Unscientific Poll (Republicans only please): Nominee for 2012?
I know it’s early, and we’re just getting used to the new President elect, but the party is going to be going one of two directions, and I would like to know what the attitude is.
A.) Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
B.) Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK)
C.) Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)
D.) Fmr. Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)
E.) Fmr. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
F.) Someone else?
And to Democrats who want to answer: If you really have nothing better to do than skew the results of this unscientific poll, I guess there’s no helping you, so go ahead.
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Should the Republicans nominate Sarah Palin for 2012 so that Obama can win in another landslide?
It looks like whoever the next Republican nominee is for 2012, Obama will win in another landslide. Who should it be?
Sarah Palin?
Mitt Romney?
Mike Huckabee?
Charlie Crist?
Rudy Giuliani?
If it was any of these candidates, Obama will probably win in a bigger landslide than he did this year. Who should it be?
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In light of all the scandals and infighting, who has the best chance of being the GOP’s nominee in 2012?
Looks like we can cross Mark Sanford and John Ensign off the list.
Seems like political pundits keep mentioning people from the 2008 campaign – Romney, Huckabee, and Palin (heaven forbid) – as the most likely candidates.
Other names that keep coming up include Newt Gingrich (by 2012, 14 years would have passed since he held public office) and Rudy Giuliani (by 2012, 11 years would have passed since he held public office).
Two of the most highly respected Republicans in the US – Senators Richard Lugar and Chuck Grassley – will be way too old to run. Ditto for John McCain.
The GOP leaders in Congress – McConnell and Boehner – come across as being obstructionists who haven’t been able to generate any alternative plans to what Obama proposes.
As for the better known Republican governors… Arnold can’t run since he wasn’t born here, Rick Perry (TX) blew it after the seccesionist remarks earlier this year, Charlie Crist (FL) is too moderate for most Repubs, Bobby Jindhal (LA) is really young and didn’t make a good impression in the Repub’s response to the SotU address, Haley Barbour (MS) is a spitting image of the liberals’ stereotype of Republican politicians – an old white buffoon, and Mitch Daniels (IN) is an Arab-American (a non-starter for evangelicals) whose governing style is very heavy-handed.
Doesn’t look like the GOP has many options for 2012. Are there any rising stars that I am not aware of?
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Is Obama a shoe-in for 2012?
I think so. Look at the weak competition!
John McCain already lost to Obama and will be too old to run again.
Sarah Palin is the Republican frontrunner. How sad. No one even likes her anymore because she proved herself to be too unintelligent for the position in her interview with Katie Couric. She is also a complete loon, completely off her rockers!
Bobby Jindal is a minority which helps but he would be outwitted by Obama in the debates. To me, Jindal is the GOP’s best hope because of his minority status.
Mitt Romney is the second-best hope that the GOP has because of his style, looks and well-spokenness. He could get a lot of female voters to vote for him. What hurts him more than anything is his newfound pro-life position on abortion, which will scare off moderates and lots of women. The last thing we need is another Christian fundie dictating social policy!
Mike Huckabee has a good personality and has a good sense of humor (major plus there) but this is the 21st Century and no one wants an uber-religious Christian conservative calling the shots in the White House.
Rudy Giuliani hasn’t been active in politics since Bloomberg took over as NYC mayor. Also, 9/11 was a long time ago.
Ron Paul’s positions are way too extreme to win a Republican nomination and it would make no sense for him to run as a meaningless third party candidate, so he’s out of the running.
George P. Bush gets points because he is Mexican and can get that all-important Hispanic vote. He loses points because he shares the same last name as the worst president of all time, George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush lacks the Hispanic support that the younger, half-Hispanic George P. Bush has. He also did a lousy job as Florida’s governor. Incompetence must run in the Bush family.
Michael Steele counterbalances Obama’s blackness, but the black community recognizes that he is nothing more than an Uncle Tom a la Alan Keyes.
Newt Gingrich needs to get it through his head that the 90’s were a long time ago. He was a laughing stock then and he would be an even bigger laughing stock in 2012! Give it up already, your five minutes are up!
Tom Tancredo appeals to the xenophobe Lou Dobbs-watching anti-Mexican faction, not to mainstream Americans. The open-minded Obamanation would crush him.
Rush Limbaugh…I won’t even go there! Everybody hates him now!
