Don't know if you remember, but at one time in this forum there was a very loud group that thought the same thing about Rudy Guiliani. He was the ONLY one that could beat (fill in the blank) .
There are 3 full years before the next presidential election and that amount of time is an eternity in politics.
Nonsense. Rudy is a RINO and Sarah couldn’t be more different.
JustDumbBlonde—I didn’t say Palin WOULD beat Obama, but that she is the only one with a chance. (at least compared to the other contenders)
THe Republicans were mistaken in thinking that by being a “moderate” and “inclusive” you have a better chance of beating liberals. WRONG.
First off, it would been a HUGE mistake putting up a Guiliani against a charismatic, young, new-to-the-public “CHANGE” candidate like Obama. Guiliani was too moderate, too hypocritical with his personal life, and too CLOSE TO BUSH by association and in rhetoric.
TWO complete right wing OUTSIDERS would have had a better chance against Obama than McCain or Romney or the “top picks” from last year. People weren’t looking for “liberalism” (That’s why Obama had to frame himself like a moderate) People were looking for a change from BUSH.
Outsiders who would have been willing to craft a clear-cut message being critical of all the ways BUsh abandoned his own principles with too much spending, too much unaccountability—that kind of message would have resignated (maybe not lead anyone to WIN...people loved Obama) but it would have resignated because people wouldn’t have seen it as the “status quo” Bush/Cheney repeat ticket.
Today, that message being represented clearly and fully by someone who can rival Obama’s youth and charisma—someone like Palin, IS having a great impact already and would have a far greater chance against Obama in 2012.
Not really, you wrote a misleading history, freerepublic despised Giuliani and as conservatives and members of the base, we were fearful of the Romney/Rockefeller insiders of the GOP being able to get him into the nomination.
Now we have the unique situation of having a front running conservative, loved by the base, perhaps being powerful enough that the insiders can't destroy our chances of getting a conservative through the primaries, since she is currently the most popular among republican voters.
The situation is reversed.