GOOD LORD! Look at the list of possible Pub candidates fir 2012!

[napi21]

Haley Barbour
John Boehner
Jeb Bush
Eric Cantor
Mitch Daniels
Newt Gingrich
Mike Huckabee
Bobby Jindal
Bob McDonnell
Sarah Palin
Ron Paul
Tim Pawlenty
Sonny Perdue
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney


This list uis from a Zogby poll I just received!

[marmar]

1. "Pray for Rain" Sonny Perdue?

:rofl:

[TroglodyteScholar]

34. Yes...

Also, electronic voting advocate Sonny...

[WatchWhatISay]

2. What do you suppose the average IQ of that group is?

[flyingfysh]

5. 130?

Never mind, that's the sum.

[Happyhippychick]

7. LOL

[Canuckistanian]

45. LOL

:rofl:

[Chisox08]

59. Your math is off by about 100.

The 30 points that is left 26 of them belong to Ron Paul.

[LeftishBrit]

15. Room temperature - and as I'm a Brit, I mean room temperature Celsius!

Or maybe fridge temperature.

[Golden Raisin]

22. Didn't stop Dubya for 8 horrible years.

[annabanana]

3. buncha winners, there. .

I'm sure they're all very optimistic about their chances....

[gateley]

4. It will be interesting to see the results. I'm surprised they didn't

include Brown.

[merh]

31. They can't include Brown

That would fly in the face of their bullshit experience meme because everyone knows that senators aren't executives and are not qualified to be president. If the considered Brown a candidate they wouldn't be able to whine that Obama is not experienced enough.

[gateley]

47. So their number one criterium, as always, is to be certain the candidate is

nothing "like Obama".

Actually, I think they've got that covered -- Brown isn't black. I'm convinced that's what fuels their hysteria. They'd be against any Dem, but Obama being black has pushed them off the edge. Good. :evilgrin:

[livetohike]

6. No Rick Santorum on this list?

That would complete it - can't wait to see them all scratch and fight for it. It will be the biggest landslide in history, whoever the poor sap is that wins.

[rurallib]

13. Mike Pence? I am sure he will run

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. Smash the electro-fraud machines NOW.

Don't think stupid wackjobs can be elected? Better get some gingko for the memory.

Yeah, Chimpy wasn't elected. But it was close enough to steal, and it wasn't fucking Ralph Nader's fault either.

[Subdivisions]

9. Bring it on! n/t

[jpak]

10. 11 are Confederate - the rest just assholes

yawn

[Webster Green]

11. What about Lyndsey Graham and jeff Sessions..

They would be great candidates as well. :thumbsup:

[Cleita]

12. There's a rogue's gallery of corporate, christo-fascists if I've ever seen one.n/t

[AnArmyVeteran]

14. It looks like a Circus Freak Show of Misfits...

I apologize to any circus entertainer for comparing them to the list of conservative freaks. What an absolute joke. The republican party can now be confirmed to be DEAD. The list above is like a coroner's autopsy report showing all the reasons for the death of a person, but in this case it's the death of a political party.

Good riddance...


Haley Barbour
John Boehner
Jeb Bush
Eric Cantor
Mitch Daniels
Newt Gingrich
Mike Huckabee
Bobby Jindal
Bob McDonnell
Sarah Palin
Ron Paul
Tim Pawlenty
Sonny Perdue
Rick Perry
Mitt Romney


This list uis from a Zogby poll I just received!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

16. Palin won't wun 2012... she's making too much money now and won't want it to stop.

[Tx4obama]

24. Plus

I read an article yesterday that said that the Romney team is doing some intensive investigation digging up dirt on her.
If she runs then all sorts of stuff that hasn't been pushed previously by the MSM will come to the top of the barrel ;)

[Turborama]

42. Have you got a link to that article?

Sounds interesting. :hi:

[Tx4obama]

43. Hmmm...

I don't have clue where I read it, but I did read it.

It was probably on one of these:
Politico.com
Talking Points Memo
CNN
Time The Page
Washington Post
NY Times
AP
Yahoo
Huffington Post

Tried to think of key words and I did a search but I have not found it again yet ;(
I'll keep looking around and let you know if it come across it again.

