Good News: The 2012 Campaign for President Is Underway
The presidential election results are barely in and some Senate seats are still undecided. Americans have voted for “change,” even if all of those who did so may not quite understand the full consequences of “change.” But many are already looking ahead to 2012. We can now begin to consider those names that might appear on our 2012 ballots — and offer some advice to improve their prospects.
The contest for 2012 really began before the 2008 contest was completed. On the Democratic side it was clear that, despite her comments to the contrary, Senator Hillary Clinton almost assuredly would have considered another run in ’12 if Barack Obama had been unsuccessful.
With his success and the likelihood that Obama will not have a cataclysmic first term with a Democratic Congress, it is likely that the political left who put him in the White House will, with a wave of adulation and applause, ensure that Obama is once again the Democrat nominee in 2012.
Republicans have shown a tendency to go back to the bench looking for the next star player after the team captain retires or ends up in the infirmary. It is with an understanding of history from the contenders that we saw the 2012 race for the White House on the Republican side begin almost before the dust settled on this year’s primary.
Mike Huckabee, who continued his quest for the nomination long after it appeared dead, not only started a PAC but signed a contract with Fox News that has allowed him to hold mini presidential-style town hall meetings right over the air.
To be successful in a potential 2012 nomination fight Huckabee will need to keep himself in front of the faithful, mainly using the airways as he did in the primaries. Still, that may not be enough for Huckabee to outrun what many in the GOP found to be a liberal economic record as governor, when he raised some taxes and offered education benefits to the children of non-citizens. He will need to more clearly articulate a conservative economic agenda and improve his national security credentials.
Mitt Romney has been a constant presence on the campaign trail this fall, talking up John McCain’s positive traits while appearing knowledgeable and presidential on the screen. Looking back, it is easy to see reasons why Romney may have stumbled in the nomination contest. Romney ran away from his governorship in Massachusetts, assailing the state as liberal. What he did not do was spend as much time pointing out his accomplishments in the state. He appeared stiff on the trail, rarely showing a personal side.
if Obama runs on Hope and Change and do you want 4 more years of Bush in 2012 he is toast
Romney needs to become a born again Christian and renounce Mormonism to have a shot with the conservative base
My Govenor Jindal is sharp but has had some set backs
second on the ticket may be more appropriate
he truly is a sharp canidate but the media will roast him on his stand on intelligent design
he’s only 37 years old
huckabee is likeable, is he electable?
I think Jindal is the man.
Whoever it is, the Republicans need to rediscover their conservative message and purge the Rinos.
Michael Steele gave a great speech at the convention. Would be criticized by the press as a “me too” candidate, simply because he is black.
How about the salamander? Newt.
I wouldn’t worry too much about Jindal’s stand on intelligent design. As long as the public record of his time in office shows that he never voted for or pushed legislation to install intelligent design as curriculum, it will die an early death as a issue. The key there is to get the issue out early and pound it into the ground by showing one’s voting record. Now, if his record shows him politically pushing ID then that will be a bigger problem. But overall, the earlier the subject is put out and shown to be nothing more than a closely held view but does not affect policy decisions then it’s not an issue.
I heard a rumor, and it’s strictly grapevine, that Newt may look to take over as head of the RNC. Let’s hope that that is the case.
PALIN/JINDAL – 2012
I am not even going to read this column but I am going to comment. It is four long years before the next Presidential election. My prediction is that the next Republican Presidential nominee has not even seriously thought about it yet.
I thought that the campaign of 2012 was being thought about when McCain picked Palin as VP candidate.
The 2008 campaign went on forever. I can’t be the only person to delight in the blessed absence of political ads on TV on Wednesday.
One thing – Huckabee is a big government evangelical. That didn’t win the nomination for him this year and it will be pretty toxic in 2012. With a really big government leftist in the WH now, we need to get back to basic conservative principles.
I have nothing against someone being an evangelical. I do have something against someone making a big deal about it in his campaign. The way Huckabee smeared Romney’s religion was both shameful and ridiculous. I am a believer and I agree with some socially conservative positions; I disagree with others. But please let’s get away from thinking that talking constantly about how strong your faith is going to play anyplace but in the South. Reagan was a social conservative who seldom went to church. That didn’t matter in 1980 or 1984, but somehow church membership has became a litmus test for certain conservatives.
If Bobby Jindal can manage to clean up the cesspool that is Louisiana politics, I’ll be mightily impressed and I won’t care if he personally believes the world was created when a turtle hatched a giant egg. I just don’t want him making a campaign issue out of insisting that it must be taught in public schools.
I’m not voting for US Pope or National Preacher for president. I want someone who A. believes in the essential conservative creed of limited government and strong defense, and B. someone with an actual record of concrete accomplishments who can show they’re not just talking the talk.
To Tom #5:
It is unlikely that Romney would ever give up his Religion. Since I am a member of that same faith I can attest to how his faith defines his actions. To us the U.S. Constitution is an inspired document. I think Romney would rather give up the nomination than give up his religion. I may get a lot of flack for saying this but those who think that Mormons are not Christian really do not understand us or perhaps refuse to understand us. Our ideas concerning Christ may different than most of the other Christian faiths, but that does not mean we do not believe in Him or His role as Savior.
Anyway I digress. My hope is for the guy I wanted in the first place – Fred Thompson. IF he gets serious about it.
Sorry I meant Tom #2
It is NOT good news to talk about 2012. We need SERVANT-LEADERS who focus on stopping Obama’s socialism NOW and rebuilding the GOP from the ground up NOW, to get ready for 2010, the next real test and the most important election to define the next decade…
I think Huckabee disqualified himself the moment he decided NOT to run for US Senate against Pryor. Huck – FIX ARKANSAS FIRST and forget the presidency, you’ll never be our nominee.
Same goes for Guiliani. RUN FOR GOVERNOR, RUDY! We cannot afford a Democrat running New York in 2012, redistricting away 10 GOP seats.
And Romney: Run for US Senate again, and work on rebuilding the GOP in the northeast.
Palin: Just be a good Governor for the next 2 years, and send us a good replacement for Stevens, who I hope is escorted quickly from the Senate.
