Ryan-Paul in 2016

[MariaM83]

There's no guarantee that Obama will win 2012.

The polls are too close right now. Obama has a slight lead, but conservatives will be much more likely to turn out than liberals and progressives.
And the Republicans are positioned to strip votes from their opponents in the key battleground states!

So, assuming Obama does prevail (big assumption), will we see a Paul Ryan-Rand Paul ticket in 2016?

[Jackpine Radical]

1. No.

The Corporate State won't support an antiwar, pro-(mostly financial) "civil liberties," anti-bailout loose cannon,

and

The left would never support such a racist, generally wacked-out misbegotten son of a Tea Partier and Ayn Rand.

[MariaM83]

2. The corporate state hass been losing to lots of Tea Party candidates the past couple of cycles ...

and I wasn't asking if Ryan-Paul would actually win.

I was just suggesting that that might be a likely ticket running against the Dems.

[CK_John]

3. I think old money will regroup and take charge and form a coalition

to get us out of 60% percent unemployment depression, drought stricken, and flooded coastal cities.

Things probably won't be this bad but it is closer than Ryan having a second chance.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. The Tea Party can be easily manipulated to do what the corporate propagandists want.

They get their marching orders from Rush, Beck, Hannity & the like, and the latter are directly serving the interests of the Big Money people who actually run things. Those are the people who are happy with Romney's pro-war, pro-military, anti-regulatory, anti-tax, anti-environmental positions. For them, the other issues--abortion, guns, fundamentalist religion, racism, etc. are merely tools they use to hypnotize the Baggers into stupidly going along with whatever facilitates the ongoing ripoff by the .001%. They use all those "conservative issues" as valves by which they control, regulate & aim the hate, rage & fear of the Baggers.

[MariaM83]

9. marching orders? Then how did they end up with Romney at the top of their ticket,

with all the better choices for their side?

[Jackpine Radical]

15. WHAT better choices?

Jeez, the Grinch, Sanitarium, Raisin Cain…

Mitt is the trustworthy one--they know he'll do what they buy him to do.

[rustydog]

5. Popular vote VS electoral college. Obama wins both ways

The polls really do not matter. Obama will have the electoral college votes. 2nd term coming your way.

[99Forever]

6. Mistake #1

Believing this steaming pile:

"The polls are too close right now."

Close elections sell ad space and time. Known blowouts don't.

Do the math.

[MariaM83]

8. yeah, and Bush got the title two times /nt

[99Forever]

10. Whatever you say, lady.

[blogslut]

7. hahahahahahah

I love election season.

[dionysus]

18. yeah no shit

[JaneyVee]

11. When Pres.Obama wins, Romney's extremist failed rhetoric will move the R's back to center.

If he wins you can expect an even more extremist choice next time.

[MariaM83]

12. Romney's problem is that everybody can see through his insincerity (lies) and his zillion flip-flops

somebody like Huckabee might have been almost informidable

[LAGC]

22. Huckabee? Are you kidding?

The only ones who would turn out and vote for him are the Christo-Fascist theocrats of the ultra-conservative right.

Independents would flee in droves, it would be a Democratic landslide like never seen before, it would make 1996 Clinton-Dole look like amateur night.

HUCKABEE!

[Chorophyll]

23. I like "informidable." May I steal it?

[abolugi]

13. Welcome to DU...

you little ray of sunshine you...

[dionysus]

20. bless their little heart....

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. No we will see an O'Malley ticket

Republicans out

[MariaM83]

16. @99Forever -- this is what I'm worried about:

Rachel Maddow was discussing this on msnbc tonight.

It don't matter what the polls say if they steal the votes.



(from this article
http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2012-08-27/story/democratic-registration-all-dries-new-florida-laws )

[gkhouston]

17. Nope, and that's not the only thing we won't see in 2016. n/t

[Chorophyll]

19. Yeaaahhh...no.

No to everything you just said.

[grantcart]

21. I guarantee you one thing. After 2012 the Bush people will take Romney out of leadership in the Rep

Party.

If they think it will be close look to see the GOTV organization of the Rep Party in Florida, Ohio, N Carolina, Nevada to fold up and go home.

They will want an electoral college landslide so that the party will turn to Jeb.