GOP Nominee 2012 - Who Will It Be?, Pt. 2

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best part is when he tells people asking about Sharia Law to, basically, STFU because it's "crap" and they're "crazy."

That's hugely impressive, on several fronts. The bullshit 'Sharia Law' scaremongering is surely a horse that's long bolted though. If he runs, and gets challenged on it, there's probably nothing he could do about it. To get to the real/reasonable/sensible on it, you have to wind people back past all of the politicians and commentators who have been running it up as an easy/unchallenged pet project for so long, and that ignorance and influence unfortunately seems to extend well beyond just the crazies.
 
That's hugely impressive, on several fronts. The bullshit 'Sharia Law' scaremongering is surely a horse that's long bolted though. If he runs, and gets challenged on it, there's probably nothing he could do about it. To get to the real/reasonable/sensible on it, you have to wind people back past all of the politicians and commentators who have been running it up as an easy/unchallenged pet project for so long, and that ignorance and influence unfortunately seems to extend well beyond just the crazies.



it will be interesting if the race becomes Wall Street Money vs. Tea Party Crazies. as much as money does talk, you still have to get bodies to the voting booth, and those bodies who vote in the GOP primaries are usually at church on Sunday. there's a real conflict there, and the central paradox of the GOP, and one that W Bush was rather deftly able to manage well enough to eek out one victory in 2004 (and be handed another in 2000).
 
Where is the Mitch Daniels drum corps?

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Bangin' away but to no avail.
 
Marco Rubio to pen autobiography - St. Petersburg Times

Marco Rubio to pen autobiography

Marco Rubio, the West-Miami Republican tea party favorite, is about to write about his life story, his political thoughts and the story of his improbable victory last year in the Senate race vs. former Gov. Charlie Crist.

"I think we have something to say," said Rubio in what might be the biggest understatement from one of the most eloquent elected conservatives.

Junior senator, autobiography... forget about waiting for 2016 this man is eminently qualified to be president today.

Rubio/Daniels 2012
 
Mittens is the sacrificial lamb for 2012.

I can't see Hillary being up for 2016 ... but one never knows.

The smart $$$ is on Cuomo.
 
yes. (i'd loooooove to see him call out the other candidates the way he yells at teachers and regular NJ moms)

no.

yes.
 
There's only two scenarios at the present state where I see Obama winning in 2012.

1. The economy makes some miraculous turn around.

2. The GOP chooses a canidate that divides the party so much that they just stay home.
 
I believe there will be no decent recovery in 2012, even a small one would not save him

Perry would be Obama's best chance, I do think there is enough anti-Obama passion to get people to the polls to give the win to Romney

just like there was enough anti-Bush/Cheney feelings to get Hillary voters/ blue dog dems and independents to vote for (against GOP-status quo) Obama in 2008
 
Obama still wins in head-to-head match ups against all these candidates. not by a lot, but he does win.

and this is before the campaign has begun and we've really gotten to know the GOP, whereas Obama is a known quantity.

i think Obama is in about as good a position as Bush was in 2004, which is to say not very good, but victory is entirely possible. all Bush had to do was beat Kerry. and don't forget: Obama won *big* in 2008. he could lose a lot of states and still prevail.

but who knows? we're well over a year away.
 
Romney could pick-up independents and some disgruntled Dems, but he'll loose at least an equivalent number of Republicans to whoever the Libertarian nom is and to a different, more "Christian" independent candidate.

I like Obama's chances right now, mainly because of the Republican's lack of unity.
 
Obama still wins in head-to-head match ups against all these candidates. not by a lot, but he does win.

and this is before the campaign has begun and we've really gotten to know the GOP, whereas Obama is a known quantity.

i think Obama is in about as good a position as Bush was in 2004, which is to say not very good, but victory is entirely possible. all Bush had to do was beat Kerry. and don't forget: Obama won *big* in 2008. he could lose a lot of states and still prevail.

but who knows? we're well over a year away.


Bush win in 2004 was pretty disgusting, they played those terror warnings like a violin, plus the swift boating of Kerry by someone that went AWOL,
again disgusting

I don't see Obama and his team using those kind of tactics to hold on to power.
 
Obama still wins in head-to-head match ups against all these candidates. not by a lot, but he does win.

Barely, yes. RCP has Romney beating him in VA and FL, for example. In other swing states, we'll have to see how low his approval numbers go. Romney puts states in play that no other GOP candidate does.

I think there's no doubt that Romney/Rubio has to be their biggest fear. I bet the oppo research has already begun on Rubio.
 
CNN, Sept. 28
Florida is now expected to hold its presidential primary on the last day in January 2012, a move likely to throw the carefully arranged Republican nominating calendar into disarray and jumpstart the nominating process a month earlier than party leaders had hoped. If that happens, it would almost certainly force the traditional early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to leapfrog Florida and move their primaries and caucuses into early- to mid-January.

Florida's move would directly violate RNC rules that forbid any state other than [those] first four "carve-out" states from holding a primary before March 6. States that ignore the RNC rules are subject to losing half of their delegates--party representatives who ultimately choose the nominee--to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, next August.


RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and other GOP officials have been aggressively lobbying Florida Gov. Rick Scott and state legislative leaders to move the primary back to February 21 in a last-ditch effort to protect the integrity of the nominating calendar, sources told CNN. Even under the February 21 scenario, Florida would still lose half of its delegates. But the proposal would allow Florida to go fifth on the calendar--a coveted position that the state held in 2008 and hopes to hold again in 2012. A February 21 contest for Florida would also protect the first four states from having to move their contests to January. But members of the Florida commission remain wary of states like Colorado, Georgia and Missouri, which are threatening to hold primaries or caucuses before February 21.