Any 2012 candidate who wastes our time, energy, focus and attention on them, instead of rebuilding the GOP BRAND is a candidate we should shun mightily.
EVERY LEADER NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED – DO YOU SUPPORT THE 435 STRATEGY? IF NO, WHY NOT? IF YES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE IT A REALITY?
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/2008/11/435-district-strategy.html
Every leader needs to articulate not THEIR vision, but put a stake in the ground on what our COMMON VISION as Republicans is:
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/
Here’s my take on the Republicans core principles: The GOP is the party of liberty, limited government, judges who rule on law and not make them, law and order, traditional values and family values, free enterprise, equality of opportunity, strong national defense, Constitutional rights and individual responsibility.
PS. “I heard a rumor, and it’s strictly grapevine, that Newt may look to take over as head of the RNC. Let’s hope that that is the case.” This would be great if true.
For myself and my extended family, we’ll vote for Palin, our next President. She’s a _leader_, not a follower of the changing whimes of sentiment.
Real leadership is hard to find in the GOP, witness McCain, a person of compromise on _most_ matters. Had no vision of a future, only a gathering of consensus.
Real leaders would have done something serious about criminal, illegal immigration a long time ago. It is against the law, duh! I’m tired of talkers who refuse to implement the laws of the land; who have not principles; who can’t find a good solution because the right solution is difficult or not popular. Right solutions do follow the law of the land and the Lords ways.
Whomever the Rupublican candidate is in 2012 must be a true conservative. The results of Tuesday’s election has shown that the current watered down platform of The Repub. party has not and will not work to energize the base.
I’m aggrevated by the spinless candidates we have been fed and as a conservative, I agree with Jake and Donna.
WE MUST HAVE A TRUE CONSERVATIVE. ARRRGGGHHHH!!!…………..
Whew!! been holding that in since January.
Has anyone found a site for the aggrevated conservatives out here in no-mans land?
Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, and Sarah Palin – that’s who I think should be the future of the Republican Party.
I have told of my never-ending crush on Bobby Jindal to lots of people. I think he’s incredible.
#12:
You’re on the outside trying to redefine Christianity. Mormonism has doctrines incompatable with historical Christianity. Mormonism is Mormonism.
Nate: I don’t care about what anybody thinks of Mormonism. I don’t care if it’s Christian or not. What have the Mormons ever done to me? Romney did not propose making Mormonism the state religion. As a true conservative, I believe religion, or lack thereof, is nobody else’s damn business unless they try to force it down your throat.
In 4 years, after the combo of Obama/Reid/Pelosi has foisted God knows how many government programs and taxes on us, the very last thing Americans will be in a mood to hear is: “Mormons are Christians!” “No they’re not!”
Save it for theology class, it has no place whatsoever in a national political debate.
(And I’m speaking as a pro-life Catholic. And yeah, I know there are evangelicals who don’t think I’m Christian either. Tough.)
I hope that Sarah stays in Alaska. I really don’t want to see her on the ticket. I think that McCain might have gotten it with Romney on the ticket. I wonder if Romney was offered the spot?
Over and over, the media reported that the LDS church had repudiated polygamy, which is incorrect. The church suspended polygamy but it’s still a core belief that “celestial marriage” will be reinstated someday, if not in this life, then the next. The church also believes that someday Mormons will rescue the constitution and the U.S. government. Romney can only hope the media continues to do a sloppy job of investigating the core doctrines that make Mormons tick. The church is trying to move its practices away from its cult past without having to let go of the beliefs than now seem ridiculous in our time.
Christ keeps getting thrown in the mix ~ fellow conservative Floridians do NOT care for him at all.
Palin, Steele, Jindal. What luck to have several possible candidates that really inspire my confidence. Plus if we had Inhofe as top dog in the Senate we’d have a real shot at cleaning up corruption in Congress. These are the few politicians who don’t cause me to change the channel when they appear. Right now there is such a feeling of optimism and renewed interest in American values, even Old Glory, among many in Democratic ranks. Obama has a unique opportunity to inspire our youth to move away from the glorification of criminal culture and excessive self gratification toward honorable work and civic responsibility. If he could make some progress there it might be worth having to put up with the Democratic dictatorship for four years. Fantasy? Most likely. But that would be change I could believe in until we can send him back to the Rezko Mansion.
Unless we unite and all agree it is the principles as outlined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as the agenda for Conservatives, America will continue to drift leftward and we will be losing not only the American people, but the party as well.
It is the younger generations that we want to give hope to in our country. Leaving them with a 56 trillion dollar legacy will not endear them to Conservaitve principles. Their hope cannot be in a ATM machine, it must be in the same ideals that made this nation the greatest on earth. Currently, they are not getting that in their education, instead we have let the liberals set the curriculum in our schools. It is there that we were defeated by Obama and his ideas.
The liberals behind the scenes have prepared for over 40 years to enable Obama to carry their banner. Are we prepared invest in the same amount of time (hopefully, sooner) to win the battle for our side? The longer we wait, the more difficult the battle will be.
Newt is an incredible writer. His books, no nonsense approach to a lot of the issues our country faces are dead-on. His personal life is really sordid, too. Anywho I don’t believe he should be involved with the RNC. Upon his public statement in resigning as Speaker (10 years ago yesterday), you get the feeling he’d had enough. The “coup” to replace him as Speaker in ’97 may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. The Republican Party’s vastly changed since his first win in ’78. Moreso even today, for the worse. His work as a correspondant is top notch and his political savyness is refreshing to hear, read.
I like Jindal as well. It’ll be interesting which direction he’ll go these next couple years. I was pondering another name for sometime as well. What about Former U.S. Congressman, Oklahoma Representative JC Watts? What I’ve read about the man is quite impressive. Intelligent, conservative, successful businessman. As well as athletic – I’ll bet he can bowl better than Obama. Watts’ book, “What Color Is A Conservative?” is a great page turner. He’d spoken at the ’96 Republican National Convention and said this:
“You see character does count. For too long we have gotten by in a society that says the only thing right is to get by and the only thing wrong is to get caught. Character is doing what’s right when nobody is looking.”
