2012 Republican Rundown: Week 8: IL/AL/ME

[Erc]

The Forum-Chosen Candidates So Far:
1) Gov. Mitt Romney (MA): 93%
2) Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA): 76%
3) Gov. Mark Sanford (SC): 67%
4) Gov. Haley Barbour (MS): 67%
5) Rep. Mike Pence (IN): 62%
6) Rep. Eric Cantor (VA): 60%
7) Sec. Tom Ridge (PA): 58%
Gov. Mitch Daniels (IN): 52%

Illinois

Rep. Mark Kirk
b. September 15, 1959 [53 at inauguration]

US Representative (IL-10): 2001 -
Up for Re-Election in 2010

Alabama

Sen. Jeff Sessions
b. December 24, 1946 [66 at inauguration]

US Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama: 1981 - 1993
Attorney General of Alabama: 1995 - 1997
US Senator: 1997 -

Gov. Bob Riley
b. October 3, 1944 [68 at inauguration]

US Representative (AL-3): 1997 - 2003
Governor of Alabama: 2003 -
Term-Limited in 2010

As a side note...I'll be counting Condi under California, not Alabama, so if you feel she has a shot of running in 2010, vote for her when she comes up under CA in a few weeks and not under "Someone Else (AL)" here.

Maine

Sen. Olympia Snowe
b. February 21, 1947 [65 at inauguration]

Maine State Senator (R-Androscoggin Co.): 1977 - 1979
US Representative (ME-2): 1979 - 1995
US Senator: 1995 -

Sen. Susan Collins
b. December 7, 1952 [60 at inauguration]

US Senator: 1997 -

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Kirk: absolutely not!
Sessions: yes
Riley: yes
Snowe: absolutely not!
Collins: maybe

[Kaine for Senate '18]

NOTA.

[Josh/Devilman88]

Collins 2012! She is the only person that could run that would get me to vote for them, beside Obama.

[pbrower2a]

In my opinion, should either Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins run for the Presidency, then she will run in 2016 -- as a Democrat! Both went along with Obama on the 2009 stimulus package, and the GOP leadership isn't going to like that. Neither will the GOP rank-and-file outside of New England and Greater New York City.

[Coburn In 2012]

Sessions would be great.  Riley would be okay.  The rest blow.

[Holmes]

Snowe: yes
Collins: maybe
Rest: no

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Riley.

[Lunar]

Snowe: yes
Collins: maybe
Rest: no

Why would Snowe have a greater chance than Collins? 

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Snowe: yes
Collins: maybe
Rest: no

Why would Snowe have a greater chance than Collins? 

[Lunar]

I think he can answer me without you quoting me, although I'm going to refuse to acknowledge any more of your quotations because I think you're doing it just to be annoying and boost your post count

[RIP Robert H Bork]

I think he can answer me without you quoting me, although I'm going to refuse to acknowledge any more of your quotations because I think you're doing it just to be annoying and boost your post count

You obviously did not get that I was agreeing with you on that question.

[Lunar]

I got it