A serious concern I have about the GOP convention.

[Justice wanted]

It looks like Romney is winning the nom BUT there is a HUGE wing of the Republician party that just hate him and will not vote for them.


Now couldn't someone like Jeb Bush come forward and "throw his hat" into the ring during the convention and actually become nominated as the republician candidate?


I ask and worry about this because everyone is so sure it will be Romney and "plans of attack" are being laid out BUT what if the Nom ends up being someone different. Someone who might actually give Obama a run for his money and well could really do some damage to our country.

I only ask because I have conservative family members who think Obama is all but won especially if Romney is the nom.

I know I know some people are going to say am I crazy for asking this because Romney nom would be like Christmas in July. Or why should I care. I am just concerned with what might be thrown at the Dems.

[onlyadream]

1. Imagine if that was their plan all along?

And it would be so smart, eliminating all the negative issues and starting fresh. I hope your wrong... And I have my doubts that they are that strategic.

[Boombaby]

11. You said it yourself.....

And it would be so smart. So right there we know it won't happen!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. ah, the dark horse on the horizon --

its a horse race, now

on edit, I am not worried whomever they decide.

[CAPHAVOC]

4. You win a Cookie!

They want a Bush/Daniels GOP ticket. Good thinking. You can see through the Smokescreen. My bet is it will happen.

[Justice wanted]

5. Whose Daniels?

[DippyDem]

6. Mitch Daniels, governor of Indiana....boring as hell

[bongbong]

7. A repig

He's another of the faceless mass of drones that carry out the orders of the 0.01%

[DisgustipatedinCA]

9. He was the man behind the Bush economic miracle

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[Justice wanted]

10. OMG

[grantcart]

8. I have been posting for months that this is the most likely outcome.

People who don't have Republican relatives may not be aware of how much distaste their is for Romney.

Romney would be THE dream come true because not only would the President win but so mucy of the Republican base would stay away that it would cost them House and Senate seats.

I can't see how they will tolerate that.

In any case there is almost no way Romney has enough delegates to secure the nomination before the convention.

[subterranean]

12. I don't think it'll be "Jeb".

I know he wants to be president, the power brokers in the party would support him, and he could definitely do a whole lot of damage to the country. But I don't think many Americans would be eager to vote for another Bush just 4 years after the disaster the last one left. I don't know who else they could nominate either. Maybe Chris Christie, but he has already declined to run. So I think they'll be stuck with Rmoney, whether they like it or not.

[Selatius]

16. I could possibly see Jeb running in 2016 or perhaps 2020, but now is too soon. nt

[Obama3_16]

13. you reallly don't get how destructive that would be to the GOP for that to occur?

having brokered conventions or last minute drama about nominating someon other than the guy winning all the primaries would do one thing--crater any momentum of the GOP and hand the presidency to Obama in a landslide.

What you worry about is my wet dream, in this case.

[DonCoquixote]

14. I have been sayinghis for years

lend you ears to a Tampa Boy.

Marco Rubio nor Jeb Bush gave the endorsement to Romney, indeed, they have both been very clear about that in the local papers. That means they plan a swoop. There is nothign stopping the GOP from having a brokered convention, and even if they did crush a rule, the GOP would treat said rules like a "godamned piece of paper." Florida boys Rush L. and Glenn Beck will be there, of course, as well as Joe Scab. The Dominoes are laid. The whole idea is to waste money on attacking Romney and Newt, and then along comes Jeb and Marco, who could get the GOP out to the polls. Add to this that Tampa got a several billion dollar grant to in effect militarize downtown Tampa...we will have DRONES flying about.

[malaise]

15. The GOP will be in Tampa as we approach the Atlantic hurricanes' peak-

August 27, 2012 - August 30, 2012. Katrina was a late August hurricane.
Nature abhors a vacuum and with so many vacuous ReTHUGS in town I'd bet on a hurricane.


Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon
Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar
Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, William