The last line is quoted by many. I’ve heard Obama used it recently (is there any speech Obama hasn’t lifted a portion from?)
I hope Watts makes a splash again in the near future..
Honorable mention to congress(wo)man Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota. She’s a tax attorney who can explain exactly why a flat tax is a fair tax. By 2012, after POR* have run wild for 4 years, the public just might be ready for that.
*Pelosi, 0bama, Reid
#20, you have your opinions on Mormonism. Don’t be a Mormon. But we’re electing political leaders, not religious leaders. Should Mormons follow your example and not vote for Baptists? You people are so ridiculously shallow. Why not work on being a better Christian than a better Baptist/Evangelical? Maybe Jesus would like you a little better!
BTW I like Michael Steele’s take in many of the issues. He does carry baggage when it came to campaign conributions through the years. IMO.
Sonny 25.
Yes, Constitutional law must be restored. The constitution created a republic, not a democracy; where 51% of the people/congress can vote whatever it wants VS the other 49%. This is mob rule.
Equally important, uur republican government consists of three branches:
1) legislative – creates the laws and funding bills.
2) judicial – judges cases using the existing law.
3) execution – implements and policies the existing law.
The end of the republic is being heralded by a judicial branch gone wild: imagining it creates law out of _thin_air_ while the other branches say duh and the people sleep.
These principles need to be fought for, every step of the way. That cannot be done unless most of understand what the Constitutional structure of it is. Those that disagree with our form of govenment, are enemies of our foundational laws (constitution), regardless of whether foreign or domestic, young or old, black or white…
Self-hating boomer: You’re right. I didn’t think of Bachmann but she’s certainly another rising star.
Jim,
Romney would have been a great choice, now that we have 20/20 hindsight. No one knew that this economy would crash the way it did. He was not the best choice at the time that McCain was choosing. Let’s all be very careful not to play couch commando after the fact. It’s too easy to criticize. Palin was an excellent choice, and she was exactly what McCain needed at that time. In 4 more years, she may be a true force in the Republican party. We’ll have to wait and see.
Paul_Unalaska:
Thanks for that bit on Newt. I had forgotten why he left in the first place. He may very well not want to get back in the game, but then he could also again feel the want to get back in after being out all this time. Like I said, just a grapevine rumor that I hope is true. The RNC would definitely benefit, but regardless the current “leaders” need to go.
Maybe I missed something, but how did we get so far into this comment thread and nobody mention General Petraeus?
dave #12 from Tom #2
This wasn’t meant as an insult and I don’t think you took it that way. I have several mormon friends and they are all very dedicated (put most other christians to shame).
My comments are that conservative Christians still view Mormons are a cult and therefore would rather nominate someone with less religious affiliations than Romney with his.
Mitt Romney * Bobby Jindal
If we can get Mitt to run again let’s do it on
our dime this time .
Romney and Jindal both have mercurial minds .
Why cann’t Mitt anounce his running mate at the
same time he does on day one ?
As a Methodist in North Carolina can we just
make it about politics on our side of the line
this time ?
Romney is unacceptable to me. I, too, think Mormonism is a cult, but they bear good fruit, naetheless. I’ve never met an unpleasant Mormon. But, that’s not why Romney is unacceptable to me. I can’t stand his flip-flop-flip on abortion. It’s just opportunism. RomneyCare just went bust. But mostly, he uses more words to say nothing than anyone, even moreso than Obama. I can’t stand to listen to the man talk!
Obama should make either Newt or Palin his Energy Secretary, and Lieberman his Secretary of State. That would handle so many problems, political and otherwise.
Mr. Malone (and others who have said this),
Would you care to tell me why you consider Mormons a cult, and not a religion?
They have been around for more than 150 years and there are more of them worldwide than Jews (and I’m Jewish).
You would not call Judaism a cult. I think PJM could do without your bigotry (and that’s what you are showing by calling them that); but since it’s a type of politically correct bigotry (those Mormons are just a bunch of racist bigamists, dontcha know — or so our leftist elites would have us believe), I guess one can get away with it.
Keving, I couldn’t agree with you more. The right had better dig their heels in deep. I thought we’d get back in track when the Reps stayed after Pelosi, errr, Senate declared recess a few months back. Wishful thinking.
I was looking at the list of people Obama may be considering. Oy! I found this on the Yahoo! headline page. I apologize for the long copy/paste. Thoughts..? :
President-elect Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for top administration posts, according to Democratic officials.
Obama has signaled that he will make no Cabinet-level appointments immediately, and his deliberations are tightly held by his closest aides. But that hasn’t stopped Democrats and interest groups from circulating lists and offering recommendations to the Obama transition team.
Some are surprising, such as former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell as possible education secretary. Others are high-profile governors or members of Congress. Yet many are also little known to the general public — and may remain so.
Obama has less than 11 weeks to staff his new administration. Some names often mentioned as possible appointees to top posts:
DEFENSE SECRETARY
Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Former Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., member of Senate Armed Services Committee.
TREASURY SECRETARY
Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.
Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary and one-time Harvard University president.
SECRETARY OF STATE
Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., 2004 presidential nominee.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., former chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., critic of Iraq war, retiring from Senate.
Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., member of House Judiciary Committee.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, former assistant U.S. attorney for civil rights.
ENERGY SECRETARY
Former Rep. Philip Sharp, D-Ind., president of Resources for the Future think tank.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
EPA ADMINISTRATOR
Lisa P. Jackson, commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Mary Nichols, head of California Air Resources Board.
Kathleeen McGinty, former secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
Howard Dean, chairman of Democratic National Committee, physician, former Vermont governor.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
Jane Garvey, former head of Federal Aviation Administration.
Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of House transportation committee.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary.
INTERIOR SECRETARY
Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles.
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., former executive director of Colorado Natural Resources Department.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
James Lee Witt, former FEMA director.
Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton.
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, chairman of 9/11 commission.
Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chairwoman of Homeland Security intelligence subcommittee.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
James B. Steinberg, former deputy national security adviser.
