2012 Republican Primaries

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Why is my boy Rudy doing so well in this poll? Has his approvals risen since he got out of the public eye again?

[King]

Why is my boy Rudy doing so well in this poll? Has his approvals risen since he got out of the public eye again?

He's getting ready to set up shop in the decisive North Dakota primary now.  Who needs the other 49 states when you have North Dakota?

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

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I think Jon Huntsman fits that description rather well, if you remove the good looks and youth requierments. Successful, popular, and intelligent governor, with an undamaged name. You won't get him until 2016 though, as he'll be busy in China.

 

[Mr. Morden]

Why is my boy Rudy doing so well in this poll? Has his approvals risen since he got out of the public eye again?

All it means is that the Huckabee / Palin brand of social conservatism isn't as popular on this forum as Giuliani / Romney style conservatism.  Doesn't really have anything to do with Giuliani's popularity in the real world.

[President Mitt]

"All it means is that the Huckabee / Palin brand of social conservatism isn't as popular on this forum as Giuliani / Romney style conservatism.  Doesn't really have anything to do with Giuliani's popularity in the real world."


Unfortunately, this is the truth.

[JSojourner]

If I were Republican, I would write in Olympia Snowe.

[pogo stick]

It's sad that all of these candidates are so unappealing.

Romney: shameless flip-flopper who raised taxes and introduced a crappy healthcare law, comes off as a phony.

Huckabee: religious zealot who has no connection to conservative beliefs and creeps me out with his backhanded compliments.

Palin: too irresponsible

Rudy: too liberal

Thompson: Zzzzzzzzzzz...

Jindal: not ready

Pawlenty: Not competitive in his own state

Gingrich: too much baggage

Thune: who?

Bush: wrong last name

I'll vote for whoever I think can beat Obama.

Ideally, I'd want a candidate with Romney's private sector experience, Huckabee's appeal to the common man, Gingrich's intellect, Palin's looks, Bush's successful governorship, Jindal's youth, Rudy's toughness, Thompson's convictions, and Pawlenty's undamaged name. I guess that's too much to ask for.

I'd vote for all of the ones listed above, except Newt, if he is nominated it's a landslide for Obama

[Lahbas]

Voting closes on Friday, 9-12 PM East Coast US time. I decided to make it a little longer than I had planned, due to the large amount of voters. From there, we will proceed over th weekend through the National Conventions for both the Republican and Democratic Primaries. I'll explain more come Wednesday.

[Reaganfan]

Quite possibly Fred if he ran

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Romney

[Psychic Octopus]

What about Charlie Crist? He's saving himself for 2016, but he seems intelligent, capable, and was a good governor.

[Lahbas]

He's running for the Senate, so I assumed that he would wait until 2016 or 2020 to run for President, especially in a field dominated by other high profile canidates.

[JerryBrown2010]

Rudy, I saw him on CNN with Campbell Brown and didn't seem like a Phony Republican. He didn't strongly disagree on everything obama did which is usual for his party.

[Lahbas]

As I have said previously, the voting will end on Friday. At that point, I will open up the conventions. There, we will be a delegation vote, each of which will last two days, eliminating the previous canidate with the least number of votes, until one of the canidates achieves a two-thirds majority. Once Canidates have been determined, there will be a Vice-Presidential nomination, but we'll get to that later. For now, keep voting. And Thank You for expressing interest.

[Inmate Trump]

I'll vote for whoever seems to have the best shot at beating Obama--other than Romney.

[Democratic Hawk]

I'll vote for whoever seems to have the best shot at beating Obama--other than Romney.

Are moderate pragmatically center-left Democrats not to your liking nowadays?

[Alexander Hamilton]

I'll vote for whoever seems to have the best shot at beating Obama--other than Romney.

Are moderate pragmatically center-left Democrats not to your liking nowadays?

Well, seeing as nobody is going to primary Obama, he doesn't appear to have that option.

[Lahbas]

Alright, we have got our canidates, and voting is done, now we move onto the convention!

[Inmate Trump]

I'll vote for whoever seems to have the best shot at beating Obama--other than Romney.

Are moderate pragmatically center-left Democrats not to your liking nowadays?

Are any going to be running?  If Hillary runs I'll back her 100%, just like I did last time.