Who do you think will get the Republican nomination for Prez?

[Quixote1818]

Poll question: Who do you think will get the Republican nomination for Prez?

I think Duncan Hunter and Mike Huckabee are the sleepers.

[eShirl]

1. Satan

[Quixote1818]

3. Thats a given, but in what form will Satan take? nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. I don't think Cheney is planning on running in '08.

;)

[Just-plain-Kathy]

17. No...Cheney's going to take the money and run.

:hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

37. Well said!

And too true. :hi:

[LSK]

13. Delay isnt running

:D

[AlCzervik]

19. i wish i could nominate a post, you'd win the prize.

thanks for the giggle.
:toast:

[rep the dems]

2. At this point I'm inclined to say Romney. And I think we'll win. nt

[WatchWhatISay]

5. Its irrelevant

There party will have even less credibility by Nov 2008 than it does now.

[emulatorloo]

9. dunno, people love love love 'maverick" John McCain

Why, I don't know -- he has no integrity, no credibility, no nothing.

But at any rate, on my pessimistic days I imagine people/'independents' saying:

"I'll vote for McCain because it is the perfect balance -- A Democratic Congress and a Republican President!!!"

[MethuenProgressive]

6. Jeb Bush - Romney has no chance, fundis will reject a mormon

It'll be a southern white male non-Catholic christian, that's for sure

[Quixote1818]

8. Romney also donated to the Democratic party. Thats deadly for a Republican. nt

[rep the dems]

25. My god.

Multiple choice Romney is even more multiple choice than I thought! :rofl:

[KansDem]

18. Jeb Bush would be my guess as well...

There's been a Bush or Bob Dole on the GOP ticket in every general election since 1976 (that's EIGHT (8) elections). And Dole was used as a sacrifice (as VP to Ford in 1976 when the nation was pissed at Ford for pardoning Nixon and as POTUS in 1996 when the GOP knew Clinton couldn't be beat). So either the GOP/Bush Family comes up with another sacrifice (Dole too old?) or, if it thinks the Bush Family can retain power, it'll nominate Jeb. No matter, some Bush will be back in 2012 when the Family thinks the crime scene has cooled down enough...

[VenusRising]

7. You forgot Ron Paul.

I actually think he is a stand-up republican for the most part.

[Clevenger]

27. Ron Paul would be a breath of fresh air. n/t

[TheWraith]

10. McCain won't make it through the primaries. I suspect Brownback is the dark horse. NT.

[Clevenger]

24. Yes, McCain seems dead in the water right now. n/t

[saltpoint]

11. I approached your poll with an intent to cast a vote, but that line-up

of goons, thugs, psychotics, and werewolves just is too off-putting.

Man. They all just absolutely postively SUCK. A macabre gaggle of nitwits and thieves.

At moments like this I fully understand why someone would take heroin.

[skipos]

12. I am 100% positive it will be

someone horrible. That's why I can confidently say I will vote for the Democratic nominee.

[Lusted4]

14. Hagle, he's the only one with a snowballs chance.

He's moving left, ahead of the pack.

[Quixote1818]

15. He is becoming the favorate of the Press. They can make and break you. nt

[TheWraith]

32. That's not a survival trait for the Republican primary, though.

He's a moderate, and moderates tend to be clubbed over the head by some arch-wingnut in the primaries. Remember McCain and Bush in 2000? Bush won with the help of an extensive smear campaign on McCain. I'd suspect that somebody is going to do that to Hagel, McCain, maybe Romney too this time around.

[LSK]

16. amazingly enough, to get the GOP nomination, you have to pander to the right

Which makes you weak in the General. Especially if Iraq is still raging and people are only going to get more sick of the war.

And pandering to the moderates in the primaries might mean you dont make it through the primaries. Most of the moderates are defecting to the Dems and will probably get caught up in Hillary/Obama mania. Leaving only the radical right in the Repuke primaries.

McCain is pandering to the right recently, but in doing so is following in the footsteps of the 30% approval rating Bush administration.

[TahitiNut]

20. Joe Lieberman

:rofl:

[Quixote1818]

26. Actually, I don't think the right wing really likes him.

No one likes Joe Lieberman and the only reason he won, was because Cheney told the Republicans to vote for Lieberman. It must suck knowing the people who voted for you don't really like you.

Your post was funny though! Thanks for the laugh.

[Eugene]

21. Pataki is not running.

Pataki has packed up and gone home - Boston Globe

I think the nomination is John McCain's to lose.
Repubs are starting to see through Romney's
conservative appearance.

[Quixote1818]

29. Thanks. I changed the poll. nt

[napi21]

22. Way too soon to tell. Remember how even WE thought Allen was

going to win in Va? You can never tell who's going to do or say what, and anear 2 year campaign is a very, very long time!

I happen to think McCain's support of Shrub is going to defeat him.

Romney's opponents are going to be quick to point out that he supported gay marriage and abortion when he ran for Gov and he'll be shown as saying anything to win.

Giuliani will lose out because he will be painted as an adulterer, and his formerwives will help point that out.

The one candidate that scares me is Brownback. if he canbe shown as a Shrub clone, we'll be OK, but I really do think HE stands a chance.

Out of the whole Pub pack, the only one that doesn't scare me nearly as much as the rest is Hagel. Rumors are flying that he's going to announce soon.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

23. It would be scary if they start pushing Jeb again...

:scared: ...That would be an outright, Bye-bye democracy. :scared:

[patricia92243]

28. I voted Brownback. He is the most religious and anti-gay marriage will determine who the Republican

nominee is. Forget the war - anti-gay and anti-abortion will alway win the game.

[Quixote1818]

30. The Religious right will love him and that may be enough. nt

[PATRICK]

31. One of the blander no names

who will be no threat to the Bushes control over the future. Not Hagel, McCain, Guiliani if they can help it. Probably one of the sleepers.

It still depends on the Bushes and their backers. That is how miserably weak that party is. They needed someone within their cicrle at least and even floated Condi. That leaves them offering up a lamb and gaming defeat.

[pdrichards114]

33. You forgot Ron Paul

but even so I still think traitor McCain will still get nomination.

[Lord Byron]

34. Huckabee! here's why

McCain: hated by freepers, hated by the religious right, hated by libertarians, hated by antiwar republicans (yes they exist)
Romney: oh Jesus. He's currently being destroyed. In corporate circles, I'm sure they love him; but the base hates him.
Giuliani: Pro-abortion, moderate on gay rights. He's not a big tax-cutter. Plus, he cheated on his wife and behaved reprehensibly (Republicans hated Clinton for this behavior)

So those front-runners...aren't going to win.

Huckabee on the other hand is a smooth talker, a former minister of the gospel, seems like a genuinely nice fellow, doesn't have a voting record which his enemies can pick apart (so he can reinvent himself as he pleases). He might even have crossover appeal. This is a guy to look out for. Clinton and Obama should beware.

[porphyrian]

35. Larry the Cable Guy.

What?

[Swamp Rat]

36. Whoever has the strongest ties to ES&S

;)

[On the Road]

38. I Think Giuliani May Pull a Surprise

I agree Huckabee is a sleeper, but he's got to get to that critical mass of support needed to be a major candidate.