Who Will The Republicans Look to in 2012

[BM]

I don't think there are any GOP women out there capable of winning the presidency in the short term. Palin maybe but she made her debut too soon and at the wrong time (a sacrificial year for republicans).

I can't see KB Hutchison getting the nomination on the top of the ticket, but I suppose she's a VP possibility. She is retiring from the Senate and setting herself up to challenge the incumbent Republican governor in 2010. That will be interesting. She's not getting any younger though. She'll be 69 in 2012. After that her age becomes a liability.

Marsha Blackburn is a lightweight and talking points banshee.  The only other representative I've heard of on that list is Ileana, and as you said, she's ineligible.

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are too moderate for the conservative base.

Lisa Murkowski is just nepotism at its finest, although it worked for Bush.  They won't be looking to Alaska for any rising stars any time soon though.

Linda Lingle isn't electable at the national level, but if she wants a future seat in Congress, it's hers.  It's impressive a Republican, female governor is so well respected in Hawaii of all places.


And I guess that's it.  It's either Palin or bust for Republican women at this point.

[BM]

Crist is good but would he want to have the gay rumors resurface at the national level?