Susan Rice, former assistant secretary of state for African affairs.
EDUCATION SECRETARY
Colin Powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt.
Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
Inez Tenenbaum, former South Carolina schools superintendent.
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.
Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Rep. John Spratt Jr., D-S.C., chairman of House Budget Committee.
Gene Sperling, economic aide to President Clinton.
Jason Furman, Obama’s campaign economic policy director.
Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY
Valerie Jarrett, Obama friend, chairman and CEO of Habitat Co.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
LABOR SECRETARY
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of House Education and Labor Committee.
Former Rep. David Bonior, member of Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board.
Andy Stern, president of Service Employees International Union.
General Petraeus – I think the man is a great general, and obviously would be fine on defense issues, but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily conservative on other issues. We don’t know anything about his economic views.
I like what little I’ve read and heard about Eric Cantor. Maybe someone from Virginia could fill us in a bit more. Rising star?
Fillibuster Baby Fillibuster
Republicans didn’t lose because of our love of Christ the Redeemer, but because we were not with Him and Sarah Palin as she fought the Cult of Death and showed why all abortion should be outlawed and the murderers prosecuted. Sarah proved she valued even the most unfortunate life and has the courage to say that even rape victims should not compound the tragedy by becoming criminals themselves by killing the blessed baby that is the only good thing about such a terrible union. The baby is not the rapist. Love the baby.
Sarah knows.
She should reject the heretic Mormon when she is our Leader in 2012. All non-Christians except the Jews, because with the Jews and following what Israel wants, Republicans will be invincable and more importantly, heavenbound. And reject Jindal and most Hispanics who are members of the false religion of Catholicism.
Thank you Marc, for noting Mormons are a Cult and they all are just unacceptable.
And if Republicans never win another election because all the RINOs and minorities and Mormons and people with perverted Catholic ideas are banished – what happens on Earth is irrelevant – its improving and redeeming our souls that matters and saving as many Democrats as we can from Hell. And Sarah will be our guide.
“Obama should make either Newt or Palin his Energy Secretary, and Lieberman his Secretary of State. That would handle so many problems, political and otherwise.”
I suspect that considering the treatment of Liebs and Palin by the media and the veiled insults by the Obama team, both of them would tell him to more or less go screw himself. And I don’t think Newt would consider it.
Obama will go for The Governator as his token Republican. Since Ahnold isn’t exactly a conservative or a Republican….
Romney needs to call off his attack dogs on Palin or he won’t get be considered for dog cathcher. the media is in full swing mode 3 days after the election to destroy Palin for 2012 and Romney and his lackies are helping them.
Regarding Mormons: I say they’re a cult, because I’ver read their good book. I speak several languages, so to me, it’s obviously written by someone pretending to use the old Biblical style. Their founder was merely trying to contrive a religion to justify his polygamist desires.
Mormonism and the Moslem faith share a similar beginning, as Mohammed was also a polygamist. Many of these polygamists have a predilection for very young girls. The difference between them is that the Moslems reject Christ, deeming him to be just another prophet.
The Mormons revere Christ. The power of Him is such that you cannot invoke him continually without creating a transformative effect. Mormons are always decent people. I don’t reject them. There is, however, a false basis to their original faith. It was clearly not handed down to them by God Himself, as were Judaism and Christianity. Thus the label of cult. Plus, there are some truly significant differences between their brand of Christianity and every other established sect, but those differences are for Christian theologians to discuss.
If you read mu comments again, I don’t reject Romney for his Mormonism, just his moronism. He uses a lot of words to say a lot of nothing. Political speak. He’s worse than Obama, albeit more qualified. Some of the rest I could live with, but his meaningless talk drives me nuts.
Truthfully, the way for Pubs to get back into ascendancy by 2012 is to simply get more people back into church. Less church-going always equals more Socialism. One either looks to God, or one looks to Man.
“Romney would have been a great choice, now that we have 20/20 hindsight. ”
Some of us knew in JANUARY that Iraq was doing better and that taxes and economy would be topic #1 and that mccain was incoherent on it.
Between the idiots who think RINOs are more electable and the anti-mormon fringers, we couldnt make Romney the nominee.
The rest is history, but DONT think it was not predictable what would happen. It was.
Jindal was incredible handling Hurricane Ike and of course nobody knew because of our pathetic press. He will be 41 in 2012 and would be happy to furnish a birth certificate. He would have Obama for lunch in a debate. Like Steele, Huckabee, Romney, or Petreaus with him but Jindal will be ready for President in 2012 with real accomplishments under his belt.
Forgot about Michelle Bachman would be a good number two with Jindal. Like Palin for Energy Secretary don’t know if she is good for top two jobs.
I want common-sense conservatism.
I want a Republican who understands that cutting federal spending and not raising taxes is key – like McCain. Earmarks should be a thing of the past – if a Senator or representative wants a project for his state or district, then it should be its own legislation, let it be discussed on its merits.
I want a Republican who understands that business AND labor are what drive the economy and a standard of living envied and imitated across the world.
I want a Republican who understands that a broad tax base with low rates is key to prosperity.
I want a Republican who understands that life is sacrosanct – at the beginning and at the end.
I want a Republican who understands love and Marriage crosses many boundaries – but that it doesn’t cross the establishment clause.
I want a Republican that understands that corruption will not be tolerated in government.
I want a Republican that will support the Democrats when it is right and oppose them when it is wrong, not sell their vote for dubious advantage.
I want a Republican who will stand for their heartfelt principles, even if I don’t necessarily agree.
Heck, I want a Democrat who will do the same things!
Spesking of 2012, anyone see Obama’s press conference today. He looks like hell, like he’s been getting no sleep. Hmm, sounds like he got his first real briefings and couldn’t sleep afterwards. He may not last 4 years if he looks this haggard already. Bush has aged dramatically these last few months, becoming an old man virtually overnight. Obama’ll look the same in a year or two at this rate. Well, he wanted the job! Careful what you wish for.
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If Romney had been the nominee during the financial meltdown, he’d have gotten roasted worse than McCain did.
