Straw poll

AspenValley wrote:

towermonkey wrote: He's done. Must be a socialist!

You're joking but you raise an interesting point.

A candidate has to be a complete hardcore, extreme right-wing type to win the support of the Tea Partiers and hence the Republican nomination but anyone they like is not going to be electable in a general election.

I think they've painted themselves into a corner.

That is because you believe all Tea Party people vote as a monolith, but the ones I know are all over the map in who they support so far. And last time those hardcore Republicans in the primary supported moderate McCain and left conservative Huckabee at the altar with only 20%.

SS109 wrote:

AspenValley wrote:

towermonkey wrote: He's done. Must be a socialist!

You're joking but you raise an interesting point.

A candidate has to be a complete hardcore, extreme right-wing type to win the support of the Tea Partiers and hence the Republican nomination but anyone they like is not going to be electable in a general election.

I think they've painted themselves into a corner.

That is because you believe all Tea Party people vote as a monolith, but the ones I know are all over the map in who they support so far. And last time those hardcore Republicans in the primary supported moderate McCain and left conservative Huckabee at the altar with only 20%.

If you're right, that they are "all over the map", I think the chances of winning a general election are even smaller.

If he gains traction, will this disqualify him?


WTHR-TV
Gov. Mitch Daniels
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's governor suffered a cut to the head in a collision with a door.

WTHR-TV said that Gov. Mitch Daniels was finishing a workout at the National Institute for Fitness and Sports in downtown Indianapolis.

The governor's office told WTHR that Daniels was standing near a door that suddenly swung open and struck the governor in the forehead.

Daniels received 16 stitches in his forehead at Methodist Hospital, then went home to recover, the station said.

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Yes, he should be disqualified. Everyone knows that is the cover story for implanting the alien parasite into the political hopeful. He will now receive the full support of the media who are also controlled from above.

chickaree wrote: The field is starting to tighten- who will you vote for in 2012? Why?

Kind of a silly poll. How many R will be on the final ballot? It might have been better to leave off Obama if this is a R primary. Let the winner run against Obama.

Rockdoc Franz wrote:

chickaree wrote: The field is starting to tighten- who will you vote for in 2012? Why?

Kind of a silly poll. How many R will be on the final ballot? It might have been better to leave off Obama if this is a R primary. Let the winner run against Obama.

Maybe. But it does demonstrate rather dramatically the problems faced by a splintered party going up against an incumbent President.

AspenValley wrote:

Rockdoc Franz wrote:

chickaree wrote: The field is starting to tighten- who will you vote for in 2012? Why?

Kind of a silly poll. How many R will be on the final ballot? It might have been better to leave off Obama if this is a R primary. Let the winner run against Obama.

Maybe. But it does demonstrate rather dramatically the problems faced by a splintered party going up against an incumbent President.

I do not see this as a realistic indicator. Don't both parties go through this when there is not an incumbent? Basically, each party culls the herd down to their champion and then stand united behind them.

You might think it's silly, but even so Pres. obama only garners 37% so far. I believe a creditable candidate with realistic positions could carry the election.

It's still way too early for me to pick a candidate. I need to see who the GOP favors and ultimately selects first and go from there. What I am really afraid of is that the 2012 presidential election will bring a third party candidate to the fore; remember Ross Perot's presidential bid?

I want to believe that the American public is tired of high energy prices, wars declaired and otherwise (what is going to happen in Lybia, Egypt, Syria and other nations between now and 2012?), and a flip flopping president. I guess all that is left to do is learn about the candidates as the emerge and do as much research as you can before election day.