Presidential Primaries 2012

hgc said:
Oh, I'm sure that no one, including R. Giuliani himself, believes that he could get the nomination. He's just floating the absurd rumor because he saw what a big success a fakey campaign was for D. Trump, being noticed-wise.
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don't forget the financial success of the last ron paul campaign, which was as pretend as a political campaign can get. he'll collect quite a few MONEY BOMB OMG LOLs though.
 
J. DeMint, after having said just recently that he maybe might sorta do it, has again said he's not running for prez. Was it even worth unstriking him in the first place?

The only open questions here are S. Palin, A. Keyes, R. Giuliani, P. Ryan and R. Perry. Things are shaping up. I predict: R. Perry announces (y/n) in about two weeks, S. Palin bows out July 4th weekend, R. Giuliani fizzles out by the end of this month, P. Ryan bows out some time soon and A. Keyes -- who knows?!

GOP
S. Palin of Fox News (Yesterday's Bachmann)
W. "M." Romney (Campaign slogan: Romneycare ≠ Obamacare) •
M. Huckabee of Fox News
N. Gingrich of Fox News •
B. Jindal
T. Pawlenty •
K. Bailey Hutchison
M. Sanford
D. Patreus
T. Ridge
J. DeMint
C. Crist
R. Paul (le père) •
A. Keyes
J. Bush
R. Giuliani
D. Hunter
J. Huntsman Amb. to China •
M. Steele
J. Ensign
H. Barbour
R. Santorum of Fox News •
M. Bachmann •
R. Cheney
M. Pence
S. King
R. Ailes of Fox News
G. Pataki
S. Brownback
J. Thune
M. Daniels
G. Johnson (free the buds!) •
J. Bolton of Fox News
C. Christie
P. Ryan
H. Cain, the candidate you can't refuse •
D. Trump (running a fakey/teasy campaign elsewhere)
S. Angle
C. "B." Roemer •
R. Paul (le fils)
F. Karger •
R. Perry
R. Moore •

Dem
B. Obama •
R. Terry •

Anti- Certain Things Too Much Habituated in the 2 Major Parties
L. Dobbs of Fox News
D. Trump (Hair today, gone tomorrow)

The Rent is Too Damn High
J. McMillan •
 
I don't think Palin will ever officially says she's not running. That way she can play coy for another 6 to 9 months and drum up support for whatever new book or tv show she's going to do.
 
Puppycow said:
After the first debate:

Romney: 32.3% +1.8%
Pawlenty: 14.9% -1.7%
Huntsman: 13.0% -0.4%
Perry: 12.4% -0.9% (68.9% chance that he will run. Still pretty good for a guy who isn't even in the race yet)
Bachmann: 6.3% +0.9%
Palin: 5.4% unchanged
Cain:3.6% -1.0% (fading away because he's clueless)
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Perry surges into second place, and Bachmann gaining too:

Romney: 33.1% +0.8%
Perry: 18.0% +5.8%
Huntsman: 11.2% -1.8%
Pawlenty: 11.0% -3.9%
Bachmann: 8.2% +1.9%

(Palin and Cain continue to fade so I'm going to narrow this down to the top 5.)
 
Q: When does a noncommittal R. Perry campaign rise to the level of a hollow dot?
A: When the governor's top political advisor says he's "50-50" about getting in.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_new...romney-under-gop-fire-on-afghanistan-abortion

Also in that link, the incredible shrinking of the Incredible Shrinking N. Gingrich continues.

In his schedule this week, all of his events are within driving distance of his Georgia and DC-area homes.
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GOP
S. Palin of Fox News (Yesterday's Bachmann)
W. "M." Romney (Campaign slogan: Romneycare ≠ Obamacare) •
M. Huckabee of Fox News
N. Gingrich of Fox News •
B. Jindal
T. Pawlenty •
K. Bailey Hutchison
M. Sanford
D. Patreus
T. Ridge
J. DeMint
C. Crist
R. Paul (le père) •
A. Keyes
J. Bush
R. Giuliani
D. Hunter
J. Huntsman Amb. to China •
M. Steele
J. Ensign
H. Barbour
R. Santorum of Fox News •
M. Bachmann •
R. Cheney
M. Pence
S. King
R. Ailes of Fox News
G. Pataki
S. Brownback
J. Thune
M. Daniels
G. Johnson (free the buds!) •
J. Bolton of Fox News
C. Christie
P. Ryan
H. Cain, the candidate you can't refuse •
D. Trump (running a fakey/teasy campaign elsewhere)
S. Angle
C. "B." Roemer •
R. Paul (le fils)
F. Karger •
R. Perry ○
R. Moore •

Dem
B. Obama •
R. Terry •

Anti- Certain Things Too Much Habituated in the 2 Major Parties
L. Dobbs of Fox News
D. Trump (Hair today, gone tomorrow)

The Rent is Too Damn High
J. McMillan •
 
Spindrift said:
This guy got 2 votes in a straw poll. Is he worth adding?

