Talk Elections

Well? Dare I say...Huckabee.

He is the only one with any magic at all.

Sanford...but he's gotta want it.

I see Sanford as a lackluster candidate.

LOL

I honestly have to probably go with Romney. He is the only one I am concerned about at all as a Democrat. Huckabee, Jindal, and Palin are complete jokes.

Huckabee or Romney.

Huckabee electable? Hopefully not.

     Romney.

what an awful bunch.

im still praying for susan collins.

I'm not sure he's the most electable on this list, but don't just quickly write off Jindal, guys. He's intelligent and a capable leader; if his organizational talent displays itself in his (hypothetical) presidential campaign then he could give Obama a run for his money.

Crist, of course. Especially now that he has that beard.

it depends what you mean.  Crist or Romney might have the highest 'floor' although I think Jindal gives you the best chance to actually win.

Wow, if this batch of jokes is the best the GOP can come up with...

Huntsman is the  only one on the list who does not make me want to hold my nose, and some I cannot and will not vote for if they secure the nomination (absent some rather large and unexpected events transpiring).

Crist and Huntsman are the most electable. Which one is the most electable of those on the list I guess turns out how an autopsy of Crist's sex life turns out. The cupboard is pretty thin isn't it?

It isn't. There are alot of Republican that could be Obama if he doesnt do that well. But most of them people will never win the primary. For Ex. Sen. Collins or Sen. Snowe could win, but they are to far left for the base.

Protestant africans such as Obama are a tad less foreign than south asian catholics like Jindal. The only way Jindal could give Obama a run for his money would be if obama messes up.

Jindal is a dunce, regardless of his quota-fied level of education. The man wouldn't be able to make it out of the primaries; if he did, you'd see the entire Appalachian region move into toss-up range posthaste.

Nope. Jindal is the best candidate for backwoods fundies.

Ideologically, sure. But stuck with a choice between a black and a Punjab, they aren't going to turn out and Jindal will lose.

You overestimate their racism in this case.

Probably Romney ...

Romney is a good candidate when the economy is bad (which was 2008), or so it was said.

But in late 2012, I think the US economy will be growing again by at least 2-3%.

And Romney is also a uncharismatic dog-abusing creep, with lots of money.

Huckabee is a Poor, McCain an Old and Palin a Retard ...

The GOP now has about 3 years to come up with a young, charismatic candidate with a coherent message who can raise 500 Mio. to 1 Bio. $ to challenge Obama. Otherwise Obama gets reelected.

Maybe Rick Perry should run ... ?

The problem is there isn't any young Repubican that could do that go toe-to-toe with Obama in 2012. Republicans really need to look at 2016, not 2012. Because unless Obama screws up very badly he will get re-elected.

Not saying this is quite a direct comparison, but Louisiana does have the Punjab as its governor even though they voted against the black.

If the economy is still struggling, Mitt Romney will become President.
If we get into a war, I expect a Republican, possibly Thune. We'll have to put someone up with foreign policy experience.
Obama will have to have a clean 4 years to win. A lot of people, especially youth, voted for him on more personal reasons. Once they see that he might not be the leader he said he would be, they will easily be able to dump him...
In the future...Aaron Schock. He's going to be the next Reagen.

Other: Chuck Hagel.

Thune?

Ha.

I agree! Huckabee 2012!!

Well, I say Jindal. As an independent, my voice is quite important in these matters.

Mitt Romney's unpopularity everywhere else but solid fan base in Utah is obviously much better for a national election.

Huntsman. Mormonism mostly hurts him in the primaries, not the general. But he almost certainly could not make it out of the primaries (not for ideological incompatibility but for religion and split of Mormon money with Romney), so take from that what you will.

nobody's voice is important, at all.

Romney, Crist, and Hagel. Although I very much like Huckabee's personality.

To Make a Godlike Politician/Campaigner

Romney + Huckabee + A Dash of Hagel + 45th POTUS

Jindal
Romney
Thune
Huntsman
Palin

Those are the only five talked about candidates I could see being elected

Is it me, or does the conventional wisdom here on Romney seem to have turned upside down now that he's not running against Giuliani and McCain?

