Do you want a brokered GOP convention?

[TheGlobalizer]

I voted no, but really don't care either way.

I don't expect that anything would happen that would make it any more likely that I'll vote R in November.  I appreciate Paul's quest but I see the libertarian push as more inexorable than I think he does (or perhaps he just wants the GOP to be on the right side of history).

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

Yes (R)...way-too-weak-field is weak

it would be a cool way to roll out Rubio or Ryan and save the reputation of the jmfcsts

[bgwah]

Yes (I) - It's the best chance for the GOP to come up with someone who can actually beat Obama.  We need a period of undivided government, and I just do not see the Democrats as achieving that in this year's elections, and the GOP can, if they win the White House.

You want the GOP to be able to push through its agenda unhindered?

Don't let the independent avatar fool you. Ernest has always been a right-winger and de facto Republican.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

It won't be brokered, but it might go all the way to the convention. Even if it does, I doubt it will effect the general election. The Democrats went all the way in 2008 and still won the election. Obama will win this time whether there is a brokered GOP convention or not.

[Whacker77]

As it becomes more apparent Mitt Romney can't close the deal, his backers and the establishment forces who support him will start to portray a potential contested convention as some sort of unholy bloodbath that will leave Republicans wounded for a generation.  For sure, that could happen, but I doubt it.

A contested convention could be a mess if the top tier choices on the sidelines remained on the sidelines.  That would produce Romney or even the Alaskan dingbat.  But if the big names jumped in, we would have a real debate about conservative policies and vision, not the mud slinging conest we've got right now.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes (I) - It's the best chance for the GOP to come up with someone who can actually beat Obama.  We need a period of undivided government, and I just do not see the Democrats as achieving that in this year's elections, and the GOP can, if they win the White House.

You want the GOP to be able to push through its agenda unhindered?

Don't let the independent avatar fool you. Ernest has always been a right-winger and de facto Republican.

Could you tell CARL that?  (Not that I think you could convince him of that.)

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Yes (I) - It's the best chance for the GOP to come up with someone who can actually beat Obama.  We need a period of undivided government, and I just do not see the Democrats as achieving that in this year's elections, and the GOP can, if they win the White House.

You want the GOP to be able to push through its agenda unhindered?

Yes, and if its the colossal failure the Democrats think it will be, then they'll get pummeled for it as they ought to.  Me, I don't think it'll be as bad as Democrats fear or as good as Republicans hope.  However, we have had a serious lack of responsible government for far too long in this country.  Both parties play the filibuster blame game to excuse why they can't get things done.  Both parties push policies they know are bad because they are popular with their own base and they can count on the other party to save them from their error.  We have a government structure that encourages our politicians to be irresponsible, and we can't afford that luxury much longer.  We need a period of solid undivided government to break the paralysis that keeps us from addressing our serious long term problems.  There are several approaches that could work to solve them, but we need to pick one, and soon.  Even a bad choice will be better than no choice at all.

Didn't you vote for McCain in 2008, despite the fact that Democrats would obviously hold both houses?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes (I) - It's the best chance for the GOP to come up with someone who can actually beat Obama.  We need a period of undivided government, and I just do not see the Democrats as achieving that in this year's elections, and the GOP can, if they win the White House.

You want the GOP to be able to push through its agenda unhindered?

Yes, and if its the colossal failure the Democrats think it will be, then they'll get pummeled for it as they ought to.  Me, I don't think it'll be as bad as Democrats fear or as good as Republicans hope.  However, we have had a serious lack of responsible government for far too long in this country.  Both parties play the filibuster blame game to excuse why they can't get things done.  Both parties push policies they know are bad because they are popular with their own base and they can count on the other party to save them from their error.  We have a government structure that encourages our politicians to be irresponsible, and we can't afford that luxury much longer.  We need a period of solid undivided government to break the paralysis that keeps us from addressing our serious long term problems.  There are several approaches that could work to solve them, but we need to pick one, and soon.  Even a bad choice will be better than no choice at all.

Didn't you vote for McCain in 2008, despite the fact that Democrats would obviously hold both houses?

Those were different times and different issues were a priority for me.  I didn't see either Barack or John as being able to do much to affect the economy, while I did see a significant difference in probable foreign policy.  Obama's foreign policy has turned out much better than I thought it would be, but it certainly wasn't something I could have predicted at the time.

The depth and severity of the Great Recession was not something I expected.  I was thinking we'd have another typical post-WWII recession.  The Great Recession has brought the day of reckoning for our unwillingness to tax at a level able to pay for the programs we have much closer.  If the Republicans get control, I expect that programs will be cut to a level more in line with what our taxes can pay for.  If the Democrats get control, I expect taxes to rise to a level more in line with our expenditures.  If neither party gets control, I expect we'll continue with our current imbalances between taxes and spending, which is the worst of the three options.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Yes- in the hope that some one else would be nominated then the relative  terrible candidates we now have