Posted on 02/16/2011 8:46:31 PM PST by cartervt2k
That’s an excellent post.
One question: Why do you think Kennedy wants to step down?
mitch daniel is an idiot though
I am interested in Daniels. Please give me your opinion on his record on the issues of guns,spending,taxes,abortion,immigration,global warming.etc..
He did that all by himself. He started to get some traction with the Rev. Wright coverage and Obama's "spread the wealth around" gaffe. The nomination of Palin brought enthusiasm. He totally killed it all when he said Obama was a good man and we didn't have to fear him as president.
I want a conservative who knows what to talk about and when to do it.
I also want to win.
I think we can have it all with the right candidate. We can’t afford to get this one wrong.
That much I know.
“Carly was the best we could have ever done there and had a lot of money”
No she wasn’t. She had no record to encourage conservatives to support her. She suffered from having to run along with the hideous opportunist Meg. And there are plenty of Hewlett Packard alumni in California who despise her. Carly was just one more in a long series of colorless moderates that the GOP decides to run for state office, only to lose.
He said he was going to retire sometime after 2012, according to one of his friends. Google it and you’ll find the articles. I take that to mean he wasn’t thrilled with Obama’s appointments, but who’s to say he wouldn’t let Obama appoint his successor if the replacement has to go through a Republican majority senate?
Carly was running in CA and had the most most money. CA is a lost cause - but she kept it as close as was possible.
I just cant picture Daniels effectively campaigning. I am a political wonk and get bored after a couple minutes. The presidential race demands charisma.
One more question: Why do you believe the scumbags have successfully caricatured Palin as "an idiot"? As far as I can tell, the scumbag Democrats and their newsrooms have succeeded only in convincing themselves that Palin is an idiot, and they are smugly patting themselves on the back for how clever they are. I believe that normal America will embrace Palin once she begins to campaign in earnest.
Do you think Palin is an idiot?
McCain also said that he wanted to lose "honorably".
That's real good, John. What a moron.
You could have just said the Tea Party is screwed up because it wants social and economic conservatives.
He’s solid down the line on all. On taxes, he’s raised some taxes but lowered others. They have the lowest property taxes in the country - cappped at 1%. He once entertained the idea of a VAT (worrying), but he wants to make taxes flatter for all. I don’t think (hope) he would give the keys to the VAT car for future democrat majorities without some constitutional safety mechanisms.
He has a very solid pro-life record, despite his truce comments (which will be like candy to independent voters, by the way). He has said he will reinstate the Mexico city policy. He is anti-cap and trade, saying he’s an “agnostic” on climate change, I think were his words.
not sure about immigration - not sure he’s been on the record about that yet.
So which conservative do you think was electable in deep blue Cali?
Don’t name any one who could not even win in the Repub primaries. Those dudes would lose in a landslide with demorats included in general.
You’re not going to out-Obama, Obama in charisma no matter who you pick. The american idol voting bloc will not be a big factor in 2012 like it was in 2008.
Christie is the flavor of the week. He is NOT running
Last weeks flavor was Daniels, he will probably run, but no one will vote for him. The man has no facial features.
The week before that was Jeb Bush. Not Running. They are desperate to find someone to stop Palin, especially as Romney fades.
DeMint, not running. We need him in the Senate anyway and he know this.
There will be no dark horse emerging to ‘save the day.’
The nominee will be either Romney or Palin. A vote for anyone other than Palin in the primaries is a defacto vote for Romney.
That’s it.
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