Posted on 01/05/2011 1:12:54 PM PST by therightliveswithus
We haven't had any formal announcements from Republican candidates yet-- and it appears that we may have to wait a while from that. We've heard rumblings on who will run and it appears to be a fair share of people-- but only one can get the nomination. It would appear that non-official exploratory committees are already formed and people like Romney, Pawlenty, and others are criss-crossing the country, particularly to Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire.
So let's take a look at some of the signs of the start of the 2012 Presidential Cycle:
Robert Gibbs is leaving the White House-- and the reason, at least according to him, is very clear. Gibbs and Obama say that the Press Secretary will begin working on the efforts for Obama's reelection. While this move could be expected eventually, it appears to be coming before any announcements by GOP candidates. So the White House is scared or just being proactive. Either way it gives them a boost.
Minnesota's Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty has been making some quiet waves, but not so quiet that they could not be detected. He's served as Governor for two fairly successful terms and after deciding not to run for a third it becomes more apparent that he's running for the White House. The Atlantic has noticed his impressive table-setting:
The now-ex-governor has set up state-level PACs in Iowa and New Hampshire, a presidential power move that will let him raise, donate, and otherwise curry favor with state-level pols in those important primary states.
Pawlenty has undertaken a busy travel schedule, which drew the ire of Minnesota liberals who accused him of being an absent governor. He's visited Florida and South Carolina and made multiple trips to Iowa and New Hampshire.
(Excerpt) Read more at punditpress.blogspot.com ...
What do you think of the ability of someone who was employed as a tax attorney for the IRS in federal court to get elected as president? Inotherwords, do you feel this might be unsurmountable political “baggage”? Just curious....
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha ~ about as likely as a used car salesman or ambulance chaser getting elected to anything but the US Senate.
Justanobody... I think that Rep.Bachmann may have a great hurdle to overcome in explaining her employment record, as people of ALL political persuasions historically have demonstrated a visceral distaste for the Taxman.
That Michele Bachmann is an attorney places her among her peer group, as most of D.C. has a law degree, but I doubt that very many ever represented the I.R.S. against the public.
NOTE: "Heavy footed" refers to my practice of pulling out a desk drawer and putting my feet up on it while leaned back in my executive style chair and talked to a reluctant customer who didn't want to pay FOR HOURS. It is possible to sleep that way. The lies are always the same.
Bachmann’s previous job doesn’t bother me at all. There are tax cheats out there. I pay mine, so I have no problem with them going after genuine cheats.
I would prefer no taxes at all.
Michelle is very conservative and has an excellent voting record that is verifiable.
Just seems that this might be a future hurdle, whereas Chrissy Matthews & his colleagues obviously aren't.
I don’t think it will be a problem. Taxes are a reality.
Michelle has talked a lot about making the tax code much simpler.
She would obviously know what she is talking about.
I certainly agree with that, HOWEVER, my thoughts go to how the so-called conservatives handle this bit of information. If they start piling on as they did with George Allen, Tom DeLay, and numerous others, then we will have a problem.
On the other hand, if we do some research and determine exactly who, how and what she did and defend her and her awesome record since her days as an attorney for the IRS, then it should not be a problem. After all, she was ONLY 32 years old when she started that job. Just a kid, really.
According to your wiki link (which I wouldn't give 100% credence to)
prosecuting people who underpaid or failed to pay their taxes
Honestly...I don't have a problem with that. If I have to pay taxes, why shouldn't everyone else? Would have been wonderful if she had nailed Tim Geitner, Tom Daschle and all the other members, or would be members, of the Obama regime.
Doesn't matter whether Wikipedia is accurate or not.
Why?
Because most citizens unfamiliar with her will go there FIRST, and not to her congressional page, much less any campaign page.
So, she helped collect the tax dollars that not only paid our service members, but kept us strong enough to win the Cold War. Why would I object to that?
Now, before the primaries, would be a great time to make your case for the candidate of your choice. Who do YOU want us to vote for?
I asked insofar as her electability, if this issue would be significant among the population at large.
YOU seem to be the only person other than me who can see the potential of this becoming a problem if the MSM latches onto it.
Fair enough. Answer, no. The lefties may use her service during the Reagan/Bush years as a talking point, but the Independents and undecideds won’t be any more impressed than they were when our side screamed HUSSIEN-WRIGHT-AYERS in 2008.
I can’t answer that until all the contestants have taken the field.
Or any, really. Who has announced? No one, right?
Sure the idiot MSM finds her views controversial, but people who vote for her will NOT find her views controversial.
What's controversial, what's excess baggage, what's 'grating', what's skeltons, what's gonna look like paydirt for the idiot MSM to try to ensure her campaign falters & bombs?
In my first cursory search ALL I could find that could remotely be turned into a negative....... is ..... an Oprah Type interviewing families whom M.B. helped prosecute.
Ya know???
I mean what would Little Miss Katie Couric try to do if Representative Bachmann is successful in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination? Or that perpetually frowning Diane Sawyer?
WHAT will they attack when they realize that making jokes about a highly educated successful lawyer and mom and fostermom and politician -- isn't making any inroads among voters, then what will they dredge up???
I want to think about these possibilites BEFORE they ever transpire.
I emphatically agree with you, it's WAY too early to decide for whom to vote, but it will be an infinitely more interesting race if highly articulate women like Michele Bachmann enter it.
I also believe the MSM will pound us with the "peace and prosperity" of "Clinton's economy" over the next two years. We need to have answers ready for that.
That had never occurred to me, thank you for sharing. Clinton had nothing to do with those economic times -- that was simply the beginnings of the Tech Bubble -- which we all know was due to the prowess and finesse of Al Gore, that guy who invented the Internet.
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