Was it rational to blame McCain? Absolutely not. So why does anyone assume that Romney’s successful business background would have been an asset to him politically just because it is in reality?
No, if Romney had been the nominee, he’d have been served up as a human pinata for everybody to take out their anger against the rich Wall Street “fat-cats” on. The media would have had a field-day talking about CEO compensation, CEOs with several houses, CEO’s who lay off middle class workers while themselves rolling in gravy.
It’s unbelievably naive to believe that this wouldn’t have happened, and that the public, which proved their economic ignorance by rewarding Democrats and punishing Republicans over the collapse, wouldn’t have lapped it up and punished Romney big-time in a spasm of resentment against rich CEOs.
There are many good candidates in the Republican party that would fit the bill for 2012 except for one, Huckabee. I find him to be a self-serving. I will never forget the stunt he pulled in the West Virginia caucus. His attacks against Romney for being Mormon was deplorable and he had many chances to publicly ask his supporters to back off with their online attacks. I’ve been a Christian for my whole life and am embarrased by him. Huckabee says he has character and integrity, I think not. I can’t wait for Huckabee to stick his foot in his mouth when Glenn Beck starts his tv show on fox news this coming January. He knows Glenn’s a Mormon and will probably say something stupid behind his back and have it caught on tape, but that might never happen because Huckabee’s show will probably be cancelled by January, per his lack of ratings.
Now that GWB’s approval ratings are rising after the elections am I the only one who can think of “Jeb in ’12″
Paul:
If Romney had been the nominee during the financial meltdown, he’d have gotten roasted worse than McCain did.
Was it rational to blame McCain? Absolutely not. So why does anyone assume that Romney’s successful business background would have been an asset to him politically just because it is in reality?
Romney as nominee might still have lost against Obama and the superb organization and money machine the Democrats put together. It was a year when Republicans were already crippled by a failed President. But I think the Republicans stood a better chance with Romney for the following reasons:
1. Romney might have been hit by class warfare charges that he was a CEO and only Republicans and CEOs were to blame for the financial meltdown. The difference is that he would have had a coherent argument that it was the fault of people in both Parties and greedy speculators from all strata of life – and would have had hundreds of surrogates hammering home the role of Dem hacks, Barney Frank, McCain’s “good friends: Chris Dodd, Teddy Kennedy in the mess. McCain incoherently ran around like a chicken with it’s head cut off and allowed Democrats to pin the whole mess squarely on Republicans – a perception I fear will remain for years with the public.
2. Romney would not have pined for his good friend Joe Lieberman as VP until the 11th hour and then picked an unvetted Palin. He would have likely selected the experienced Kay Bailey Hutchinson or one of two hispanic retired generals.
Palin may have excited them in Fundie-land, but she hurt the ticket outside traditional Red Bastion States.
Most importantly, selecting her removed the Republican’s strongest argument against Obama – that it was wrong to take someone not even 2 years in high office with no military or executive experience and put then in charge of the whole country.
Romney would have been able to run with a ticket passed on competency and with a vision and program for the future of States like Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida with an able VP ready to step in – against the underqualified and untested Obama and the gaffe-a-day Biden.
3. McCain frequently went so much on character and Senate speak and how he was not a 30-year DC insider, but a new person who would “fight, fight, fight” to change all his “dear friends” and all people needed to know was 35 years ago he suffered!!.
McCain appeared to waste 3 months prior to the Convention going state to state not talking about his vision for America’s future or how he would deal with challenges – but All About Him – his character, his biography, the great moments in his life of courage and pluck – as if the contest was about who had the greater glory and life story.
He failed to acquit himself well as a debater and as an executive leader of a large organization – his campaign was a shambles, lurching from theme to theme. Both Romney and Obama trounced him in debates, and had better organization and fund-raising ability.
4. After two wars that threaten to go on for another decade, people where leery of yet another swaggering fighter jock who seemed emotional, erratic, and who proudly says he decides “based on my gut” and “what I and no one else thinks is right”. Especially when that fighter jock re-embraced the full Neocon foreign policy that even Bush was backing away from. “I was right on the Surge, that’s all that matters”. No John, saying you would contemplate military action against N Korea, Burma, the Sudan, the Congo, Iran, Venezuela, and would have to think about it with Russia over Georgia – since we could “liberate more freedom-lovers!” was not what people wanted to hear.
Romney may still have lost, but he would have been a lot more competitive outside Fundie-Land and likely saved Congressional seats McCain and Culture Warrioress Palin helped lose.
If Romney had been able to convince people that the economic wreck was a bipartisan affair and heads should roll and the unethical Wall Street scum (Romney has strong opinions about the sleaze there betraying the fiduciary trust of each and every investor) he would have strongly helped downticket Republicans killed by the incoherence of McCain, Bush on the economic crisis and inability to articulate why it wasn’t a pure Republican mess.
And there is still a good chance that a competent Romney and a good VP selection just might have established Republicans as the superior ticket bringing credible change and Obama and the Senate Blowhard as an inexperienced and risky choice. When Obama won, even some Republicans that say they voted for Mccain on sentiment – said that the better Candidate, better executive leader & communicator, and better organization won.
Whoever the nominee is, it needs to be a Governor. Somebody from outside Washington. Republicans have better success running as outsiders. I suspect Obama will prove a less than able administrator and decision maker and we need to counter with someone with a proven track record of administrative success.
Much is made of Palin’s missteps, but little is made of her improvement as she loosened from the McCain handlers. I suspect she is a rookie who is a quick learner, especially when she has the opportunity to trust her instincts. I don’t know if I’ll support her in 4 years but I’d like to see her try again. That said, Jindal, Pawlenty or a dark horse Governor with proven skills would be fine with me too. Whoever it is must be younger and better able present his case coherently than either Bush or McCain.
Sorry Romnuts, your man had his chance and failed to catch fire. He’d make an excellent cabinet officer. Huckabee would drive me to the Libertarians and the Republican Party into permanent decline.
Palin / Rove 2012 !!!!
