Posted on 06/13/2015 6:27:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If he ca’t get his own party to vote for him in the primaries, who is he going to get to vote for him in the general?
SunkenCiv: I like your choices for running mates for Walker. Several of them are governors. I believe Walker is on record saying the nominee and his running mate should be governors.
America desperately needs a whole lot less political bookies and a whole lot more principled leaders.
Jones wouldn’t have won, either (witness his disastrous run in 2004 against Sen. Boxer). As it was, he barely beat (and by a plurality) the flaky moonbat leftist Michela Alioto in 1998.
Simon shouldn’t have rested on his laurels after the primary victory. The fact that CA holds its primary a shocking 8 months before the general is ludicrous. The time from primary to general should be no longer than 2, 3 months tops. It’s difficult to be in perpetual campaign mode like that for so long (especially when it’s non-Presidential). Had the primary been held in August (2002), I think Simon could’ve pulled it off, and he’d have been a better Governor than the Austrian Socialist.
Cruz-LePage is the best choice.
It WAS ludicrous, yes. The CA “primary” is in May now.
We have an early primary here in IL.
If I ever watched NBC, I’m afraid I would have another heart attack….
It’s much easier on the old ticker to read it on FR—and be able to vent when necessary
Still far too early at 6 months. Ours in TN is in August.
Cruz/Lepage might be a good choice but not the best to win, and losing means Shrillary. I helped reelect LePage by sending him several small donations, and I am not a Mainer. He won by a 48% plurality in a three way race. I would be very surprised if a Cruz/Lepage ticket could drag Maine into the GOP column. I love Ted Cruz but I don’t think he could carry a New England state. Walker might carry NH and Maine’s 2nd congressional district but I don’t believe he would need either to win.
I wouldn’t put LePage on the ticket to necessarily carry Maine, but because he is arguably the ballsiest and most no bull$hit Governor in the country. You need a pit bull VP and he fits the bill to a “T.”
NY Peter King?????
Who called Ted Cruz a "carnival barker" and said if Cruz was the GOP's presidential candidate he'd "jump off a bridge."
The guy who said the Tea Party was "hijacking" the GOP.
The liberal media's go to Republican for quotes in favor of more gun control and amnesty.
Only if Jeb starts wearing brightly colored pantsuits like Hillary does he have a chance of beating her. It’s a mystery why he is still wearing the dull grey suits.
I dont think Bush can beat the beast. Others in the field could. A fresh “face” could energize voters.
What are these GOP People smoking?
Have they moved the GOP Headquarters to Colorado?
Amsterdam.
I agree he was a nutcase when he identified himself as Republican and decided to run, IN THE PRIMARY, as a party reformer.
But, as a big city mayor, he was about as clean and as good as any city can hope for - the guy before him, Tom Bradley, was Coleman Young level corrupt - they had to force a newspaper to shut down because it was getting too close to exposing Bradley. Rudy, and like it or not, Bloomberg, are the only other decent big city mayors that I can think of.
How many times will it take to learn? McCain, Romney...if Bush gets the nomination, I’m taking a pass for the first time in my life. So I hope they aren’t counting on my vote in this fictional piece.
Jeb is pro-Amnesty, and Hillary is pro-Amnesty. Jeb is pro-Common Core, and Hillary is pro-Common Core. Jeb is personally profiting from Obamacare, and Hillary is personally profiting from Obamacare. There are differences between the two, but those differences are not big enough to make me care whether we get stuck with a big government liberal who adopted Florida as his home state or a big government liberal who adopted New York as her home state.
If he could beat Hillary but probably can’t win the Republican nomination, what does that tell us about him?
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