So, now that Romney has begged off from a '16 presidential run....

[Mischka]

"I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity."

With the presumptive nominee out of the race, I imagine a Hunger Games scenario among the field of Republican candidates as they attempt to out-do each other with rhetoric that will drag the entire Party further to the right.

Discuss.

 

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[Busybody]

"I've decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity."

With the presumptive nominee out of the race, I imagine a Hunger Games scenario among the field of Republican candidates as they attempt to out-do each other with rhetoric that will drag the entire Party further to the right.

Discuss.

are you ISLANDMAN?

 

[domroger]

Are you Ilandman's alt or is he yours ?

 

[Wrong Element]

I doubt Romney really was the presumptive nominee, despite his relatively high poll ratings. This field is a lot stronger than the clown show he beat in 2012 -- a wingnut with more of a pedigree than Gingrich or Santorum might have been able to take him down.

Anyway, despite the number of people who are talking about getting in, it will almost certainly start getting whittled down even before Iowa. If I had to guess now, I'd figure the early 2016 races will go something like this:

* Scott Walker -- ought to be able to win Iowa, since he was born there and is from a superficially similar state. If he doesn't win there, then he's probably just about dead.

* The "moderates," Bush and Christie, won't have to win or even compete hard in Iowa, but they're going to have to win New Hampshire or they will be toast. Whoever finishes behind the other one will definitely be out.

* That will leave Walker and Bush/Christie to see which caveman comes out of South Carolina to make it a 3-man race. I'm not dismissing Rick Perry being able to make a comeback, if he can make everyone forget his suspiciously humane words about immigration that helped ruin his 2012 campaign. There aren't a lot of guys with Dixie accents considering making a run, which is weird considering that's the base. Of the others who come to mind, Huckabee hasn't won anything in years, Jindal is a total buffoon, and Capital-C Conservatives really don't like Lindsey Graham. Perry won't have trouble raising money, and being a dumbass with a Texas accent is if anything a plus with this electorate.

* There's also the special case of Rand Paul, who could possibly hang around the way his father did, even though he's a lot closer to being an orthodox Republican than Ron is. In the end, I think he takes too many iconoclastic positions (his refusal to genuflect to the military-industrial complex, his interest in reducing the number of people who go to prison for picayune drug offenses) to go far on a national level.


So Walker/Bush or Christie/Perry or some other wacko/Paul as the final four.

I can revisit this in another 13 months and see how close I came.

 

[Busybody]

I doubt Romney really was the presumptive nominee, despite his relatively high poll ratings. This field is a lot stronger than the clown show he beat in 2012 -- a wingnut with more of a pedigree than Gingrich or Santorum might have been able to take him down.

Anyway, despite the number of people who are talking about getting in, it will almost certainly start getting whittled down even before Iowa. If I had to guess now, I'd figure the early 2016 races will go something like this:

* Scott Walker -- ought to be able to win Iowa, since he was born there and is from a superficially similar state. If he doesn't win there, then he's probably just about dead.

* The "moderates," Bush and Christie, won't have to win or even compete hard in Iowa, but they're going to have to win New Hampshire or they will be toast. Whoever finishes behind the other one will definitely be out.

* That will leave Walker and Bush/Christie to see which caveman comes out of South Carolina to make it a 3-man race. I'm not dismissing Rick Perry being able to make a comeback, if he can make everyone forget his suspiciously humane words about immigration that helped ruin his 2012 campaign. There aren't a lot of guys with Dixie accents considering making a run, which is weird considering that's the base. Of the others who come to mind, Huckabee hasn't won anything in years, Jindal is a total buffoon, and Capital-C Conservatives really don't like Lindsey Graham. Perry won't have trouble raising money, and being a dumbass with a Texas accent is if anything a plus with this electorate.

