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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:15 AM Original message |
why no Republican Presidential candidates yet |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. They know they can't win. Obama has done a good enough job to get re-elected. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. agreed |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My experience managing a local campaign in 2008 really drove that one home. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. The money guys now hold out until they can choose the VP. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. and that really worked for them last time.... |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. They are hiding Romney until the others dissolve or explode. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. hmmm... |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I'm not sure the non-Mormon Christian fundies are on-board with Mitt. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Whitman and Fiorina outsourced jobs. I would be surprised if Romney |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Pro-Mormon ads - part of a republican psyops. My thoughts,too. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because their candidate is already sitting in the WH? |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. political theater |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
8. I just figured they were waiting to dig up the remains of Ronald Reagan and run him |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. you mean... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yeah. Kind of like Supply Side Jesus |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The same Saint Ronnie who NEVER EVER ran a deficit. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Damn. Forgot about that one |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Even Reagan Was No Ronald Reagan |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. Making too much money as celebrity pundits |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Don't worry, they will field candidates |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Doesn't it have something to do with fundraising rules? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because they can't win. They are looking to 2016. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. A lot of the big money is going to the Chamber or Rove's operation |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. I wouldn't announce any sooner than I had to either. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. Too much money to be made just thinking about running. Just ask newt. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wonder if they have determined who is expendable... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. They're still waiting to see who wins the Dumbererest Competition. |
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