"If Florida decides to go in January, they blow the RNC planned calendar wide open and we'll be back to campaigning over the holidays as Iowa and New Hampshire hold their presidential caucus and primary in early January," said Michigan National Committee member Saul Anuzis, who is on the RNC's presidential nominating schedule committee.
 
USA Today

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says black voters have been "brainwashed" into voting for liberals, which hurt his chances as a conservative seeking the White House.

Cain made his remarks in an interview with CNN, to air later tonight.

"African Americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view," Cain says, according to quotes posted on CNN's PoliticalTicker blog.

"I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open minded, pure and simple."
 
he would not appoint a white Muslim or a black Muslim, nothing racist about that

why appoint an anti-American?

This country was founded on Judeo-Christian principals :shrug:
 
USA Today

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain says black voters have been "brainwashed" into voting for liberals, which hurt his chances as a conservative seeking the White House.

Cain made his remarks in an interview with CNN, to air later tonight.

"African Americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view," Cain says, according to quotes posted on CNN's PoliticalTicker blog.

"I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative. So it's just brainwashing and people not being open minded, pure and simple."

Now is saying African-Americans are brainwashed to vote for liberals worse than saying black conservatives have Stockholm Syndrome?
 
The speech Chris Christie gave at the Reagan Library last night was titled: (liberals assume the position)

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“Real American Exceptionalism.”

This was my favorite bit:

In 2004, Illinois State Senator Barack Obama gave us a window into his vision for American leadership. He said, “Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us — the spin masters, the negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of ‘anything goes.’ Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America — there’s the United States of America.”Now, seven years later, President Obama prepares to divide our nation to achieve re-election. This is not a leadership style, this is a re-election strategy. Telling those who are scared and struggling that the only way their lives can get better is to diminish the success of others. Trying to cynically convince those who are suffering that the American economic pie is no longer a growing one that can provide more prosperity for all who work hard. Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America. What happened to State Senator Obama? When did he decide to become one of the “dividers” he spoke of so eloquently in 2004?

A withering critique of the rhetoric of President Obama.
 
The speech Chris Christie gave at the Reagan Library last night was titled: (liberals assume the position)



funny -- i assumed you were deeply offended by the Christie speech?

after all, he kept saying that "exceptionalism" was something we have to earn, that it isn't our birthright, that it's proved through our actions as a nation, and not something just automatically are because we are American.

so that's totally opposite to your posts on the topic.

can you imagine your outrage had Obama said that we are not exceptional and that such exceptionalism must be earned? indeed!



A withering critique of the rhetoric of President Obama.

nah. just some rhetorical judo with the notion of class warfare. kind of like how "playing the race card" is worse than actual racism.
 
Now is saying African-Americans are brainwashed to vote for liberals worse than saying black conservatives have Stockholm Syndrome?

Two words.

First is a well-known tv series about a doctor

Second is....you know.
 
The speech Chris Christie gave at the Reagan Library last night was titled: (liberals assume the position)

vinh_edit.jpg


“Real American Exceptionalism.”

This was my favorite bit:



A withering critique of the rhetoric of President Obama.

Lol, dude. no, but seriously.

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
January 17, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."
"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.

Wall Street responded strongly to the Bush speech, with the Dow Jones industrial fluctuating wildly before closing at an 18-month low. The NASDAQ composite index, rattled by a gloomy outlook for tech stocks in 2001, also fell sharply, losing 4.4 percent of its total value between 3 p.m. and the closing bell.

Asked for comment about the cooling technology sector, Bush said: "That's hardly my area of expertise."

Turning to the subject of the environment, Bush said he will do whatever it takes to undo the tremendous damage not done by the Clinton Administration to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He assured citizens that he will follow through on his campaign promise to open the 1.5 million acre refuge's coastal plain to oil drilling. As a sign of his commitment to bringing about a change in the environment, he pointed to his choice of Gale Norton for Secretary of the Interior. Norton, Bush noted, has "extensive experience" fighting environmental causes, working as a lobbyist for lead-paint manufacturers and as an attorney for loggers and miners, in addition to suing the EPA to overturn clean-air standards.

Bush had equally high praise for Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft, whom he praised as "a tireless champion in the battle to protect a woman's right to give birth."

"Soon, with John Ashcroft's help, we will move out of the Dark Ages and into a more enlightened time when a woman will be free to think long and hard before trying to fight her way past throngs of protesters blocking her entrance to an abortion clinic," Bush said. "We as a nation can look forward to lots and lots of babies."

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Continued Bush: "John Ashcroft will be invaluable in healing the terrible wedge President Clinton drove between church and state."

The speech was met with overwhelming approval from Republican leaders.

"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."

"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the Bush speech.

"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."

"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."

Bush concluded his speech on a note of healing and redemption.

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

"The insanity is over," Bush said. "After a long, dark night of peace and stability, the sun is finally rising again over America. We look forward to a bright new dawn not seen since the glory days of my dad."

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
 
The speech Chris Christie gave at the Reagan Library last night was titled: (liberals assume the position)

vinh_edit.jpg


“Real American Exceptionalism.”

This was my favorite bit:



A withering critique of the rhetoric of President Obama.

You didn't read it all did you?


Have you now gotten over the fact that he called you crazy and ignorant?
 
so why is the GOP desperately seeking someone, anyone, other than Romney?

Honestly, I wish I knew. I haven't heard many reasons that I think are valid other than Romneycare, which I think is relatively weak. Perry's got way more flaws.
 
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