Thad McCotterWP
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No, not worth it. He's never been a mentionable, at least within my field of view. Looks like a couple of McCotter fans having a little fun in Wackytown.
 
And Gingrich's top two financial folk on his campaign just quit as well, so I'm thinking his chances of bowing out fairly quickly just keep getting better and better...
 
leftysergeant said:
McCotter and Hunstman are not whacky enough to excite anybody.
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Don't get me wrong; I wasn't referring to McCotter as a Whackytownie. It was the event where the straw poll was held I was thinking of.
 
I think Huntsman may be done before he really gets to bat.

Listening to NPR this morning, apparent some Repubs might hold it against Huntsman that he worked for Obama. (Strike 1). He's a Mormon. (Strike 2). He's a moderate. (Strike 3).

He actually might make a decent president. I don't agree with his social views, but he doesn't seem to be a raving loony.
 
Spindrift said:
I think Huntsman may be done before he really gets to bat.

Listening to NPR this morning, apparent some Repubs might hold it against Huntsman that he worked for Obama. (Strike 1). He's a Mormon. (Strike 2). He's a moderate. (Strike 3).

He actually might make a decent president. I don't agree with his social views, but he doesn't seem to be a raving loony.
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Maybe and maybe not. There really are a lot of Republicans who are dismayed by the blatent hatred, lying and craziness of some of the GOP candidates. This happened in 2008 too when Huckabee got so scary that they turned back to McCain, a relatively centrist candidate. Will they do that again? Hard to predict. Too many factors unknown.
 
McCain, relatively centrist? Maybe in 2000.

In 2008 he was stepping to the right fairly often as I recall.
 
I hope Huntsman becomes the nominee. Just so that there can be some sanity and civil behaviour brought to the table.
 
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/more_bo_than_anyone_can_stand.html

June 23, 2011

More B.O. Than Anyone Can Stand

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While Gallup reports that a generic Republican now beats Obama by 5 points, take into consideration that the polling sample includes twice as many Democrats as constitute the actual voting population and includes only those with primitive land-line telephones who are so bored and out-of-touch with the real world that they are willing to answer their land-line and reveal their politically correct inability to tell the truth about America's Biggest Loser for fear of being labeled a racist.

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B.O. is Hawaiian toast. The latest polls show that merely 30% of voters intend to vote for Obama in 2012. Support for B.O. is falling like the Roadrunner with an anvil racing off a cliff. He will be lucky to carry Hawaii and Bernie Sanders. B.O. unbeatable? B.S.
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:D
 
G. Pataki? Really? I struck his name in an earlier housekeeping sweep, but I was premature on that. Now he says he's considering the race. Unstruck he'll be.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/06/23/Pataki-Edges-Closer-to-Running-for-President.aspx

GOP
S. Palin of Fox News (Yesterday's Bachmann)
W. "M." Romney (Campaign slogan: Romneycare ≠ Obamacare) •
M. Huckabee of Fox News
N. Gingrich of Fox News •
B. Jindal
T. Pawlenty •
K. Bailey Hutchison
M. Sanford
D. Patreus
T. Ridge
J. DeMint
C. Crist
R. Paul (le père) •
A. Keyes
J. Bush
R. Giuliani
D. Hunter
J. Huntsman Amb. to China •
M. Steele
J. Ensign
H. Barbour
R. Santorum of Fox News •
M. Bachmann •
R. Cheney
M. Pence
S. King
R. Ailes of Fox News
G. Pataki
S. Brownback
J. Thune
M. Daniels
G. Johnson (free the buds!) •
J. Bolton of Fox News
C. Christie
P. Ryan
H. Cain, the candidate you can't refuse •
D. Trump (running a fakey/teasy campaign elsewhere)
S. Angle
C. "B." Roemer •
R. Paul (le fils)
F. Karger •
R. Perry ○
R. Moore •

Dem
B. Obama •
R. Terry •

Anti- Certain Things Too Much Habituated in the 2 Major Parties
L. Dobbs of Fox News
D. Trump (Hair today, gone tomorrow)

The Rent is Too Damn High
J. McMillan •
 
Alan Keyes hasn't thrown his hat in yet? I suppose his crazy is old fashioned compared to modern day GOP crazy.
 
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