Relax people, help is on the way!
** Graham / Lugar 2012 ** Woohoooo!
Posted on 03/19/2012 5:41:05 AM PDT by God-fear-republican
The Republicans sure are effectiving at uprooting and throwing out their prime crop, aren't they? Bachmann, Perry, Cain... hell, even Pawlenty.. all better than the scraps we're left with now.
I'm a Sarah guy, but neither she nor West got in and Perry and Cain got out, so no, they are not better than the current crop.
You might prefer them to those still running, but no way to objectively call them better.
You are entitled to your incorrect opinion and while I'd have loved to see Sarah run, for what ever reason, she didn't and therefore is not better than even mittens {as much as that sticks in my throat}.
Still scared of Sarah - and she is completely vetted. I wonder what promised Mittens made?
The man with the most delegates isn’t going to simply step aside.
People with the fantasy of the perfect candidate suddenly appearing as the nominee may as well hope for magical unicorns.
I’d have little to no respect for a candidate who didn’t have the courage to step into the grueling primary process but was willing to be whisked in as the nominee on a free ride, stepping over the others who were pummeled over the past 9 months.
if it goes to a brokered convention.
all bets can be off for the current crop.
you might want to rethink your incorrect opinion.
They’ve also been pushing Mitch Daniels, who doesn’t impress me.
How about - FRED DALTON THOMPSON?
That has to change to correct our system. Start with term limits and remove all the incentives to stay around forever. Let congress participate in SS and fund their own retirement accounts like the rest of us; make them use the same healthcare system.
That will eliminate those who are solely there for personal gain and leave true public SERVANTS.
It will always be the case until we decide we're not going to select our candidates based upon the MSM's terms.
I'm amazed at how quickly we still go into hysterics whenever the MSM rolls out one of their phony smear campaigns.
He turned out to be a mere vote splitter in order to split up the conservatives and help his long time friend mccain.
Very good info there, on yout post, and you seem to be very experienced.
You said ““Super” delegates, those who get a vote via power or party position, can vote their heart or pocketbook from the beginning.”
Since we all know who the “party position” superdelegates are - 128-odd state committeewomen, committeeme, and Chairs - could you please name the 40-odd “power position” delegates? Might be good to know, as these are the delegates who are going to actually determine who the nominee is going to be.
Let’s just hope Newt at least is prepared to flip on the Flipper.
Fred is high on my list of those who would make good presidents. Unfortunately, I don't think he generates enough excitement in his campaign speeches. Sarah is high on my list, but she did not get enough backing from decent people when the disgusting leeches on the far left went after her children. She chose (perhaps wisely) to stay out for what I assume are family reasons. If she gets the nomination, I'll work for her campaign full time from the day she is nominated until the day real Americans win the last legal challenge from Obama's socialist fringe, but my impression is that the insiders would rather lose the election than lose the power they have as insiders. Cain, DeMint, Bachmann, and about 50 others would be good to great.
We have to back a good candidate, even when we discover, oh dear, that our candidate is imperfect. Of those left, I prefer Newt. He's personally sleazy, or at least he used to be, but he is capable of pushing back against some of the damage done by Obama. Other than Newt, I would not be too upset with a Santorum candidacy. I'm not convinced that Santorum is as fiscally conservative as our country needs, but at least he's neither socialist nor anti-American, which puts him two large steps ahead of Obama. As a third choice, I'd vote for a sack of manure over Obama. At least the manure is more or less harmless. And Romney? He ranks well below that sack of manure. I have seen no evidence that Romney would even be on our side. If he becomes president, we need a very conservative Congress to keep him from continuing Obama's drive to socialism.
The first vote is committed delegates and can be directed by the candidates to whom they are committed.
The big three have committed that they will back only those in the race, so how does that include Sarah or West?
West would be a good V.P. for a number of reasons....
(1) TEA Party people would be pleased
(2) The GOP would have a shot at peeling away part of the black vote (a small part, even 10%, would help)
(3) You would have a guy with military experience
(4) It would help the GOP carry Florida in November.
The downside: we would still have someone we don’t especially like at the top of the ticket.
How ‘bout Sarah Palin for Energy Secretary or head of the RNC....or both? And John Bolton as Secretary of State?
Ted Nugent as head of the BATF? Ron Paul as the head of the TSA?
It would seem logical that the best candidate would come from outside that field.
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