Ok, you can beat this “Who’s next for 2012″ horse to death. Let’s put first things first. Whoever wins the straw vote won’t have a chance until we dissect the Obama fund raising campaign, improve it, adopt it, improve it more, plan it, impliment it, and do it as Conservatives.
What scares the bigeebies out of me is the network of followers (lemmings)that Obama has created. He will be using it to push his socialistic programs for the next eight years if we let him. Fund raising must be matched to keep the playing field level!
Is it just me or do others think that some
bloggers are really far lefties dressed in
wolve’s fur ?
As a Methodist living in North Carolina only my
liberal friends attacked Mitt Romney . There
was two Fred Thompson fans that did attack Mitt
early on though .
Intellectually a MITT ROMNEY * BOBBY JINDAL 2012
ticket can not be beaten .
The far left hates Romney and Jindal because
they are so scared of them .
Mesquite 1 writes:
“Let’s put first things first. Whoever wins the straw vote won’t have a chance until we dissect the Obama fund raising campaign, improve it, adopt it, improve it more, plan it, impliment [sic] it, and do it as Conservatives.”
Indeed.
But the first>/i> thing we have to put first is to make sure the blinding spotlight of POTUS is kept firmly and squarely on their Messiah. We keep harping on this stuff (although perhaps legitimate) and we’ll get a Clintonesque-defense backlash basically telling us to “get over it”.
I agree with Marc Malone’s assertions that Obama looked haggard. It was, I am sure, an “oh sh*t!” moment for him. Also, his very first appointment in what is said to be a clandestine process was a rather noisy Rahm Emanuel and it was hugely instructive. Emanul is visious, vindictive, and a friend of Israel. I believe that Obama will return to the center and piss off a lot of his love slaves who envisioned a socialist worker’s paradise on 21 January next year.
But those drones don’t count (except in November 2012); the ones that matter are Pelosi and Reid and therein lies Obama’s dilemma. The guy’s either going to piss them off by refusing to go along with the pent-up tax and spend crap they’re contemplating or he will piss off working class and business-running America when he raises taxes (capitol gains included) and sends this country into the crapper for four years.
..now, isn’t this more fun that watching John McCain capitulate to the P&R show?
53 Paul wrote:
No, if Romney had been the nominee, he’d have been served up as a human pinata for everybody to take out their anger against the rich Wall Street “fat-cats” on. The media would have had a field-day talking about CEO compensation, CEOs with several houses, CEO’s who lay off middle class workers while themselves rolling in gravy.
Exactly. Let’s face it, any of the GOP candidates this year would have gotten roasted by the MSM. If it had been Rudy, they would have found every New Yorker Rudy ever crossed (and he crossed a lot of them) and used it to highlight his “meanness.” Huckabee would have been turned into something out of “Deliverance.”
61: Yes, you reminded me that there is a silver lining in this cloud. I voted for McCain – and I would have stewed every single time he “reached across the aisles.” I honor the man’s war experience, but in the end, a McCain presidency probably would have ended up damaging the GOP brand even more.
Return to basic principles, conservatives – limited government, individual liberty and responsibility and a strong military. It’s what works.
As a voter from California,i.e. Disneyland,I am sick and tired of the campaigns.
We just got through the ordeal of about 18 months of political stuff and now your headlines says it has started again.
Give the voters a break. I believe, and please don’t quote me as I am right more than wrong, that Britain has a time limit on the “dance of politics”. And I for one will boycott and if possible, vote against a four year campaign.
Am I the only one or are there others that are sick of the political tap dance?
Good luck to all, God bless America, and stay safe.
jensad
Voters seem to forget the only two choices on the ballot in this past election were a European Socialist or a liberal Democrat.
The only person coming close to conservatism was Sarah Palin. That is the reason she drew so many people at her rallies: she was echoing the voice of Reaganism.
Huckabee and Romney do not generate that type of passion. Palin has it. Maybe Jindal has it. That’s it. Very few others know how to communicate it. You either have the passion of the Founders of our country or you do not. Reagan was the first to communicate it as a presidential candidate in the 20th century.
Let’s hope he isn’t the last.
How anyone could possibly vote for (or even be interested in) Sarah Palin as anything but a great gag on Saturday Night Live is beyond my comprehension. She portrayed her true self every day: unintelligent, hypocritical, and vulgar.
It’ll obviously be Romney or Huckabee next time. Gingrich is past his prime, Guiliani became a bozo, Thompson was a dud, and Ron Paul’s a Libertarian. Jindal and Palin are young lightweights and should wait until 2016. Pawlenty would make a good VP choice.
I do not know who the 2012 Republican candidate will be. I do not know who the 2012 Republican candidate should be. All I can say is that if in 2012 the process gives us another McCain, the Republican Party is dead. I voted for McCain this time, but it will be the last time. If a RINO is nominated, the core will be gone. Third party, stay home, leave the line blank… Whatever.
I swallowed all my principles. I overlooked McCain-Feingold. I overlooked the gang of 14. I overlooked every insult McCain has hurled at conservatives for two decades. Obama was bad enough to convince me. No longer! If we conservatives do not get out and get control of the Party at the grassroots, we are in for an exile like the 1930s. I will never vote for another Republican who likes Ted Kennedy or Robert Byrd. I will never vote for another Republican who does not take attacks in the New York Times as a badge of honor. I will never vote for another Republican who thinks that Democrats won’t do anything to win and who would ignore ACORN or Franklin Raines for fear of being called a racist. McCain was called a racist anyway.
Go ahead call, call me a racist. The Democrats have so debased that word, along with sexist, bigot and fascist that the only remaining meaning is someone with whom I disagree. Call me anything you’d like. Makes no difference to me. Just one thing. If the Party is not fixed by 2012, don’t call me a Republican.
Huckabee didn’t run against Senator Pryor because it was lose/lose if he plans to run again for President (and his concession speech suggests he does). If he lost, it would be used against him in 2012; if he won, he’d forfeit his moral authority of not being paid to do a job while campaigning for the Presidency. Besides, Americans don’t like to elect Senators to the Presidency.
