perdogg

Palin might just be the VP nominee. It’s her time. Newt as President and Palin as VP.


31 posted on 12/13/2011 7:58:22 PM PST by show
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To: Grunthor

GINGRICH - PALIN 2012

Next President and VP


32 posted on 12/13/2011 7:58:32 PM PST by show
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To: Thunder90

More like :

Newt Palin 2012


33 posted on 12/13/2011 7:58:37 PM PST by show
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To: Bigtigermike
Only Carnac the Magnificent really knows ...


34 posted on 12/13/2011 8:00:18 PM PST by CapnJack
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To: CapnJack

Yeah, and he be dead!


35 posted on 12/13/2011 8:03:51 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Bigtigermike
anyone from Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin to Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Mitch Daniels, Marco Rubio, or Jeb Bush—or someone else!

My faves out of that list would be:
#1. Marco Rubio, but he's too young; not quite ready for the Top Spot.
#2. Sarah Palin, but she's been too demonized by the msm and GOP elitists that she's damaged goods.
#3. Paul Ryan, but his Medicare proposal in his Economic Plan would be too much fodder for Obozo and the Dems.

The rest of the aforementioned RINOs, you can "throw back". So, I'll stick with Newt.
36 posted on 12/13/2011 8:09:54 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: show
Palin might just be the VP nominee. It’s her time


37 posted on 12/13/2011 8:11:20 PM PST by decimon
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To: Sacajaweau
Notice he didn’t mention the next most likely...Perry!!

That's because Perry already had his chance at the top and folks didn't like what they saw and left him. I think that Gingrich will be on top for a while. I'm seeing a lot of people supporting him that I wouldn't have thought otherwise, and some of them have made good points in his defense, the kinds of points that have me less hesitant to support him if he gets the nomination.
38 posted on 12/13/2011 8:14:12 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: show; All

On his radio show today, Hannity asked Michele Bachmann if she really was considering Donald Trump for VP if she gets the nomination and she said that he would be one of her considerations. Whaddya think FReepers? Bachmann/Trump in 2012?


39 posted on 12/13/2011 8:14:12 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Bigtigermike

I heard a part of the John Batchelor show .... and the name Jeb Bush was being promoted by John Fund, I believe.


40 posted on 12/13/2011 8:15:48 PM PST by goodnesswins (Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine....)
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