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grantcart
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:03 PM Original message |
The GOP candidate for President in 2012 is not going to be Romney, Palin, Huckabee or Gingrich |
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Cha
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Okay..we'll see how they pick 'em this time.. |
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grantcart
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ugly in gives you ugly out |
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davidpdx
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Keen observation |
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NorthCarolina
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Romney has likely already been given the nod by the party big wigs, |
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Yavin4
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I Agree. Romney's Candidacy Will Determine How Well The Republican Establishment |
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grantcart
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. lol pure nonsense. Not only is Romney not viable in getting the evangelical |
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NorthCarolina
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Time will weed out the nonsense from the reality. |
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quakerboy
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Wed Apr-14-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Didnt McCain lose to Bush Jr in 2000? |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. McCain lost came back and lost again |
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davidpdx
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. I agree, Romney is DOA |
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Arugula Latte
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. It never fails to amuse me how |
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TwilightGardener
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. I agree--it's his turn, just like it was McLame's turn last time. |
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Orangepeel
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe. It depends on whether or not it looks like an Obama slam dunk |
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grantcart
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The candidate in 2012 will not be running with a serious chance of winning in 2012, |
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theoldman
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Wed Apr-14-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. After the failures of Bush there was very little chance for a Republican win in 2008. |
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Gidney N Cloyd
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't forget Gen. Petreus. He's already done an Iowa tour. nt |
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leftynyc
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Insists he's not interested |
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yellowcanine
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am thinking the pubbies may go with a sacrificial lamb because Obama is going to be strong. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Agree on all counts.... |
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beyurslf
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am not sure that running in the primary and not winning counts as running and losing. |
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jenmito
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think it may be Thune or Ryan. Just a guess. n/t |
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Born_A_Truman
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Wed Apr-14-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. My husband is convinced McCain ... |
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frazzled
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Wed Apr-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Are you getting your information on Daniels from the Indianapolis Star? |
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LiberalFighter
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Wed Apr-14-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Because of Daniels Indiana has the 2nd highest sales tax in the country at 7%. |
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OHdem10
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Wed Apr-14-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Romney still has the best chance of being nominee. |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I am just going to make a wild guess that you don't have a lot of personal |
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KingFlorez
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Thu Apr-15-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. They aren't going to nominate anyone with low name ID |
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RFKHumphreyObama
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Thu Apr-15-10 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
22. I have to disagree with you here on this statement |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. In both cases that you sited they weren't candidates who lost the primaries |
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LeftyAndProud60
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Thu Apr-15-10 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm glad to see people talking about Daniels w/o the conservative spin. I knew he was a genius. |
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LeftyAndProud60
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Thu Apr-15-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. i meant wasn't.nt |
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LeftyAndProud60
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Thu Apr-15-10 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
24. I hate to say it, but Jeb Bush would be a problem for us. I think he could win. Va/Fla/NC/Ohio love |
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tallahasseedem
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Thu Apr-15-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You are spot on... |
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leftynyc
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. One of them would have to move |
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tallahasseedem
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. They wont have a problem doing that... |
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NYC Liberal
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. No they can come from the state |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. This makes 100 more times sense than the gibberish about Romney |
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DCBob
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Perhaps unless his brother gets indicted for war crimes and put in jail where he belongs. |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-15-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. That'll never happen. |
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AlinPA
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Thu Apr-15-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. The republican base is wild about Palin and the media loves her. |
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nxylas
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Thu Apr-15-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Palin is too much of a loose cannon |
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AlinPA
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Palin, the teabaggers, fundamentalists, birthers, and far right are the republican establishment. |
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nxylas
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Thu Apr-15-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Sure, they'd like you to believe that |
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depakid
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Thu Apr-15-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. Reagan ran and lost in 1976 |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Reagan ran and lost against a sitting President and was so close to |
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mstinamotorcity
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Thu Apr-15-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Those trolls know that 2012 |
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NYC Liberal
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. I never take ANYTHING for granted at this point. |
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tranche
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Thu Apr-15-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. I think it's Romney's "turn". I'd be afraid of Jeb Bush though. n/t |
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grantcart
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Again I am guessing that you don't have much close contact with Evangelicals. |
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rasputin1952
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Thu Apr-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
42. I think the GOP will go for what they usually go for... |
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Arkana
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. Expect to see Haley Barbour in that mix as well. |
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and-justice-for-all
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. I live in Indiana and Daniels is a piece of shit... |
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Bobbie Jo
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Thu Apr-15-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. +1 |
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DCBob
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. General Patreus is a possibility... |
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burning rain
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Thu Apr-15-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. There's a key difference between the parties. |
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saltpoint
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. Very possible. I could see a scenario where Huckabee decides not |
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Ikonoklast
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. I don't care who they run. |
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opihimoimoi
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
57. Palin/Bachmann is gonna be the GOPIGs final choice....no other option |
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bullwinkle428
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Mitch Daniels? I hereby dub thee "Captain Comb-over"! |
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Sebastian Doyle
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
60. Daniels may well be a possibility. |
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