the answer is to defeat the RINO in the primary. Not talk up how you’d be willing to vote for any Republican if it comes to it. that kind of talk just encourages the GOP to believe they can nominate Rudy and experience no fall back. rudy’s numbers in the past week have been falling precisely because people have drawn a line in the sand saying they would NEVER vote for him, and that’s causing the people who think he’s so damn electable to reconsider their support of him in the primary.
rudy’s numbers in the past week have been falling precisely because people have drawn a line in the sand saying they would NEVER vote for him...
***Actually, Rudy’s numbers at Intrade have been pretty strong. It’s Fred’s numbers that have fallen. He must have done more poorly on that debate than I first considered. What we have here is a genuine free-for-all. That should favor a pro-life candidate like Hunter or whomever.
2008 Republican Presidential Nominee
2008.GOP.NOM.GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 44.3 44.4 44.4 118300 -0.3
2008.GOP.NOM.ROMNEY
Mitt Romney to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 25.8 25.9 25.8 98588 +0.2
2008.GOP.NOM.THOMPSON(F)
Fred Thompson to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 12.0 12.1 12.0 88670 -1.0
2008.GOP.NOM.PAUL
Ron Paul to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 7.1 7.4 7.4 69424 +0.0
2008.GOP.NOM.MCCAIN
John McCain to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 6.6 6.7 6.6 147806 -0.0
2008.GOP.NOM.HUCKABEE
Mike Huckabee to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 4.5 4.9 5.0 55104 +0.9
2008.GOP.NOM.HUNTER
Duncan Hunter to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M - 0.1 0.1 27778 0
2008.GOP.NOM.TANCREDO
Tom Tancredo to be the Rep Presidential Nominee in 2008 M - 0.1 0.1 31505 0
“the answer is to defeat the RINO in the primary. Not talk up how you’d be willing to vote for any Republican if it comes to it. that kind of talk just encourages the GOP to believe they can nominate Rudy and experience no fall back. rudy’s numbers in the past week have been falling precisely because people have drawn a line in the sand saying they would NEVER vote for him, and that’s causing the people who think he’s so damn electable to reconsider their support of him in the primary.”
Finally some truth comes out. You’re not really having a frank conversation with your peers about a difficult scenario in a general election as much as you are selling the concept out of fear that many of the rest of us just aren’t smart enough. Sounds like the Democrat position that the general population simply isn’t smart enough. I would expect a bit more faith or credit for our intelligence. It may be a difficult scenario in the general election (this is way too early to say but it could be) and I find it shocking how many people here say they would rather see Hillary than vote for a RINO. Amazing. Hopefully this is all moot and the primaries will yield a solid candidate.