Hypothetical 2012 GOP Primary

[paul718]

Romney

[paul718]

Texas has open primaries, so I'd vote for Palin.

ahhh! it's the revenge of Operation Chaos!

[paul718]

Newt Gingrich.

I think Gingrich would be good if Obama has relatively high approval ratings and appears likely to be re-elected.  I wouldn't expect Gingrich to win but I think he would be good at bringing new Conservative ideas to the table, setting the GOP up for future gains and reminding the American people that there is another way to go. 

[paul718]

However, if you're suggesting that Romney is ingenuous, I really have nothing to say to that.  He'd say anything to advance himself.  There are few politicians I have less respect for than Mitt Romney, save the perverts and felons.

Romney flipped on abortion.  What else did he do to make you consider him disreputable?  I'm not picking a fight, I really want to know.  This must be the fifth time I've asked this on this board, and I've yet to receive a real answer. 

[paul718]

He epitomizes "compassionate conservatism," and thus at least stands more of a chance with hispanics than anyone else.  As far as upper/middle income suburbanites go, their voting values are more shallow than you think.  As soon as prosperity returns we'll see their traditional myopia set in, with a full return to commercialism and isolationism (and thus the GOP).

After W, "compassionate conservatism" will never sell.  To anyone.  And suburbanites vote on 2 issues, national security and the economy.  Right now the only economic selling point Huckabee may have is the Fair Tax, which no one knows enough about to feel comfortable with, let alone vote for.  

[paul718]

If Jindal does run, what are the chances that he won't win all of Louisiana's delegates?