After seeing the recent twists and turns in the GOP race, a question formed in my mind:
Who can the GOP put forth that can actually win in November?
Before answering, think of the following:
-Yes, I want a conservative to be the nominee
-Both Hunter and Thompson have dropped out, never having gained traction once the voting started. (Regardless of the reasons, the bottom line is that they DIDN’T, so they are out.)
-The article here mentions the Reagan COALITION, which meant he attracted Dems that had conservative tendencies, winning them over with his conservatism.
Therefore, if the White House is to be kept out of the Dems hands, the GOP is going to need someone who can build that kind of coalition-—while not compromising conservatism.
That cannot be done while recieving the vote totals that Hunter and Thompson were getting.
So then, Who can the GOP put forth that can actually win in November?
This is the discussion that is needed on FR.
in my opinion the only one who seems to make it competitive is McCain - he attracts independents and some Dems. Before anyone goes nutty on my i voted for Fred in NH and cannot stand McCain but i will vote for him, Romney or just about anyone who gets the R nomination except Ron Paul in the general election
The question is not who can win.
If you follow the sidebar polls, the four front runners all have major portions of the conservative electorate who will refuse to vote for them if they are the nominee. This is what killed Dole - and Dole didn’t lose by a landslide.
All that is needed is to quit trying to put lipstick on pigs, and pick a candidate with no big negatives. So fare the Republican party shows no intention of following that simple principal.
UNCOMMITTED won, the others ALL came in a rung lower than this article states.
Ron Paul came in THIRD behind “uncomitted”.
This may get settled at the GOP convention when ANYONE can be brought in as the candidate. The RINOs can be told that they have NO confidence from the party. The crossover Democrats who’ve been voting for McCain and Paul will find themselves without a say.
Multiculturalist immigration is just one problem with McCain.
The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides
But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about -- his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for. Since McCain himself, a downed Navy pilot, was a prisoner in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years, his staunch resistance to laying open the POW/MIA records has baffled colleagues and others who have followed his career. Critics say his anti-disclosure campaign, in close cooperation with the Pentagon and the intelligence community, has been successful. Literally thousands of documents that would otherwise have been declassified long ago have been legislated into secrecy.
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