[napi21]

48. It wasn't an article. It was an email invitation to respond to a

survey. I will try to copy the email but I can't e sure you'll be able to get to the survey.

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[Tx4obama]

56. What I was talking about is an ARTICLE that said Romney's team is digging up dirt on Palin

I wasn't talking about the survey.
But thank you anyway for your input ;)

[PCIntern]

60. No doubt they'll expose that phony birthing story of hers...

such horseshit I've never heard in my entire life...taking plane rides while in labor to get to some far-off hospital...I want to see all the lies exposed and show her to be the most duplicitous Rethug since...since...,, well, W. I guess, but originally I wanted to say Nixon, but he's a priest compared to...no, I guess that's not good either...Hmmm...it's not easy when it comes to the Republicans, is it?

[Mike Daniels]

55. I have no doubt that the primary will spell the end of Palin's "career" if she runs

The other candidates will expose her to the point where even her fan base won't be able to support her candidacy. I fully expect any real front-runner to hit her immediately out of the gate about quitting her job as governor.

The best part is that the attacks will come from the same side of the political aisle so Rush and Hannity can't complain about Democratic hit-jobs without sounding (even more) like delusional freaks.

[KharmaTrain]

32. The Bloom's Off The Turd...

She's making the money now...striking while the iron's hot, but it doesn't stay that way forever. Her 15 minutes have run longer than most of us had hoped, but her shelf-life is limited...especially since she's nothing more than a "celebrity politician" with no political office or real support ouside of the corporate media. She's not going to get any more big money book advances and in time her speaking fees will shrink as well. Then she's gonna need a new gimmick...and thus i expect she'll try to run for President in 2012...for nothing more than to see how much attention she can get and how much she can sucker financially.

[mikehiggins]

17. okay I don't know much but that makes me smarter than these folk

Barbour, Boehner and BUsh? Reminds me of Larry, Moe and Curly, except not so funny (or talented)
Cantor? Daniels? Gingrich?
We're down to Huckabee already and he's a joke.
Jindal? 'nuff said (and he said it all already on tv)
McDonnell? Who?
Palin? DEAR JESUS LET HER BE THE GOP NOMINEE IN 2012! PLease, please, please, etc
Paul? That would be an interesting campaign, you betcha. My second wish after Palin.
Pawlenty, Perdue, Perry? Okay, fine. See Barbour, Boehner and BUsh above.
Mitt Romney? Of all of them I think he has the best chance of running a legitimate campaign against Big O. A losing campaign, but a legitimate campaign. Unless he personally murders each and every teabagger before the nomination process I doubt he has any sort of shot at all. Still, that wouldn't have deterred the Bush Family so it could happen.

Things look good for 2012 but the party HAS to work hard (should have already started) to take seats away from the GOP in November.

Encourage the Teahadists to run their own candidates and drain the GOPukes resources. Ross Perot put Bill CLinton in the WHite House. Let us help these clowns keep Obama there.

[AnArmyVeteran]

25. I believe the only requirement to be a GOP presidential nominee is having a BRAIN STEM

Because they don't require anything above the stem.

[AlinPA]

18. Thune (SD) will be on the final list.

[lib2DaBone]

19. I think they are going to run Gen. Patreus and Mitt Romney..

They can cover all bases... Nationalism, Pro-War, anti-abortion, Evangelicals.

They can Rah-Rah the sheeple into a frenzy with the image of Dwight D. Eisenhower, via 24/7 news manipulation of the "Greatest Generation". Gen Patreus will fill in the blank spots.

They will then throw red meat at the evangelicals using Mitt Romney, and catapult the talking points of Wall Street.., by claiming that the average person can be part of the "investor" class. (watch for super bowl ads from Fidelity, Scott Trade, etc.)

Of course, Fox News will provide the Editorial coverage, and the remainder of the news media will roll over to expose their soft under-belly so they can keep up in the TV ratings with Fox....

It's more or less a done deal.... America is screwed... and no one can stop it...

