Looking recently at Tom Coburn I think he would be a great candidate to jump into the Republican field for 2012. He has shown that he has the potential to appeal to core Republican voters and Tea Party. As well as showing the possibility that he can appeal to independents and mainstream voters, as despite the fact that he is one of the Senate's most ardent conservative members. Coburn has been willing to take on even his own party's most vested interests in the debt ceiling fight. Therefore, if he did join the race I would support him.
However, even though I would love to see Tom Coburn jump in but I don't think he will when all is said and done.
So what does anyone else in this section of the forum think of a Coburn run for 2012?
I don't think he'd even want to run in 2012. If he is to run at all, he'll run in 2016, where he already said he won't run for Senate again.