The rest of the GOP…old, washed-up, bitter, white men who bankrupted this country with their crooked crony capitalism. Obama will turn this country around and then the Republican Party will be dead…good riddance!
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Who do you want to see against the Obama Biden ticket in 2012? Who would you vote for?
I would like to see former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and who ever he chooses to be his VP nominee. He might choose Gov. Rick Perry. As who I would vote for, I would wait until 2012, so I can decide then. I am very liberal, so I will probably vote for Obama and Biden.
I do not think Rudy Giuliani will get the GOP nomination, because I think Romney will take the North, while Gingrich, Huckabee, and Jindal fight in the south. While Palin, and Thune fight over the west.
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Will Romney get another chance in 2012? Will the Religious right block him again?
“Romney picked as 2012 GOP front-runner”
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Conservative activists on Saturday named former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the winner of a poll for best 2012 GOP presidential candidate.
The poll marked the third consecutive year Romney came out on top.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal placed second in the annual poll, conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
The choices in the poll were: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist; former House speaker Newt Gingrich; former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; Jindal; Texas Rep. Ron Paul; Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; Romney; South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, and “Undecided.” There’s also space on the ballot for a write-in candidate.
The results, culled from the party’s most resolute activists, could go a long way in shoring up a presidential hopeful’s conservative resume, as was the case with Romney when he won the straw poll in 2007 for 2008.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/28/cpac/index.html
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Who’s next to get caught caught in an affair?
Ok folks…. lets look at all the Republican candidates and who is likely to be the next one caught in an affair. Extra points if you correct guess the gender of the mistress/mister?
-Governor Sarah Palin
-Governor Bobby Jinda (so doubtful)l
-Governor Charlie Crist
-Former Governor Mitt Romney
-Former Governor Tim Pawlenty (my odds on favorite)
-Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani? (this wouldn’t be a shock)
-Senator John Thune
Charlie Crist
Rudy Giuliani
The former mayor of New York, Rudy or Rudolph Giuliani was one of the presumptive presidential nominees for 2008. He served as the mayor for two terms in New York. He pulled himself out from the presidential race in January and fully approved McCain.
This year in 2008, he did put up an impressive fight, however, his rather liberal views about abortion and gay rights did not grant him much of a place in the eyes of the conservative republicans. He personally believes that abortion is wrong but maintains that ultimately the woman must get to make her choice. Though he did not support same sex marriages, he did support civil unions and said that all the city benefits must be made available to gay people as well. In addition, his campaigning took a backseat when his favorite reference Bernard Kerik, was found to be a fraud in many tax cases and also had other federal charges against him. He also preferred to concentrate on the big states to win his votes, which later became a strategy that did not quite go well. His stronghold in those states fell greatly and the lead that he initially had was lost.
He is most remembered for his stance and work during and after the 9/11 attacks. He was considered to be the leader who had taken charge of the restoration of the country after the attacks. He advocated himself as a worker who toiled with the rest of them. A lot of them opposed this statement. However, the media was all praise for his immediate action after the attacks. He was also voted as the Person of the Year by the Time magazine that year. That was not all; he elicited comments from Oprah Winfrey, and Vincent Cannato hugely in his favor. However, there were critics, both activists and the public saying that Giuliani was just another politician trying to exaggerate things and get his popularity up by quoting his “contributions” to the people of America in getting them together after the attacks.
His participation in the 2012 elections is, however, a question mark. There was a lot of discussion about the website called joinrudy2012 which is extremely similar to the official joinrudy2008. At first, there were a lot of rumors saying that he was already campaigning for the 2012 election but later, Sunny Mindel who is the spokesperson said that the site was not official and they would file for immediate closure of the website and make sure that the particular domain name would be ceased. The public has given varied feedbacks upon receiving this news as some people were diehard Giuliani supporters and they were hoping that this early campaign would flourish. Some remained skeptical about the issue of it not being legitimate and some others just viewed it as another incident that shook the world of politics and made headlines only to be forgotten the next day.
All said and done, the fact remains that Rudy Giuliani still remains a credible presidential candidate for the 2012 and the Governor’s post for 2010
Rudy Giuliani vs Obama 2012 Presidential Election?
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Everybody’s favorite 9/11 leader vs the great beach buddy Obama?
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