As for the theoretical matchup: Huckabee vs. Obama 2008, the financial crisis would have slid right off Huckabee because he spent the entire primary campaign railing against business as usual in Washington, including lobbyists, corruption in Congress, the complexities of the tax code (including the income tax system itself), and Congress not listening to the people.
If Palin can’t learn to eliminate un-presidential words like jerks and stinky from her vocabulary and take control of her own wardrobe, she’s toast in 2012. But then, who else is there? The GOP is self-destructing.
Mitt Romney has the bes chance, especially if he can get FP experience or someone on the ticket with strong FP experience.
I supported McCain & Palin HUGELY. I was part in the Palin pick.. believe it or not, but I regret it now b/c:
a.) McCain was not a true Consevative. He was liberal-lite. Bless his sould and forever gratitude for his service to the country.
2.) McCain camp and Palin camp screwed up the Palin pick. Yes it was unfair, but they screwed it up
I’m rooting for Romney and I like Huckabee but I disagree with smearing him b/c of faith.
The tinfoil hat needs to get off the socialism thing. The Gov (remember the PRes is a Rep?) with the support of the GOP just launched a major bailout of the banks, to be followed by the auto industry. The GOP has no credbility to talk abotu socialism right now, especially against Obama who’s policies are cneter-left, not socialist. That’s why that whole silly attack had very little traction with the independents who decided the election.
I think Romney/Jindal would be a great ticket. It would give Jindal time to learn as VP so he could take over after Romney.
However, the GOP needs to get it’s head out of the sand and forget the silly name calling, red-scare McCarthy-esque style campaign it tried to run this year and focus on issues.
Have you not heard? America is tired of politics as usual, all the divisiveness and division. There is no Republican America or Democratic America. There is no liberal or conservative America. No red state, blue state. There is just one America. We are now one nation. Obama has united us.
A one-Party system will no be needed to end this needless divisiveness.
First off, whomever posted the potential list for Cabinet you missed current Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal. Sen. Salazar has already expressed to Obama to nominate someone from the west and Freudenthal’s name was mentioned directly by Salazar. However, here’s the irony in that. Wyoming’s the national leader in coal production and very rich in minerals. Obama’s green plan is going to be hard pressed to go through if Freudenthal’s the Interior Secretary.
#73…there is a liberal and a conservative America. I know you’re drinking the kool aid dished up nicely by Obama or have fallen to your knees at the alter of The Messiah, but come to your senses.
In regards to who should be the next Republican nominee, I think it has to be someone younger whomever it is. But first, the party has to change leadership at the RNC, start the party back up in a grassroots sense, get more of an Internet presence and come up with a comprehensive message of conservatism with a purpose. I will also add that Republicans and conservatives have to get their entertainment names front and center. Everyone from Ted Nugent to John Voight have to get out and be a part of the message.
I like Romney but he’s going to have a problem with his religion. Evangelicals aren’t going to support a Mormon, plain and simple. They didn’t during the primaries and it’s going to be difficult to convince them that Mormons aren’t a cult. Romney should keep his name front and center, whether it be running for Senate or something else.
Huckabee, from what I’ve heard, has pretty much destroyed the Republican Party in Arkansas. He also raised taxes and did a host of other things while governor. However, he should also keep his name front and center as well.
Fred Thompson I think is too old to run for President again. After this last time he showed no interest when the faithful would have delivered him the nomination. He’d be fine if he was in a leading role and possible Cabinet post.
Gen. Petraeus is going to be a tough one to win over to being a conservative or Republican nominee since he’s in the military and we really don’t know where he stands on issues concerning abortion and taxes. However, he would be a good nominee for a Cabinet post.
Gov Palin should keep her name front and center in the party no matter what. She will have some image repair to do after the media thrashing she received and apparently the thrashing the McCain election staff is giving her, but no matter what she needs to stay front and center.
Jindal should do the same as well, but has a lot of work repairing Louisiana politics, which is just about as bad as Chicago politics. So far from what I can tell he’s doing a great job and could possibly be the front runner for 2012.
Michelle Bachman is a rising name, however this election put a bit of a crimp in things as she faced a tough challenge and big Democrat donations. Right now she needs to be front and center in the House and then worry about 2010.
The big kicker in all this is just how bad or how good Obama’s going to be as President. If things get moving again, steps are taken and the country as a whole improves in the next 4 years, Republicans can kiss 2012 off. But, if Obama’s presidency is horrible, the economy hasn’t improved and he takes more socialist steps that people resent and even despise, then the party has a shot. It also depends on whether or not the Republicans can get their crap together, draw in conservative Democrats and Independents to their side. It has to start with the 2010 elections both in Congress and at the state level.
Charlie Crist should be a HUGE “no-no” for the Republicans. That tool did the following:
Dr. Karen Berkman Selected by Governor Crist as Member on New Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Congratulations to Dr. Karen Berkman, who was selected by Florida Governor Charlie Crist to be on a new Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Berkman is Director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities-USF (CARD-USF), housed at the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS).
Dr. Berkman has over 29 years of experience in the fields of developmental disabilities. Before joining CARD in January 2004, Dr. Berkman served as the director of the Center for Autism at Pressley Ridge in Pittsburgh. Her experiences have included working in residential programs, as well as community-based and clinical settings for individuals with developmental disabilities. Dr. Berkman has published several articles that have addressed issues on challenging behavior and lifestyle changes.
CARD-USF is one of six regional CARD sites funded by the Florida State Legislature and offers instruction and coaching to families and professionals through a training and assistance model. CARD-USF serves children and adults of all levels of intellectual functioning who have autism spectrum disorder (including autism, Asperger’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett’s disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified); an autistic-like disability (documented on an evaluation that describes the characteristics that are being considered “autistic-like” by the evaluator); a dual sensory impairment; or a sensory impairment with other disability. CARD-USF serves 14 counties in south central Florida: Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota. Additional centers are located throughout the state.
The Department of Child and Family Studies is committed to improving the well-being of individuals, children, and families within communities across the country through promoting respect, inclusion, development, achievement, mental health, and an optimum quality of life.
