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Frank Booth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 10:53 PM
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Poll question: Poll: Who Will Be the Repub Candidate in 2012??
Edited on Thu Oct-23-08 11:19 PM by Walter Sobchak
Updated: Backwards B Girl now has the lowest unfavorables of any prominent Republican leader.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 10:54 PM
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1. I was expecting a serious post
Oh, well :P
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Frank Booth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 10:56 PM
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3. No. This is completely serious.
The Republican party has really sunk this far.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 10:54 PM
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2. I was going to say other....
But she was at the top of the list.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:04 PM
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4. Michael Bloomberg.
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LiberalCommiePinko Donating Member (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:06 PM
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7. Only if they kick out all the fundies.
And then truly become a conservative party.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:09 PM
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8. Yes -- the alley fight between the fat cat corporatists and the
Edited on Thu Oct-23-08 11:18 PM by Old Crusoe
nutbag fundies is going to be entertaining to watch.

I think money talks in this one, though, which favors Bloomberg.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:30 AM
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15. Agree that the fundies would squawk somethin' fierce but
Bloomberg deals with deeply factional folks as mayor.

I wonder if he might just whip out the checkbook and start to undo the far-right fundamentalists' position. He could launch region-specific ads that argue that a wider circle is required for a spiritual solution for a New Century, etc. etc.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:06 PM
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5. I seriously think its gonna be Mitt Romney
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OnionPatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:06 PM
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6. Palin/Plumber!
:)
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:10 PM
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9. Giuliani/Lieberman
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GarbagemanLB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:15 PM
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10. Jindal. And he will be a tough opponent.
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Poseidan Donating Member (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:34 AM
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16. Jindal isn't a legitimate Republican
Neither is Bloomberg.

Both would be better off leaving the party to its demise, like Ichiro should leave the Mariners.
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:24 PM
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11. There already are rumors about Palin in 2012...
There's a suspicion in some McCain loyalist precincts that Gov. Sarah Palin is beginning to play the Republican base against John McCain -- McCain won't let her campaign in Michigan...McCain won't let her bring up Jeremiah Wright... McCain doesn't like her terrorist pal talks....

Think ahead to 2010...2011...2012.

Palin is ambitious. Very ambitious.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/palin_1.php

Conservative Republicans are talking enthusiastically about Mrs Palin as a White house contender next time, acknowledging that if a week is a long time in politics then four years amounts to several lifetimes.

"Sarah's the one," said one leading conservative who is convinced Mr McCain will lose this election. "The party is broken and only she can fix it. We need someone who comes from outside Washington and relates to the aspirations of ordinary Americans."

Mrs Palin appears to be subtly distancing herself from Mr McCain and positioning herself for a presidential run in her own right, much as John Edwards did in 2004 as John Kerry's Democratic vice-presidential running mate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3242610/Republicans-considering--Sarah-Palin-2012-presidential-campaign.html
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:47 PM
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12. Jeb.
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Poseidan Donating Member (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:36 AM
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17. you forgot the other half of Jeb
Edited on Sat Oct-25-08 09:37 AM by Poseidan
No Bush will ever again be elected President, unless it is Reggie Bush.
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davepc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-23-08 11:55 PM
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13. History tells us that getting your ass kicked leads to pushing a hard "base" candidate next cycle
Edited on Thu Oct-23-08 11:58 PM by davepc
Who also gets crushed.

It took 3 ass kickings by Regan/Bush I to get a moderate Democrat elected.

Even thought it wasent a landslide in 1960, the '64 Republicans told themselves if they just ran a more Republican Republican then Nixon they would of won. Then Goldwater got crushed.

They'll push Palin or somebody else like her.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-08 12:39 AM
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14. funny collection of candidates
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Mark E. Smith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:37 AM
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18. B. L. Zebub
He will run on a "fulfill all Biblical prophecies now" platform.
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Smuckies Donating Member (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:55 AM
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19. Backwards B girl?
:9
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