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Pence picked as best presidential material at conservative summit
The hill ^ | 9/18/10 | Roxana Tiron

Posted on 09/18/2010 3:34:32 PM PDT by pissant

Conservative activists on Saturday picked Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) as their choice for president in 2012.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who was the vice presidential candidate on the unsuccessful 2008 GOP ticket -- was voted the pick for vice president in 2012.

Palin, who has helped conservative candidates storm the national election scene, was awarded the VP spot because Pence also won the vice presidential straw poll.

Tony Perkins, the head of the conservative Family Research Council, announced the results of the straw poll at the annual Values Voter summit in Washington on Saturday.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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Not a bad choice at all. And his trips to NH and Iowa indicate he may be running for the job. That's good news.
1 posted on 09/18/2010 3:34:36 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

Wasn’t “Honest Abe” the last current or former congressman (only office held) elected president? Remind me what year that was? And wasn’t that in a 4-way race?


2 posted on 09/18/2010 3:36:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We’ve got a 1/2 term senator now.


3 posted on 09/18/2010 3:39:27 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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But he’s a “constitutional scholar”, “the smartest man in the room”, a “Lightworker”, bringer of “hope and change”, a “transformational figure”, the “post-racial president” and the “12th Imam.”


4 posted on 09/18/2010 3:43:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At least one turns out to be accurate, the iman one.


5 posted on 09/18/2010 3:45:56 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Pleasantly surprised. That would be a good choice.


6 posted on 09/18/2010 3:47:28 PM PDT by SMCC1
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I really hope that Pence makes a run for House Speaker.


7 posted on 09/18/2010 3:51:25 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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<< We’ve got a 1/2 term senator now. >>

Less than one-third, actually. Not that he did anything except run for another office while he was there.

Imagine getting a job and your boss comes over to you and says, “What are you doing?” and your answer is, “I’m looking for another job.” How long do you think you’d last there?


8 posted on 09/18/2010 3:52:01 PM PDT by ObamaMustGo2012 (Obama Must Go In 2012)
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To: pissant

I’m a Palin supporter, but Pence would be a welcome addition. In 1980, Phil Crane was considered more conservative than Reagan himself. His presence made the whole campaign better, not worse. Palin herself seems to believe in a more the merrier approach to the primary.


9 posted on 09/18/2010 3:57:29 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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And the thread posted just before this one is, "Palin Draws Record Crowd [Iowa GOP's Reagan Dinner].

Remind me again about the nationwide enthusiastic support Mike Pence has generated for a 2012 presidential bid?

Pissant, your relentless quest to find any article that undermines Sarah Palin is becoming laughable.

10 posted on 09/18/2010 3:58:52 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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Pence is my top choice for President at the moment, but of course it will depend on the candidates’ platforms. Right now they can just talk, but in a year or so they’ll have to take stands on specific issues like amnesty.


11 posted on 09/18/2010 4:02:37 PM PDT by Siegfried X
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And wasn’t that in a 4-way race?

And he was also nominated as a compromise candidate for the Republican party.

He had, however, made a national name for himself on the topic of slavery, and especially in his debates with Stephen Douglas.

12 posted on 09/18/2010 4:06:04 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: STARWISE; maggief; onyx; penelopesire

Pence went to Alaska to help Miller right after the election. He and Sarah working together?


13 posted on 09/18/2010 4:06:18 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: pissant

If Pence runs, he has my support.


14 posted on 09/18/2010 4:17:55 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (I don't look for leaders. I follow my own path, my way.)
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Really. I didn’t know that.

I’ve seen Mike Pence in person. He’s impressive, well-spoken and one smart cookie.


15 posted on 09/18/2010 4:33:13 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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You betcha.

Just caught a mention in one of the many articles out the night of the Alaskan primary....He went up to Alaska to give support to Miller when it came out the RNSC were sending in the lawyers to support mirCOWski.

Mike used to be on the radio in Indy, remember listening to him a couple of times. Am sort of hoping he’ll take on Lugar next time he’s up.


16 posted on 09/18/2010 4:43:37 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: pissant

Pence would have been my choice in 2008 had he ran. I hope he runs in 2012. Along with DeMint, Pence is one of the few prospective candidates who actually opposed overspending when it came from the GOP. He was one of the ones who led the House revolt against the Bush/McCain/Palin supported TARP bill.


17 posted on 09/18/2010 4:54:02 PM PDT by rob777
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To: pissant

Frankly, I resent someone sanctifying a prospective candidate for the Presidency, especially before any have declared their candidacy. I always thought that they had to contest for the privilege!


18 posted on 09/18/2010 5:02:45 PM PDT by old school
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To: Darren McCarty

I’m with you... and him!


19 posted on 09/18/2010 5:06:29 PM PDT by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: rob777

Look at his bio, his work in the House is so impressive; he goes every year to combat zones, he spends his trips abroad not in vacation spots, but in Pakistan, Egypt, etc., works on laws re child porn and like areas. He is the solid choice. He says he is a Christian, conservative and Republican, in that order. I saw him interviewed for CBN 700 Club and he talked about his life, salvation, and walk with Christ. He’s the man.


20 posted on 09/18/2010 5:07:29 PM PDT by maranatha
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