And that Professor teaches at University of South Floorida and I know for a fact that is part of the LGBT agenda – outside the classroom – and this woman is using classroom time to recruit young women and men into the Homosexual agenda. She has has taken my only niece under her wing (GAG) and invites these young girls to all kinds of meetings at her home. I have been following Karen Berkman – on my niece’s facebook and she uses facebook to communicate with students outside the classroom. When I found her on Linked In and confronted her on her other agenda – which seems to not teach but to recruit – I got no answer. Charlie Crist will hear from me on Monday and I have posts from this woman along with her picture to prove that she communicates with these young girls when she not on campus and again to recruit them.
No Charlie Crist. Please!
Huckabee, working class people loved him, I work in a steelmill a union shop and most everyone liked him because of his personality and the appeal of the fair tax (flat is better than what we have) The media bashing hurt him. Fred Thompson slept through the primaries and woke up in Carolinas just to attack Huckabee, Pathetic if you ask me, I am hoping the hypocrit republicans are called out, Michael Reagan is starting a new web site to adress some of them, said he was going to name names.
Mike Pence – real deal conservative from Indiana. Is on Foreign Relations Committee. Led the Republicans when Pelosi turned the lights out on the vote to drill. Leading the charge to permanently remove the Fairness Doctrine
Mitch Daniels – can you tell I live in Indiana. Won in a blowout on conservative principles in a state that went Obama. Took our state from deeply in debt to a sizeable surplus. Only a handful of states in the country can say they have a surplus and almost none in the midwest. Appealed to and sought the youth vote.
and you have lost already!
LoL you have no chance
he wont get blamed for war, econmomy, there will be no scandal, he said he is raising taxes, increasing stem cell research, increasing health care coverage. Banks and Detroit already bailed out,
so what do you hang your hook on?
abortion?
ROFLMGO
it wont be the Terminator
“Schwarzenegger said his wife has been “gloating now for these last few days” and running around the house with a life-size cutout of Obama saying, “We won.””
Bobby Jindal is the man to watch. In Louisiana, during his short tenure, he has already effortlessly taken control during the tough times (Ike, Gustave) and made everyone (dems and repubs alike) feel as if he is looking out for our best interests. Unlike our past governor, democrat Kathleen Blanco, Jindal is not prone to crying when things like hurricanes come at his state.
Unfortunately, Jindal will, however, have some resistance from those who will question his Indian given name and background and those who will speculate on his perceived faith (He is christian).
Jindal has my vote!
Romney is a RINO! He flip-flopped on EVERY conceivable issue. Beware a liberal in conservative clothing!
This is all SO premature. IMO none, repeat none, of the Presidential aspirants in 2008 will be the candidate in 2012. Too much baggage. My guess – hope – is that the candidate will be a successful Republican Governor. I also think the generational torch has been passed. If the Republicans are serious, they’ll work on the Statehouses. We need good Congresspeople to stay in the Congress. We also need a philosophy; something like the Contract with America….including a push for term limits….and maybe some examples of redistricting along lines suggested by Gov. Schwarzenegger (sp?) to make it easier to get rid of incumbents. And stop the backbiting!
Donna V. is absolutely brilliant! Thank you!
# 50 has the themes right as does Donna V.
Only a RINO would serve in an Obama administration. Only a fool would not realize how manipulated such an appointment would be.
The Republican party decided to walk into the trap the progressives and liberals set for them. The left defined the agenda, defined the language of the debate, controlled the media and used every dirty trick from “if you repeat a lie enough, many will believe it is true” to ACORN and voter fraud to disabling credit card security mechanisms so donations could be scrubbed.
McCain, while a good man, is a RINO. He agreed with Obama on illegal immigration. He has many big government ideas such as health care. He is on the AGW bandwagon. He flipped to tax cuts at the end. There was little differentiation. Palin was the differentiated the ticket and made the case against Obama better than McCain did.
The point is conservatives need to be unapologetic conservatives. Conservatives have to stop trying to play the game as defined by the liberals. Be what you are, be consistent, throw the corrupt out of the party, make the case of why the liberals are wrong.
Rudy, Romney, McCain and Huckabee are among the RINOs. Out with the RINOs. They are extinct. Newt has the intellect, but too much baggage. We will see how Palin matures. (She is the only thing that kept the race close.) Let’s see who emerges. Maybe it’s Palin or Jindal. I am very open.
Meanwhile, what is left of the Republican party needs to make sure the damage done by the Marxist Obama and the Democrats is minimized.
There won’t be an election in 2012.
There won’t be one in 2010, either.
I’m not impressed by any of the losers of 2008.
Romney reminds me of Thomas Dewey. He looks like the groom on top of a wedding cake and the more voters see him, the less they like him
Huckabee is a lightweight. Nice guy, but not someone who will win a lot of respect.
Sarah Palin was not torpedoed by the MSM. Nor was she hobbled by McCain’s people. Palin does not have the temperament or intellect a president should have.
Guliani has no experience. Plus his views are not reflective of the Republican Party no matter what Pat Robertson thinks.
In any case, it is very rare that a party’s candidate is apparent four years before the election. Bush wasn’t on the national radar in 1996. Clinton was only known for his terrible speech at the Democratic convention in 1988. Nobody knew Barrack Obama in 2004. So we might all have to wait a couple of years before we start playing the name game. I’ve enjoyed this presidential campaign although it lasted two years. We should all be patient and wait until after the midterms to start playing the next round.
I think Jindal who has already shown leadership as Gov of La. will be a great poss. candidate. He’s charismatic,well spoken, and smart as a whip. Micheal Steele is another conservative I’d like to see get consideration.
I also think Sarah Palin was treated harshly and unfairly by the media and unfortunately, her own party. Shame on Republicans who turncoated and supported Obama at the last minute(Colin Powell). Your true colors came out. No pun intended.
BO won only because of black racism.
I think it’s great that the moderate Republicans were removed! Thank all you for cleansing the party!
I really want to thank all the new voting black folk for kicking the California gays in the face
Yea keep up the great work because we could not have done it without you!!!!!!!
Great, because the left-wing illuminati have control, and there’s no telling what will happen under their leadership.