GOP Nominee for 2012. Includes nearly every possibility!

[Daniel Z]

Voted Jindal, but really think Romney. I have always assumed that someone with the sheer amount of baggage Newt has cannot win a major party's nomination, but I guess it will have been over a decade since he has done anything damaging. Even though the early Republican polls don't show it I think a sufficient number of Republicans will view Palin's 2008 vp candidacy as weak, which will prevent Palin from winning the nomination. I still don't see how Huckabee will appeal to anyone but the fundies in the Republican party, and I doubt that they alone will be enough to win the nomination.

[Daniel Z]

From the list, Mike Pence.  Though Tim Pawlenty looks like another fellow who will appeal to most Republicans, too.  Perhaps a few more than Pence, even.

If the economy is in horrible shape like it is now, I'd say Romney's stock rises.

Yes. If the economy continues to suffer the Republicans will not only want someone like Romney because of his business experience, but also would probably use the opportunity to trash left wing economics and Romney would be a much better candidate for that than Palin, Huckabee and others who mainly appeal to the social conservatives.