Best GOP Candidate

[Ajidica]

Any reason you hate Pawlenty so? He has a better chance of getting the nomination then Palin.

 

[GamezRule]

State "nationalism" is a ******** ideal reserved for Virginia.

 

[Ajidica]

Huh?
fivechar

 

[orrery]

Pawlenty's bid for the Presidency is already over after his terrible performance at the debate the other night. He's not a serious candidate and can't raise enough funds for a campaign.

 

[Ajidica]

Pawlenty's bid for the Presidency is already over after his terrible performance at the debate the other night. He's not a serious candidate and can't raise enough funds for a campaign.

Pawlenty is a more valid candidate then the pizza man. Pawlenty has pretty heavy experiance with politics. He fought a heavily DFL legislature to a standstill with his veto pen.

 

[downtown]

That inability to raise money is a pretty significant drawback though...

 

[Miles Teg]

He's a credible candidate, even if I don't think he'll win. He's widely viewed as more conservative than Romney, and willing to go to some lengths to garner tea party support. His fundraising has actually been good, and he's attracted a fairly impressive campaign team. He's not going to win the whole-hearted support of "the base", but he's an extremely plausible compromise candidate.

Also, debates don't matter. Debates with an extremely high proportion of un-serious candidates matter less. Most importantly, debates this early on matter least of all.

 

[Joecoolyo]

My vote goes to Romney.

And that basically says nothing considering the extremely weak pool of candidates the GOP is putting forward this year.

 

[downtown]

You can post that a thousand times, but it doesn't mean its true. Mitt Romney is a lot of things, several of them not good, but he isn't a draft dodger.

 

[Dachs]

State "nationalism" is a ******** ideal reserved for Virginia.

Are you high?

 

[JollyRoger]

Link to video.

There will be hell toupee for that.

 

[Glassfan]

Sometimes, an unexpected candidate (Clinton, '92) suddenly shows up out of nowhere just before the Iowa Caucas and surprises everybody.

 

[_random_]

Lets be realistic. Romney doesn't have a chance at beating Obama. The only candidate that does have a chance of beating Obama is the current GOP Frontrunner Ron Paul.

Romney might be able to show some semblance of intelligence in a debate against Obama. When people in the mainstream realize just how kookoo bananas Ron Paul is, whatever support is causing you to label him "current GOP Frontrunner" is going to drop hard. This will happen before the primary is up. Huntsman and Palwenty are both pretty interesting candidates with some solid credentials. If either of them could raise awareness of themselves, they could be serious contenders.

Personally, of all the people who have expressed interest in the GOP nomination, I really, really hope Jimmy McMillan gets it. It'd just be too damn funny. Jonathan Sharkley would be good if the current party wants to show their levels of religious tolerance.

 

[Hygro]

Romney might be able to show some semblance of intelligence in a debate against Obama. When people in the mainstream realize just how kookoo bananas Ron Paul is, whatever support is causing you to label him "current GOP Frontrunner" is going to drop hard. This will happen before the primary is up. Huntsman and Palwenty are both pretty interesting candidates with some solid credentials. If either of them could raise awareness of themselves, they could be serious contenders.

Personally, of all the people who have expressed interest in the GOP nomination, I really, really hope Jimmy McMillan gets it. It'd just be too damn funny. Jonathan Sharkley would be good if the current party wants to show their levels of religious tolerance.

you are giving orrery too much credit. "When people in the mainstream...."? Been had. You're actually taking the idea that Ron Paul is a front runner as a given. Not only is he not, but the guy probably isn't even running.

 

[_random_]

you are giving orrery too much credit. "When people in the mainstream...."? Been had. You're actually taking the idea that Ron Paul is a front runner as a given. Not only is he not, but the guy probably isn't even running.

I figured I'd humor the guy a little.

 

[Miles Teg]

Not only is he not, but the guy probably isn't even running.

For the moment, Ron Paul is running. He's formed an exploratory committee, and taken part in an official Republican debate. It's stupid, but Paul is too egotistical to pass up a shot at the white house, and is well aware that in 2016 he'll be older than Reagan was when he left office.

Maybe he'll get pushed out, but I doubt it. The internet, for reasons I honestly can't comprehend, adores Ron Paul. As long as Paul can raise craploads of money, he can pretend to be a serious candidate

 

[Dachs]

The internet, for reasons I honestly can't comprehend, adores Ron Paul.

It's easy: the internet is stupid.

 

[Lord of Elves]

Wasn't it Ron Paul who advocated disbanding the Federal Reserve?

If so god help us all.

 

[Miles Teg]

It's easy: the internet is stupid.

Well duh, but the internet usually has the attention span of an ADHD 10 year old high who's been sucking on pixie sticks like an addict. Which is why I can't understand the internet's fixation on a septuagenarian who probably thinks that an internet is a type of net used in the shrimping industry that he loves to get earmarks for.

 

[orrery]

I find that people who claim Ron Paul is crazy are often 10 times more crazy than he is. As the status-quo statist candidates all seem to be faltering Paul's numbers seem to only be climbing exponentially and he's the only candidate with grassroots support. He's widely held as the Founding Father of the Tea Party and the modern movement for Freedom and Liberty in the country.

His position on the Drug War alone is enough to secure him enough votes for the Presidency.