People say all kinds of isht to a poll . . . but when the curtain closes. . . . anything can happen Rocket River will be closer than we think . . this won't be Reagan/Mondale
I think if Mitt pick Kay Bailey . . . he might have a shot. She seems kind of tough . . and could make Biden look foolish but I think she will run for governor of Texas again [Perry is vunerable] or President on her own in 2016 . . which ever comes 1st [I think she will run for president either way] Rocket River
Kay is spent politically. Rick Perry humiliated her in the primary and she proved that she either didn't have the willingness or capacity to run a statewide campaign - Texas is a very difficult place to win a statewide race, unless you're entrenched in state politics, and although she's a senator, Kay is most definitely a member of the Washington "establishment" that our statewide Republicans love to bemoan (see: Perry's Playbook).
I will be writing in myself. Obama will carry California handily and I see no point in voting for Romney.
If Obama wins and this country continues to improve. It may be a long long time before you see a republican president again. That is also contingent upon the dems putting up at least a decent candidate.
Romney will lose by double digits. The Republican Establishment loses again, but will blame everyone but Romney.
The economy is the big thing this year. I'm going to guess people will vote in their own economic interests, resulting in an unprecedented landslide: Barack Obama: 99% Mitt Romney: 1%
Rick Santorum was there to make Romney look like a social conservative. Newt Gingrich was there to make Romney look like a fiscal conservative. Ron Paul was there to make Romney look like a sane conservative (in moderates' eyes). Obama is there as a hedge against Romney being elected president. Which reminds me of a good joke: Mit Romney as president.
I think that was before. . OOPS I don't think anyone took her seriously but hey . . . I am not republican so I don't know the ins and outs of how it all went down. I kind of got the feeling Perry was the incumbant and that was that. . . . didn't matter what she did All this said . . .. I am not her biggest fan but . . . I think she has the ambitions and she is a bit brighter than Palin Rocket River
As much as I don't care for Obama, I don't feel Romney will do anything different. Plus Romney is going to lower the tax rate on the upper 1%. Not a fan.
I doubt that would go well. Huntsman doesn't bring anything different to the table, and really, he'd just come across as a more likeable/impressive version of Romney. If anything, it would make Romney just look worse.
You aren't getting a conservative. The advantage over McCain is he doesn't have 20+ years of Washington backs to scratch. He also seems less shady than McCain to me. Pretty much. McCain got in when the Iraq war turned and Romney got in because he doesn't really have much to attack by the media.
Seems like it's "damned if he does and damned if he doesn't" for Mittens in terms of where he goes in the campaign. Does he move back towards the center to try and pick up more of the independents, while leaving the far right behind...or does he go right and try to win on the backs of the ultra-conservatives? I don't think either strategy can work for him, to be honest. In either case, he's going to have to alienate a group and then be constantly on the defense for constantly changing his values. Barring some kind of epic collapse from President Obama, I don't see a strategy for Romney that gets him the win.