[Skidmore]

20. Add Pataki.

[madinmaryland]

23. Unless "Pot-hole" Al D'amato is running his campaign, Pataki doesn't have a chance...

Uhh, nevermind. Pataki is toast!

[mwb970]

21. What a terribly weak list.

None of these 25-watt bulbs are going to outshine Obama in 2012, that's for sure.

[jakefrep]

26. The Star Wars cantina of politics.

[opihimoimoi]

27. No First Stringers on the List...most got caught with eiter diapers, hand signals, or copulating

staff members...

How so this incredibly weak feild??? There must be a reason......

KnR

:kick:

[AnArmyVeteran]

50. The reason is, that's the best they've got! What a sad group of losers...

[Initech]

28. Not a single one of those I would vote for.

God forbid the Talibornagains get a nomination like Huckabee, Palin, or Gingrich in there, we'd be fucked.

[Emit]

29. Mike Pence and Rick Santorum are gonna be pissed they aren't on the list

Pence, for one, has been courting the right wing for some time now

[ThomThom]

30. If another Bush becomes pres it could be over for the world.

I know I said that last time but it nearly was.

[mzteris]

33. since so many Du'ers refuse to vote for Obama, next time -

I wonder which of these they support. . .

:shrug:

[Ter]

35. Add former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson

[craigmatic]

36. Well let's cut it down to size shall we?

Ok it's too soon after his brother's fuck ups for jeb to run. Bonehead boehner will probably stay in the house if the repigs come close to winning a house majority. The same thing for Cantor. Palin is only in it for the money and anyone of the others would eat her in a debate. Huckabee has the prisoner scandal and also has a cushy job on faux. Paul is too wrong on social issues for them. That just leave Mcdonald, Perdue, Romney, Pawlenty Gingrich, Jindal, and Barbour. Perry won't run.

[Arugula Latte]

37. The Pubs have a choice among crazy, evil, or crazy-evil.

:woohoo:

[Swamp Rat]

38. Where's Ann Coulter?

Imagine Kid Dyno-mite as 1st Husband. :D

[Truth2Tell]

39. The R nominee will not come from this list.

I'll bet the farm on it.

The rise of Obama in the general American consciousness took less than 2 years. That was unprecedented. In terms of American popular culture (and ultimately that's what American politics is) - and relative to past nominees - Obama "came out of nowhere" to win.

I think the Repugs will attempt to do the same thing - create a new brand to run against Obama. And they will cast a new lead. They will find a somewhat charismatic, intelligent, younger candidate from the minor leagues and hoist them up front. Their candidate will be as unknown to the majority of Americans as either Obama or Palin was in 2006.

[napi21]

49. Hmmm...are you talking about the new Senator from Mass? nt

[Truth2Tell]

53. I don't necessarily have someone in mind.

I'm mainly basing this on the fact that I think the whole paradigm has changed. I think Presidential candidates will get "created" more quickly now. I think the marketing minds behind the process of creating our candidates have figured out that the American public doesn't need years and years of exposure to a candidate in order to get behind them. So the potential casting pool can be much larger than just known entities now.

[DefenseLawyer]

40. I'm digging Mitch Daniels

He's about 4'6, looks like a garden gnome and talks like Larry Bird; he worked in the trainwreck Bush White House and before that was a pharmaceutical company executive. Yee Haw!

[DainBramaged]

41. And which one has a snowball's chance in hell of beating Obama?

:shrug:

[Vickers]

44. Jeb? Newt? Sonny? Bobby? Mitt?

WTF is it with the repukes and their stupid fucking nicknames?

:wtf:

[Canuckistanian]

46. Slurp, Dingo, Flossy and Glurg didn't make ths list

But keep your eye on them. They have name recognition.

[classysassy]

51. None of the listed bozos

remember you heared it from me. Condi Rice.

[classysassy]

52. I gazed into my crystal ball

or was it cut glass?

[Rex]

54. Unless there is another 2000 type coup, none of those have a chance.

So good, I hope they all run.

[LostInAnomie]

57. If he didn't look so weird, Mitch Daniels would be a pretty big threat.

[WI_DEM]

58. Pathetic