John Ensign heading to Iowa

[© tweed]

could he?  really?

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/cdp_20090407_2930.php

[Kaine for Senate '18]

He wouldn't be a terrible nominee.

[© tweed]

He wouldn't be a terrible nominee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Church_of_the_Foursquare_Gospel



oh, yeah

[Keystone Phil]

Great! Ensign would be near perfect. He was Santorum's best friend in the Senate, you know. 

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I could do him - and he's actually pretty good looking.

[Keystone Phil]

I could do him - and he's actually pretty good looking.

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[Lunar]

I could do him - and he's actually pretty good looking.

[Keystone Phil]

I will note that a possible "issue" is that the man sounds slightly...you know.

[Holmes]

I could do him - and he's actually pretty good looking.

You should go. It is legal in Iowa now.

[Joe Republic]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

[WalterMitty]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

he looks like the host of family feud.

[Keystone Phil]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

Correct

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

he looks like the host of family feud.

Louie Anderson?

[WalterMitty]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

Correct

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

he looks like the host of family feud.

Louie Anderson?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Hurley

[Joe Republic]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

Correct

I wonder if Ensign would share the same fate...

[Keystone Phil]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

Correct

I wonder if Ensign would share the same fate...

Losing the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, etc.?

Oh, of course. 

[All Along The Watchtower]

Great! Ensign would be near perfect. He was Santorum's best friend in the Senate, you know. 

That would kill his chances.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

He wouldn't be a terrible nominee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Church_of_the_Foursquare_Gospel



oh, yeah

It doesn't sound that awful.  It certainly isn't anything that would doom his candidacy.

[© tweed]

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

Correct

Does anybody else think he looks like Robert Ritchie from the West Wing?

he looks like the host of family feud.

Louie Anderson?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O%27Hurley

Richard Dawson is the only REAL host of Family Feud

[The Mikado]

He wouldn't be a terrible nominee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Church_of_the_Foursquare_Gospel



oh, yeah

It doesn't sound that awful.  It certainly isn't anything that would doom his candidacy.

True.  I think they were going for the comic name.

I loved four-square when I was in elementary school.

[LastMcGovernite]

Let's not forget, though, that there was a time we were tracking Evan Bayh, Mark Warner, and Tom Vilsac's activities in the early primary states. 

Its difficult to see, though, what John Ensign offers that no other candidate provides.  As others point out, he's not a bad choice as such, but everything he can do, someone else in the Republican field can do better.

[Lunar]

 
Its difficult to see, though, what John Ensign offers that no other candidate provides.  As others point out, he's not a bad choice as such, but everything he can do, someone else in the Republican field can do better.

A few things:
1) Senate leader who has a lot of connections with the establishment.  He recently occupied the role that Cornyn does today, although with obviously poor success.  Anyway, running the RNSC is meaningful, although less so for him than usual since not too many current Senators were recruited by him and owe their career to his work...

2) From an early primary state and a swing state at that.

3) Talented politician, if you're watching his rise.

[Meeker]

He would be a fine sacrificial lamb.

[Verily]

He wouldn't be a terrible nominee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Church_of_the_Foursquare_Gospel



oh, yeah

It doesn't sound that awful.  It certainly isn't anything that would doom his candidacy.

True.  I think they were going for the comic name.

I loved four-square when I was in elementary school.

I don't know. There's a little too much crazy in Pentecostalism for one to be elected nationwide, I think. Now, Ensign is not quite as vocal about his religious views as Palin (who is also Pentecostal, or at least was at one point; her Wikipedia article calls her non-denominational), but it would be a pretty obvious strategy to just run Pentecostal leaders saying crazy stuff about armageddon and speaking in tongues. Not too much, just hints of crazy at the edges, enough to make people nervous and raise the specter of Palin.

[Keystone Phil]

Its difficult to see, though, what John Ensign offers that no other candidate provides.  As others point out, he's not a bad choice as such, but everything he can do, someone else in the Republican field can do better.

He's from a critical swing state/area. He has the experience that few other major candidates for the nomination can match.

[Lunar]

While a few such gimmicks like race or region matter, what's most important is who is the most talented politician who can build campaign infrastructure and momentum.

Ensign is the real deal as far as political talent goes.