Hypothetical 2012 GOP Primary

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Corker is the least odious of the choices I gave.

[Nutmeg]

Sad that Palin is the most ingenuous person on that list, excluding Corker (about whom I know next to nothing).

I likely will be voting in the R primary in 2012 if President Obama is de facto unopposed for renomination, so I might have to start looking into the R field.  In this poll I voted for the Huck.

[??????????]

Can't vote in the primaries.

[Boris]

Romney is by far the most entertaining and smartest of the group. Except for maybe Jindal. You can tell he's smart as hell because of his skin color. He's certainly more likeable than Romney but Romney would seemingly have the better ability at making President Obama look silly in the debates (as recent campaigns have shown, the former trait is far more important). As for who is the most electable of this group, who knows?

[Eraserhead]

I'd say Thune is far more likely than Corker.

Thune would be a far more intelligent choice for the GOP than anyone listed here.

[Nutmeg]

Sad that Palin is the most ingenuous person on that list, excluding Corker (about whom I know next to nothing).

Clearly Corker is  not the only one you know nothing about.

You're right; Huck probably is more trustworthy than Palin.

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.

[Lunar]

Might change my registration to vote for Palin, depending on whether she needs the boost on Super Tuesday.

[Storebought]

I voted for Jindal just to keep Romney from having the plurality of (Republican) votes. But in reality, I favor none of the above: Secession is starting to look good.

[Nutmeg]

Sad that Palin is the most ingenuous person on that list, excluding Corker (about whom I know next to nothing).

Clearly Corker is  not the only one you know nothing about.

You're right; Huck probably is more trustworthy than Palin.

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.

And whose untruths is this based on?

My own personal interactions with the man as a first-in-the-nation voter.  Can you provide me any evidence to the contrary, to convince me that the nausea I felt after meeting him each time was the product of, say, something I'd eaten earlier?

[War on Want]

Romney

[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. 

[jokerman]

Huckabee's probably the closest thing the GOP has to creating some sort of working coalition right now.  The GOP needs to find a way to hold onto evangelicals while simultaneously attracting racial minorities (i.e. latinos).

[© tweed]

Huckabee's probably the closest thing the GOP has to creating some sort of working coalition right now.  The GOP needs to find a way to hold onto evangelicals while simultaneously attracting racial minorities (i.e. latinos).

he would get absolutely demolished in middle/upper income suburbs and urban areas.  if you think McCain losing DuPage was a telling development, wait to see what would happen to Huck.  I'm not buying that the Hispanics would flock to him either.  why?  because he likes Jesus too?

[jokerman]

Huckabee's probably the closest thing the GOP has to creating some sort of working coalition right now.  The GOP needs to find a way to hold onto evangelicals while simultaneously attracting racial minorities (i.e. latinos).

he would get absolutely demolished in middle/upper income suburbs and urban areas.  if you think McCain losing DuPage was a telling development, wait to see what would happen to Huck.  I'm not buying that the Hispanics would flock to him either.  why?  because he likes Jesus too?

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).

[Brandon H]

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

[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?

[Nutmeg]

My own personal interactions with the man as a first-in-the-nation voter.  Can you provide me any evidence to the contrary, to convince me that the nausea I felt after meeting him each time was the product of, say, something I'd eaten earlier?

Not only is it ridiculous to think you are an expert judge of character based on stiff, repetitive, cordial, and brief meetings with a man, it's obviously a hyperbole and based on preconceived notions.  It's pretty hard to be as disgusted as you claim to be with someone whose job is to be charming and was successful with almost 5 million people.  Then comes the problem that you accused him of not being "ingenious", which is just absurd.  Romney is clearly a very, very intelligent man regardless of your political feelings towards him.

I met every candidate in both fields this year.  Only two I didn't like were Romney and Gravel.  Apparently meeting someone isn't a good way to judge them, though.  Shall we discern from television ads?

Number of votes received is hardly a measure of personal character.  Bill Clinton would, by that standard, be a most honorable man.

I never implied that Romney isn't intelligent.

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. 

You won't get an answer.  I've thoroughly refuted it literally 100 times, yet the same people keep coming back with mindless, baseless accusations.  Hating Romney is like a sad game to people here.  They try to one-up each other claiming they hate him more.  None of it is founded in reality or intellectually honest in any way.  It's sad, it's unfortunate, and it's very telling of the character and integrity of many forum members.

You're nearly as bad as that R-RI guy.

I'm going to vote against the jerk if he runs again in 2012, and it will be pleasing to do so.  Four years after convincing Massachusetts to vote for him, he went on the national stage to repeatedly trash his own state as well as New England in general in order to ingratiate himself with the Republican Party's southern and hard-right base.  Using an electorate that voted him into office as a pawn in a political campaign was enough to establish him as disingenuous in my mind.

[dead0man]

NOTA

[The Man From G.O.P.]

I'd toss Romney and Jindal around, probably end up voting for Jindal. I'm starting to believe the 2012 Primaries are going to be between those two, trading Northern and Southern wins, making it a squeaker like the Democrats this year.