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Related: About this forumWhat Are the Chances of a Republican White Knight? by Stuart Rothenberg
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What Are the Chances of a Republican White Knight?By Stuart Rothenberg
Roll Call Contributing Writer
Jan. 26, 2012, Midnight
Mitt Romney may be the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, but the campaign has been so bizarre that anything is possible this year, Stuart Rothenberg writes.
The idea probably is somewhere between nutty and delusional, but given the weird ups and downs this cycle, nutty isnt impossible.
As Republican insiders of various ideological bent, from the more moderate to the uncompromisingly conservative, watch the presidential nominating process with increasing alarm, there is more than a whiff of talk about a white knight who could rescue his party from defeat by jumping into the presidential race late and riding away with the GOP nomination.
Having done this for more than three decades, Ive heard talk of a deadlocked convention before but never actually seen one as an adult. I dont really ever expect to witness one, with the nominating process being what it now is.
And yet, consider this year: The winner of the Ames straw poll finished last in the Iowa caucuses; a never-elected pizza entrepreneur shot to the front of the pack and almost as quickly flamed out and exited the race; and a former Speaker who was all but eliminated twice! as a serious candidate has suddenly re-emerged as one of the two major contenders for the nomination.
In other words, this year has been so bizarre that anyone who suggests that a white knight or a deadlocked convention is impossible simply doesnt understand that all of the old rules have been broken and anything is possible this year.
link to the rest of the piece:
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_85/what_are_chances_republican_white_knight_presidential_race-211831-1.html
Stuart Rothenberg is editor of the Rothenberg Political Report.
stu@rothenbergpoliticalreport.com | @StuPolitics
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What Are the Chances of a Republican White Knight? by Stuart Rothenberg (Original Post)
Mira
Jan 2012
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OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)1. First thing that popped into my mind? Knights of the Klu Klux Clan.
White Knight indeed.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)4. Exactly. A Grand Wizard for the Grand Old Party
But I don't know who they'd pick
Jindal isn't, well, white enough for those idiots.
Paul Ryan? Hey, he makes Gingrich look moderate and normal.
Jeb Bush? I don't think he wants to get on this sinking ship. He'll wait for 2016.
Christie? Yeah, even with all those denials, he'd probably fall into this trap.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)2. More likely than their "Great Black Hope" ...
(or was that Herman Cain?)
SaintPete
(533 posts)3. K & R with a FYI
I think you are in violation of the 4 paragraph rule,
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)5. Repukes do not have jack shit...nt