* There's also the special case of Rand Paul, who could possibly hang around the way his father did, even though he's a lot closer to being an orthodox Republican than Ron is. In the end, I think he takes too many iconoclastic positions (his refusal to genuflect to the military-industrial complex, his interest in reducing the number of people who go to prison for picayune drug offenses) to go far on a national level.


So Walker/Bush or Christie/Perry or some other wacko/Paul as the final four.

I can revisit this in another 13 months and see how close I came.

STFU, you PUTRID NIGGER

 

[KingOrfeo]

They would be doing that whether he was present or not. He said he favored the nomination going to the next generation of Republican leader...a jab at Bush.

Who in the field is young enough to qualify as "the next generation," then?

 

[Busybody]

I doubt Romney really was the presumptive nominee, despite his relatively high poll ratings. This field is a lot stronger than the clown show he beat in 2012 -- a wingnut with more of a pedigree than Gingrich or Santorum might have been able to take him down.

Anyway, despite the number of people who are talking about getting in, it will almost certainly start getting whittled down even before Iowa. If I had to guess now, I'd figure the early 2016 races will go something like this:

* Scott Walker -- ought to be able to win Iowa, since he was born there and is from a superficially similar state. If he doesn't win there, then he's probably just about dead.

* The "moderates," Bush and Christie, won't have to win or even compete hard in Iowa, but they're going to have to win New Hampshire or they will be toast. Whoever finishes behind the other one will definitely be out.

* That will leave Walker and Bush/Christie to see which caveman comes out of South Carolina to make it a 3-man race. I'm not dismissing Rick Perry being able to make a comeback, if he can make everyone forget his suspiciously humane words about immigration that helped ruin his 2012 campaign. There aren't a lot of guys with Dixie accents considering making a run, which is weird considering that's the base. Of the others who come to mind, Huckabee hasn't won anything in years, Jindal is a total buffoon, and Capital-C Conservatives really don't like Lindsey Graham. Perry won't have trouble raising money, and being a dumbass with a Texas accent is if anything a plus with this electorate.

* There's also the special case of Rand Paul, who could possibly hang around the way his father did, even though he's a lot closer to being an orthodox Republican than Ron is. In the end, I think he takes too many iconoclastic positions (his refusal to genuflect to the military-industrial complex, his interest in reducing the number of people who go to prison for picayune drug offenses) to go far on a national level.


So Walker/Bush or Christie/Perry or some other wacko/Paul as the final four.

I can revisit this in another 13 months and see how close I came.

asshole

DEGENREATE NIGGER

 

[Busybody]

Who in the field is young enough to qualify as "the next generation," then?

Rubio

 

[Busybody]

meanwhile the DUMZ will run CUMTCLINTON,

and

No one can point to ANY ACCOMPLISHMENT at all

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I doubt Romney really was the presumptive nominee, despite his relatively high poll ratings. This field is a lot stronger than the clown show he beat in 2012 -- a wingnut with more of a pedigree than Gingrich or Santorum might have been able to take him down.

Anyway, despite the number of people who are talking about getting in, it will almost certainly start getting whittled down even before Iowa. If I had to guess now, I'd figure the early 2016 races will go something like this:

* Scott Walker -- ought to be able to win Iowa, since he was born there and is from a superficially similar state. If he doesn't win there, then he's probably just about dead.

* The "moderates," Bush and Christie, won't have to win or even compete hard in Iowa, but they're going to have to win New Hampshire or they will be toast. Whoever finishes behind the other one will definitely be out.

* That will leave Walker and Bush/Christie to see which caveman comes out of South Carolina to make it a 3-man race. I'm not dismissing Rick Perry being able to make a comeback, if he can make everyone forget his suspiciously humane words about immigration that helped ruin his 2012 campaign. There aren't a lot of guys with Dixie accents considering making a run, which is weird considering that's the base. Of the others who come to mind, Huckabee hasn't won anything in years, Jindal is a total buffoon, and Capital-C Conservatives really don't like Lindsey Graham. Perry won't have trouble raising money, and being a dumbass with a Texas accent is if anything a plus with this electorate.

