Questions/opinions on the republican race

[vi5]

No need for elaboration, just curious what the concensus is here on:

1) Who do you really, honestly think will be the Republican nominee?
2) Who do you really think would be the most difficult republican in the field to run against?
3) Who among the current field of republicans do you think would be the LEAST reprehensible and do the least amount of damage (with the understanding that they are all dangerous and horrible and would continue to slide us into an abyss).


Personally I have this gut feeling that on all counts it will be McCain. I just think the right in general are so busy pitting Romney vs. Gulliani vs. Huckabee that they are overlooking McCain and he could benefit from the other three fighting it out and slinging mud. I also think that he'd be hardest to beat since I think that people who aren't politicaly junkies and who haven't been paying super close attention still think of him as the moderate war hero who stood up to the Falwell's and Robertson, and who got slimed by Bush. And unfortunately he's (in my eyes based off of my own beliefs) the least worst of a really bad field. He at least stands the outside chance of going against the hard right on certain issues (torture, environment) although still not even in the same universe for my tastes.

This is all based off of my own gut hunches though. I'm just curious what everyone else on here really thinks.

[Warpy]

1. My gut feeling is that the RNC will go with a tried and true formula

a Jesus obsessed freak out front, one who oozes surface charm while he pledges to put women back into slavery, while the #2 slot goes to a government or corporate hack who knows what's really going on and will be most efficient when it comes to continuing to wreck our economy.

So my answers are Huckabible, Huckabible, and none of the above. All are saddled with the GOP ideology of failed supply side economics, a war economy being an automatically prosperous economy, and social repression being the only way to maintain civil order.

[vi5]

3. I'd actually like it if you were right...

Because I think hands down he'd be the absolute easiest in that field of loser for us to completely trounce come election day. No matter who our candidate is.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. My take on this

1. Republican Nominee-The one with the most money.
2. Huckabee because of his religious creds and being a Southerner. Less of a threat if Edwards is our candidate. Huckabee WON'T do well in Arkansas, because we know him too well.
3. None of them. They are all terrible.

[OHdem10]

5. Just so you know, lsat week before DNR Endorsement--

Wall Street gave their opinions

In first Place with highest # votes: GUilianna
In Second Place

The rest close together in # Votes Romney
Obama
McCain
Thompson

Huckabee and Edwards too populist to be considered by Wall Street

I still like Edwards. At least we know who Wall Street thinks will
best look after their interest.

[OHdem10]

4. I think ie will either be Romney or Guilliani right now but

Their Primary seems so close, ie, Guilliani has followes, Romeney
has followers, MCCain has followers and of course there is Huckabee

As I see it Romney or Rucy. However as things move along
and the people become more engaged there is a possiblity
these two get knocked down. This is not impossible and
is becoming more probable.

In this case MCCain will save the day and be the GOP candidate.

McCain hasbeen and is the hardest for us to run against.
Little published and given TV Play--is the fact that MCCain
is one GOPer who consistently beats HRC . MCCain would be hard
to beat when it is Democrat V Republican.

Edwards is the only Democrat who beats all their Candidates including
MCCain. Edwards is not the establishment candidate nor Wall Sreets
favorite Son. I hope he is able to stay in. The other Candidates
will at least take some of his message to WH.

I too have a gut feeling based on monitoring a lot of TV that
somehow MCCain is going to somehow pull this thing off and
become their candidate.

[mtnsnake]

6. I think Romney will win the nod, but I think McCain would be the most difficult to run against

even though I don't think McCain has a chance of getting their nod.

As far as the rest of their pigpen, I don't think any of them can honestly give us much competition, Romney included, even though he'll get their nod.

[Capn Sunshine]

7. There hasn't been an open race in a long timefor the R's

I suspect that maybe they will let Huckabee so they can silence the RW theocrats and get 'em back in line for 2010.

Because Huck would lose in a landslide.

Republican strategists know they are doomed in '08 and only have one hope- that the DLC will dominate the Dem candidate, because their advice is to play nice and not remind anyone of what's gone down since 2000, because the "public doesn't like negativity"

There's only one candidate the DLC has any sway with at the moment.
Will the RNC get their wish?

[Armstead]

8. Romney (1 and 2 anyway)

I think Romney will win over the Big Money Republicans. Meanwhile, the Religious Right will at least be satisfied that he'd be better than a Democrat.

Romney would also be the toughest candidate in the General Election because he's so slick. Plus he is a "fresh face" so would seem like a candidate for change on superficial terms.

But as for point 3, I think they'd all be equally reprehensible in office.