That should be just the ticket ... Obama.
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Posted on 07/03/2010 10:22:47 AM PDT by yongin
Since we began ranking the 10 most influential Republican leaders early last year, we've made sure to note that this Line is not to be taken as an early ranking of the 2012 field.
More and more, however, it is. As the 2010 election now stands less than four months away, the 2012 jockeying has begun in earnest with potential presidential candidates seeking to out-endorse and out-stump one another.
The current leaders in that game are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who are both doling out cash by the bucketful through their respective PACs.
Increasingly there is chatter that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is a likely 2012 candidate, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee threw himself back into the mix with an interview last weekend on Fox News Channel.
And then there is Sarah Palin, who will mark one year since her surprise resignation from the Alaska governorship this weekend. Palin's political future is fundamentally unknowable; While she has endorsed a series of candidates and used her following on Facebook to counter the Obama administration, it's not clear whether she is willing to give up the financial benefits she has reaped out of office for what would be one of the most highly scrutinized candidacies in modern history.
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How does Haley find her way onto that list?
Barbour knows how to herd the cats.
How does Haley find her way onto that list?
Nikki that is. (just noticed there were two Haley’s there)
Oh, sure—Romney’s much more influential than Palin.
10. Rigatoni
9. Tortellini
8. Lasagna
7. Spiroccheti
6. Spaghetti
5. Macaroni
4. Linguini
3. Vermicelli
2. Bucatini
1. Fettuchini
The whole lot is a waste of skin, electrolytes, carbohydrates, water, protein, lipids.
They are toast as much as are the Rats in 2010 unless they start singing a different tune.
Palin and Christie are the only exceptions to this gallery of limp wimps.
How could you not have cavatelli or rotini on the list?! Oh, and Lasagna should be ranked higher ... MUCH higher.
I can’t figure out why they keep shoving Romney in our faces after his health insurance debacle in Mass.
And what about Maurice Clemmons for Huckabee?
Some of these people are just a waste of time.
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Why isnt Brewer on the list?
Oh, sure—Romney’s much more influential than Palin.
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Indeed. He really is the only worthy successor to Ford.
Jindal, Haley, Christie, Palin, and Barbor are wastes of skin? Who do you like?
I hope and pray that romney, the huckster, newt and pawlenty are jokes. Why would brown even be considered????
What a hit piece on Palin. Pfft.
Palin and Christie are the only exceptions to this gallery of limp wimps.
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Jindal is a valuable conservative asset, but would make a very poor candidate for President. He would be brilliant in a cabinet position.
People seem to set him at no worth or infinite worth. These assessments are both wrong. I do not think he is the right personality or skill set for an executive. He would be an incredible force multiplier for a strong executive however, as he was for Governor Foster.
If Haley Barbour is #1, why does everyone covet Sarah’s endorsement? Things that make you go, “Hmmm”....
Of all the candidates who are even semi-plausible Barbour is the most accomplished pro. If he runs he will re-shuffle the deck for 2012.
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I agree with your assessments, but he is not going to do the “crowds were electrified” thing well at all. He can be a bit . . . unexciting. In a couple of years though, people may be ready for a grownup, and that may not be such a bad thing.
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