* There's also the special case of Rand Paul, who could possibly hang around the way his father did, even though he's a lot closer to being an orthodox Republican than Ron is. In the end, I think he takes too many iconoclastic positions (his refusal to genuflect to the military-industrial complex, his interest in reducing the number of people who go to prison for picayune drug offenses) to go far on a national level.


So Walker/Bush or Christie/Perry or some other wacko/Paul as the final four.

I can revisit this in another 13 months and see how close I came.

Walker has 3 KOs against the Democrats in Wisconsin. Its Walkers nomination if he wants it.

 

[Busybody]

the DUMZ are already scared

they are hammering him cause he never graduated College

 

[Mischka]

are you ISLANDMAN?

Are you Ilandman's alt or is he yours ?

Is that truly the first idea you had on the subject? Disappointing.

... I'm not dismissing Rick Perry being able to make a comeback, if he can make everyone forget his suspiciously humane words about immigration that helped ruin his 2012 campaign. There aren't a lot of guys with Dixie accents considering making a run, which is weird considering that's the base. Of the others who come to mind, Huckabee hasn't won anything in years, Jindal is a total buffoon, and Capital-C Conservatives really don't like Lindsey Graham. Perry won't have trouble raising money, and being a dumbass with a Texas accent is if anything a plus with this electorate.
...

I'll go ahead and dismiss Perry for you. Last time, even in his home state, there was lackluster support for him. His "Christians are persecuted!" video and his dismal debate performance were not well received by the money-backers around here.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Walker has 3 KOs against the Democrats in Wisconsin. Its Walkers nomination if he wants it.

He's also young enough to be considered the next generation of Republicans.

 

[Busybody]

Is that truly the first idea you had on the subject? Disappointing.

.

no

my first thought is

when you gonna post CUNT PICS and stop with the 827 breast pics

we THAT already

WE NEED PUSSY PICS

 

[Busybody]

He's also young enough to be considered the next generation of Republicans.

he is effective


so they will find a HAIRCUT or ROCK and no College degree to kill him with

 

[unregistered]

 

[Busybody]

Who in the field is young enough to qualify as "the next generation," then?

says the NIGGER who loves

CUNT CLINTON

WARREN

SANDERS

BYE DUM


all losers near death

 

[Boxlicker101]

Who in the field is young enough to qualify as "the next generation," then?

See my Post #6 in the other Romney thread.

 

[Wrong Element]

Who in the field is young enough to qualify as "the next generation," then?

Quite a few. I think every serious candidate is younger than Hillary, and there's a lot of research that "newness" is all things being equal a plus in presidential politics. Hillary has been nationally famous for 23 years, and very few people who have been around that long have been elected president. Even Nixon, Reagan, and GHW Bush had been on the national political stage for less time when they won.

That's not an unsolvable problem for the Democrats, but it is a problem.

 

[Mischka]

Quite a few. I think every serious candidate is younger than Hillary, and there's a lot of research that "newness" is all things being equal a plus in presidential politics. Hillary has been nationally famous for 23 years, and very few people who have been around that long have been elected president. Even Nixon, Reagan, and GHW Bush had been on the national political stage for less time when they won.

That's not an unsolvable problem for the Democrats, but it is a problem.

I think it's enough to do her in. "Since 1896, six losing presidential candidates who were major party nominees ran a second (and in one case a third time) as their party nominees, and only one candidate, Richard Nixon, was successful." Source. I doubt "Be the next Richard Nixon!" is a winning campaign strategy.

no

my first thought is

when you gonna post CUNT PICS and stop with the 827 breast pics

we THAT already

WE NEED PUSSY PICS

Well, since you asked so nicely.

 

[Que]

Nicely played.

 

[Busybody]

Well, since you asked so nicely.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Are you Ilandman's alt or is he yours ?

She's Mike Yates.

 

[unregistered]