Agreed, just because he knows the most about economics (even if I disagree with him on most of his positions).

I think a lot of people seem to think all the racism in Louisiana against Jindal mysteriously disappeared between 2003 and 2007. It didn't. The guy still got 54% against an assortment of jokes. He was basically running unopposed, and still underperformed Bush and McCain.

It's not just you.

I think Romney is the most obvious choice right now, but in a few years that may change to Crist, Huntsman, Barbour (Lol) or Gingrich (even bigger LOL).

That's only of the options here, of course...

Other: Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, a resurrected Abraham Lincoln... all are equally likely.

Actually, I'll throw out an "Other: Patraeus", which is more feasible, though not by much.

I don't get why everyone's harping on Crist. I really don't think the gay issue is something that will get too much play, and if it does, only to the degree that the Obama is a Muslim lies got anywhere. Otherwise, he's a popular, moderate Governor of a swing state. However, he, like Jindal, will probably wait until 2016.

Unless he goes Ted Haggard on us it will not be an issue.

I voted for Romney as a joke, but after giving it a few seconds of thought I realized- wow. He really is the most electable person on the list! Ouch.

Romney is electable for the same reason Obama was electable, in my opinion. 

He's black, inspirational, young people love him, and he has a flawlessly-run, efficient, state of the art campaign apparatus? Not last time I checked, no...

He appears to be competent.

I guess I have a higher opinion of Obama voters than you, but oh well. 

Competence really isn't something consider when they vote for President, unless the candidate clearly is not (see Palin, Sarah).

Talk to me in 2012.

Ron Paul

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

lol

If Perry is the Republican nominee for Governor of Texas in 2010, he should consider himself fortunate. With the wit of George W. Bush and the plastic persona of Mitt Romney, he would be disposed of quickly in a national primary.

Why do you say that?  Huckabee has proved himself to be pretty moderate for a Baptist preacher.  I'm not sure if I would vote for him yet, but my initial impression of him based off his bio has proven wrong.

Far too socially conservative and populist for me. Basically I'd never consider voting for a populist republican.

Crist, Jindal, Huckabee

Crist and Romney are good candidates, and in either order, could make a good ticket together.  Either these two together in any order, or either candidate with Lindsey Graham at the bottom of the ticket, and we're looking at a competitive '12 race.

Crist-Graham 2012

The guy who you used to call "Reagan-esq?"

Romney and Crist. Hucky's base is limited to Evans, Sarah to Conservatives, Romney can compete for all of them and win some moderates to boot. Strength in the nations two swing areas the Midwest and West, Huge fundraising base. He has some problems. He's got to relate better to the average voter, he's got to combat the bigotry head on, and he needs to use a more flexible campaign strategy.

In terms of electability, I think it has to be Charlie Crist by far.

He's a sodomite.

It's going to be someone out of left field, like Obama was.

In the end, almost anyone is electable in the right situation.

Provided that Obama's first term isn't a complete and utter disaster (quite doable in comparison to the previous two presidential terms) than the most electable Republican would likely be moderate, and by that I don't mean a pseudo-moderate like John McCain or (lawl) Mike Huckabee. It wouldn't necessarily need to be Lincoln Chafee...but you get the idea.

None of these, it needs to be someone who's vaguely in the Rockefeller mould of Republicans, and it doesn't look as if anyone's a credible possibility if you take that as a basic assumption. Romney, if I'm pushed, but I can't imagine what an Obama-Romney voter would look like, his crossover appeal's limited.

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 Pence, Pawlenty, or Coleman

Romney, Sanford, Crist.

Romney, then Crist, then Huckabee.

Maybe he'll "bring the Log Cabin Republicans home."

Strange that I, myself, recall having said something very similar to that about the Democrats back in 2006.

Anyway, of that list, I sadly must admit that its probably Romney.

I'm not completely convinced that we are going to need the "most electable" candidate in order to win though.

Really? I know he isn't on the list, but more than Pawlenty?