The Republican Nomination For President: The Race For The Race For The White House

@sozobe,

I figured it was something like that...maybe Florida's swing-state history, too. I'll pay more attention to people like him once he declares and it gets way closer. I wonder what the Conservatives think of him? I did scan one article in Politico last week that said he's the one most feared by the Democrats, but it didn't matter since they don't really think he'll run.

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@Cycloptichorn,

There is really no Southerner in the race, although H20 may disagree with that about Cain.
I see today that Perry of TX may be thinking of a run.
And Bachmann, as an aside, said today she may move up an announcement. I hope she does jump in.

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@Irishk,

He's most feared by Dems because he most likely to pull the swing vote away from Obama. He's what's sometimes called a "Moderate Republican" meaning that he's a fiscal conservative but liberal on most social issues. He served happily under Obama until April. He'll never survive the primaries.

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@realjohnboy,

I've never really thought of Floridians as Southeners. I've only been to a few selected cities there, though.

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@sozobe,

I took that as just another Obama slur. That he's not really black.

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@realjohnboy,

realjohnboy wrote:

There is really no Southerner in the race, although H20 may disagree with that about Cain.
I see today that Perry of TX may be thinking of a run.
And Bachmann, as an aside, said today she may move up an announcement. I hope she does jump in.

Not as much as I hope she does, I guarantee you!

Don't bet on Perry running - he's the big fish in a small pond right now, moving up the ladder wouldn't work well for him. Not to mention the fact that the last Gov' from Texas was a disaster, and Perry was his right-hand man for years.

Mitch Daniels has the same problem - he was Bush's budget director during the period when the most foolish of policies were put in place. If I were running the opposition ad campaign against him, I would use that to absolutely destroy him.

Cycloptichorn

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@JPB,

Quote:

He'll never survive the primaries.

With so many in the race, I can't figure out who will. Romney raised a ton of money yesterday. I guess if forced to pick one, he's as good as any.

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@Irishk,

He had the largest circle on the graphic that rjb has been posting.

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@JPB,

It's the biggest, all right.

Reading about the possibility that two men will soon spend close to a billion dollars on each of their campaigns, I keep thinking about something I once read from the late David Broder...paraphrasing:

Any man who's willing to do what it takes to become president, probably should never be president.

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@Irishk,

Take it from me: Florida is NOT a Southern state.

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I am probably repeating myself somewhat with these comments:
> The Teaparty movement got out on the front about all things economic. I commend them for that. They stayed, for the most part, away from social issues.
> They failed to realize, though, that there are many folks in the major parties who are beholden to people who oppose hopping on the economy as the main issues.
> I saw today an article noting that mass media reports including the word "unemployment" has dropped dramatically.
> Romney has the biggest balloon in the (dated) graphic above, but he heads into Iowa with some big problems for the Repub establishment:
.... Iowa is a conservative state and social issues are going to be big
.... Romney has Romneycare that is mirrored by Obamacare
.... Romney is not a fresh face that many Repubs feel they need
.... Romney is a Morman

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@Lash,

Half of it is, the other half is another country.

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Herman Cain revives the Republican cult of the businessman president

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2012: Leaning toward a ‘yes’

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http://blog.chron.com/nickanderson/files/2011/05/and051811blog.jpg

(No, I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I'm just an outsider looking in. Sad

I just thought this editorial cartoon was funny.)

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@wmwcjr,

I see Obama is in line...

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Herman Cain gaining on Web

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Cain moves up

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@H2O MAN,

I don't doubt it, and I'm afraid the line is a long one for both parties.

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@wmwcjr,

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh12rep.htm

unsure is still tied with Romney at 20%

Quote:

Suffolk University Poll. May 10-17, 2011. N=468 Republican presidential primary voters nationwide.

"If the Republican primary for president of the United States were held today and the candidates were [see below], for whom will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time?" Among respondents who initially selected Huckabee or Trump, and who were successfully re-contacted (n=51): "Now that Mike Huckabee / Donald Trump has withdrawn from the race, who will you vote for in the Republican primary?" Combined responses

%
Mitt Romney
20

Sarah Palin
12

Newt Gingrich
9

Mike Huckabee
8

Rudy Giuliani
7

Ron Paul
5

Michele Bachmann
4

Herman Cain
4

Mitch Daniels
4

Tim Pawlenty
3

Rick Santorum
3

Donald Trump
1

Jon Huntsman
0

Gary Johnson
0

Buddy Roemer
0

Unsure
20

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