OK, then post your list as a poll... I am not a republican, and won't comment on any republican candidate(s). I am happy to delete my thread and poll.
Same thing with her although I think Sandoval is the better candidate. The guy is an awesome campaigner. But both of them aren't crazy enough to win a Republican primary
Unfortunately, that whole "working with Democrats" thing means he wouldn't survive Iowa... Which is the reason why I think we're looking at another 8 years of a Democrat in the White House. The distance Republican candidates have to go to the right is so far currently, it's been proven to be impossible to come back center enough to win the general. I liked Huntsman in the last round but there was no way he would've ever gotten the nomination. He was too willing to compromise with both sides to do what's right. Something the tea party simply won't allow any more.
I like Jon Huntsman but he's a very long shot. Bush is definitely not like his brother and would be a much better President. Even my long-time democrat step-mother voted for Jeb Bush for Governor. Bush's biggest problem is his last name. Out of this list, Bush and then Christie.
bombastic rhetoric The neurosurgeon gained political fame after he publicly criticized some of President Barack Obama's policies in front of the President at last year's National Prayer Breakfast. He quickly became a GOP star and was sometimes mentioned as a potential presidential candidate. But he lost some of that star power after making controversial comments last year. In one instance he compared the federal health care law to "slavery." And he sparked strong backlash when he equated homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality during a television interview about same-sex marriage. Facing loud opposition, he apologized and withdrew from speaking gigs at Johns Hopkins medical school and an event for the American Academy of Physicians Assistants. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...-the-u-s-is-like-nazi-germany/comment-page-2/
This sort of statement gets said, but it's not backed up by the fact that the winner of the nomination the last two times has been a moderate Republican that had a history of working with both parties.
That had a previous history of working with both parties. In both of those primaries, McCain and Romney became completely different candidates than the ones they were before. They had to go far right to win the nomination and then couldn't come back center enough to even make it a race in the general. That's why Romney didn't beat McCain in 2008. He didn't go far right enough. In 2012, he did.
Both candidates went to their right, but neither candidate was embraced by the tea party. McCain didn't have the tea party yet, but Romney was DESPISED by the tea party. The tea party candidates got beat. So again, you can blame the tea party for candidates not getting through all you want, but it's just not true. The tea party were 100% opposed to Romney as the nominee. All nominees go to their left/right to win their base in a primary. Romney's issue was not being seen as too far to the right, it was being seen as a rich elitist when the economy was tanking.
That article is trying to play "gotcha". When you take see the whole quotes, it's not quite like it is portrayed: The slavery comment: "Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is – in a way, it is slavery, in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government. When they give businesses exemptions but the common people they say, 'No, you have to do it, you know, that's not America," he said. "That's Russia. That's someplace else. How did we allow that to happen in this nation?" ^^ He was saying that because the government forces everybody to buy healthcare or pay a fine. And some businesses and now unions get exemptions but the regular folks will have to pay a fine. And here is the homosexuality/pedophilia/beastiality comment: "[Marriage] is a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA [pedophilia], be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition," he said. ^^ He was saying groups cannot change the definition of marriage even though certain groups (like the ones he mentioned) try to. He wasn't comparing those groups directly. Don't be so sensitive and trying to play "gotcha" whenever somebody says something that isn't politically correct. It's fake outrage.
When he said that Obamacare was the worst thing to happen to this country since slavery, he lost the ability to be president.
He also doesn't believe in evolution. He also equated equal treatment of gays and lesbians to be giving them "extra rights." Not to mention that he is a religious fanatic, which completely turns me off. He is an intelligent version of Sarah Palin.
Here is Ben Carson's quote on evolution: The ignorance in this quote off the charts. I don't think that Dr. Carson understands that we have found transitional fossils from other species.
Set him straight then. I don't know enough about evolution to really say if what he is saying has any merit.
