Who do you think will win the Republican nomination?

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Whoever Rush Limbaugh, who is the boss of the Republican Party, wants to win will win.

I think it is possible that Palin or Huckabee might exit because it is likely they would be better off financially in their current endeavors. And ironically, moreso if Obama wins. It is questionable if Huckabee can raise the kind of money needed for a successful campaign. Trump has the money to do whatever his ego desires, but the birther stuff makes one wonder if he is really serious.

If all three were to exit who could rise up to beat Romney, considering he was one of two that two out of three Republicans want to see run among the group at this point. I don't see Gingrich doing it.

True, bu i think a woman who quit her post as a governor to pursue a reality tv show has the kind of patriotism and leadership qualities that this country so desperately needs.

Nixon did some good things in foreign policy, but he was just as bad as Johnson and Carter on the economy.

Gun nut. Smarter than Sarah Palin. A more realistic choice than Donald Trump and not a mormon.

Go Fudd.

Well obvious I'm bias but the Tea Party and the real conservatives in the GOP will rally around a candidate to block Romney's candidacy. The field is set up perfectly, instead of the Tea Party splitting it's votes, it looks like the establishment and neocons are going to do just that. Romney couldn't even win last time against zombie-McCain and a complete unknown with no money at the time in Huckabee, can't see him winning now with Obamacare hanging over his head. There are def candidates we aren't talking about right now that will probably run.

I think the most important endorsements this cycle will be Jim DeMint Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin. Rush has been pretty irrelevant for awhile, he "hated" McCain last time and what good did that do?

There were political pressures involved in her resignation, and her spot on Fox News is part time, and the reality show was a one time seasonal gig. She seems to be pretty good with finances and energy policy, which would really come in handy. She also seems to soak up lots of information pretty quickly, so I would be curious how she puts it to use in a campaign.

I haven't decided on who I want to vote for in the '12 republican primaries I like Huckabee's temperament. I used to have a psychiatrist (who was black) that once made on off handed comment about being most impressed with Huckabee out of all the '08 candidates. He won't scare the arabs with his demeano but will most likely do whatever is needed to keep them in line. He isn't afraid of political correctness yet gives his opponents very little ammo against him, he's a Christian, he's a life member of the NRA (his joke about Obama at the 2008 NRA convention caused some outcry though), he supports tougher border security and immigration enforcement, he doesn't seem to have any strong convictions in his economic policies, but then again the partisan method isn't working very well and unlike Obama at least he's not trying to be an expert on things he's clueless about. Huckabee also came from a blue collar background and wasn't raised to be elitist later in life.

Romney is basically a moderate RINO. He's the least likely to have a polarizing effect on the election campaigns and the country, but he can be expected to flip-flop a lot.

Trump would be really good at economics and would have a command presence. He might not necessarily prove that polarizing if he got elected. Apart from supporting conservative economic policies, he doesn't have extreme views on social issues, though he does tend to favor gun rights and believe in border security.

I would be interested in seeing references to energy policies that she personally authored.

Not so sure about the finances. Like the jet she "put on ebay" that was ultimately sold months later off ebay, at a substantial loss.



Romney's only interest in the presidency is to one-up his father. I don't think he has any clue what he'd do with the office.



Agreed - his birther shenanigans are just an act. He can't possibly be that stupid.

I read you post four times, before I realized you are not serious. If Trump and Huckabee choose not to run she could definitely stir the pot. She polls strongly in some states, for those that refuse not to support her. Beyond this, imagine a Trump/Palin or Palin/Trump ticket; boggles the mind but not entirely impossible if both were to stay in the race. Maybe Glenn Beck could be Secretary of State. Now it is starting to sound and/or look like a Batman movie.

1) Palin never authored any literature on energy policy. She is just taking statistics from available data and using them to promote a plan for energy dependence that past presidents have not been willing to do.

2) Romney is most likely driven by a desire to fulfill one of Joseph Smith's prophecies about mormons taking the lead in government when the country is about to fall apart. Even if he wins the presidency, that would maybe boost Joseph Smith's accuracy to about 6 or 7%.

He could have a hardon for the white horse prophecy, but honestly, who's to say it isn't Harry Reid?

Of course it would be at a loss, the Jet was used, and you aren't taking into account the recurring costs of operating the jet. Short-term it would be a loss, longterm it will save money.



Again I don't trust him.



I'm actually wondering if he found something of interest.

I expect he'd plan to do the same thing he did here in Massachusetts: get or keep government at a reasonable size, and focus on doing the things the government needs to do, and not trying to do things the government has no business interfering with.

My friends in real life seem to want to vote for Ron Paul. I don't know though since I haven't researched them out as to who'd I'd vote for. As to who will win, it is by default the person with the most votes (at least in simplified form.) One of them will get the republican nomination though, and then its a matter of whether enough people are not going to vote for Obama yet again as to whether or not they win.

Whoever encompasses these two virtues:

1) Consistently mistakes raw force for strength, and the rawer the force, the more reverent the posture of the mind before it.

2) Supposes themselves to be the bringer of a final revelation.

No, for me I want this:

1) stop inventing crap programs to spend into.

2) withdraw our armed forces from Libya.

3) stop printing funny money.

4) and Don't kill the space program.