Our situation:
1. Mitt Romney (delegate leader): Obama has been planning atack for months. Romney has no ‘voice’ and no ‘message’. He just really wants to be president. He will lose.
2. Rick Santorum (2nd in delegate count): Probably the one Obama would like to face most. Rick has core values and a geniune conservative message but delivers it poorly. Only those who are in complete agreement with him ‘get it’. He too would lose, most likely badly.
3. Newt Gingrinch (3rd in delegate count): Newt can speak for conservatives best and can mount a national campaign. But he can’t get the nomination, the social conservatives and establishment republicans have blocked him out. (Could win, but mostly will not get the chance.)
4. Ron Paul (4th in delegate count): The only authentic fiscal conservative in the bunch. Would make the most difference as President. Most however do not trust his naviee foreign policy, and what appears to be a world view that does not match reality. (He would be a long shot to win, very long.)
5. Jeb Bush: Solid, and the best of the Bush family. His last name would be real trouble for him, though he has the politcal skill to mount a national campaign. (An underdog, but could win.)
6. Sarah Palin: A true emotional charsmatic leader. Has tremendous upside. Has failed to broaden her appeal by learning more about issues concerning the world in general. Great politcal instincts but lacks knowledge at times. (Would get crucified in the general election and we already have one Christ, we don’t need another.)
7. Chris Christie: A good solid candidate and very tough minded. He is not really a conservative on many issues. He too is a charsmatic leader that would shake things up. (He could win, but would have to have a lot of help by a strong V.P. candidate.)
8. Mitch Daniels: A good solid candidate and another true fiscal conservative, but will not run. He has to have his family behind him. (He could win in a close election, but will not run.)
9. Anyone else: There are other good candidates but they are not ready: Paul Ryan, Marc Rubio and a few others. They will wait and probably should.
What does this mean: It is a very long shot to win in November. We need to pray.
I dont think Ryan needs to wait. I think he is the best option.
dt57
I agree with most of your assessment on Republican candidates.
Jeb Bush/Daniel ticket might be the most appealing to Republican base. And Daniel might accept that as VP nominee doesn’t have to do much. But not many of us will trust another Bush.
I think at the end the Party have to hold their nose or their breath to let the whole process run by itself at brokered convention because they see the result (Romney damaged good)when they interfere.
Let ‘s hear what our arch enemies talk about Newt:
” Some Democrats believe that Gingrich, a hero of the conservative movement, would excite the party base more than a former liberal-state governor with a history of centrist views. And voters yearning for authenticity may be more open to the voluble and rumpled former House speaker, who frequently discusses his past mistakes and his recent conversion to Catholicism, than to a former equity-fund executive with perfect salt-and-pepper hair.
“He does not carry Wall Street baggage,” said one Democratic strategist working on the Obama re-election effort, speaking on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss his thinking. “He’s really smart. He’s definitely authentic.””
Link:
And here is my feeling about Newt:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2859710/posts
(I changed my mind and I am staying, too much at stake to walk away. Insult me if you must.)
Yes it is but not impossible...God is never late and throughout scripture just when things "looked like" a lost cause God stepped into the affairs of men.
I was raised on “Can’t never could”.
Imho, the thing that has hurt Newt the most in this primary has been people accepting & echoing the meme that “Newt can’t win the nomination” or against 0. That was put out there *day one* by the GOPe.
(They also put out the opposite that Mittens not only could, but would)
I hope everyone looks hard at your list again, dt57. Newt Gingrich is the *only* one of our candidates who has the intellect, the experience and the *guts* to take Obama down in the Fall. His record proves he’s *done* it.
All of this “ex wives, Nancy Pelonsky, etc” is just Saul Alinsky style fluff- trumped up to *mean something* when it either means nothing or is parallel to something done by one of the other candidates that *is* real & is much more damning.
If we want WIN in November & turn this country around, it is Newt.
And I wonder. We all know what Romney is. What would it say about Rick if he were willing to accept vp to Romney?
I’m really getting sick of the double standard.
just my .02