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Your 2012 Republican Nominee?

Who should be the Republican nominee?

  • Michelle Bachmann

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Herman Cain

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • Newt Gingrich

    Votes: 7 38.9%

  • Jon Hunstman

    Votes: 2 11.1%

  • Ron Paul

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • Rick Perry

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Rick Santorum

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Mitt Romney

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
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This poll is intended to guage the preferences of potential Republican primary voters on this site. Please do not vote in this poll unless you are a Republican, intend to vote in a Republican primary in 2012 or would vote Republican if you were able to vote in next year's general election.

As of today, which of these candidates do you want to win the nomination?

Michelle Bachmann
Herman Cain
Newt Gingrich
Jon Huntsman
Ron Paul
Rick Perry
Rick Santorum
Mitt Romney

Feel free to elaborate or comment in the thread.
 
I won't vote in the poll because I am not a registered independent, but I would vote for Huntsman over Obama in the general.
 
either of these guys would be great

Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson 2012
did what he said when he was NM gov
applies a common sense business approach to politics
eliminated NM's budget deficit by the end of his second term

Buddy Roemer
Issues | Buddy Roemer for President
recognizes that money in politics is THE factor which prevents good governance
straight shooter


too bad neither can get much traction in their own republican party
 
I'd vote for Huntsman or Cain, but since Huntsman has no shot and Cain is likely dropping out, who knows. I absolutely will not vote for idiots like Bachmann, Gingrich, Perry or Santorum. If it comes down to Romney, I'll probably hold my nose and vote for him, although I don't want to. It's looking like yet another election where we have to vote for the lesser of all the evils.
 
I voted Santorum. I would take Huntsman.
 
I would vote for any of these candidates over Obama. I cannot imagine why anyone would vote for one of these candidates over Obama, but stay home if a different candidate was picked. For example, people who say they would vote for Romney over Obama, but would stay home if Cain is the nominee or something like that makes absolutely no sense. Either you are completely politically ignorant and are easily distracted by shiny objects, which probably means you are voting for Obama, or you recognize just how terrible this President has been and realize that anyone from Ron Paul to Jon Huntsman would be better than the current President.
 
friday said:
I would vote for any of these candidates over Obama. I cannot imagine why anyone would vote for one of these candidates over Obama, but stay home if a different candidate was picked. For example, people who say they would vote for Romney over Obama, but would stay home if Cain is the nominee or something like that makes absolutely no sense. Either you are completely politically ignorant and are easily distracted by shiny objects, which probably means you are voting for Obama, or you recognize just how terrible this President has been and realize that anyone from Ron Paul to Jon Huntsman would be better than the current President.
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What it means is that Romney is closer to their preferences than Obama, but Cain might be too far to the right for them.
 
soccerboy22 said:
What it means is that Romney is closer to their preferences than Obama, but Cain might be too far to the right for them.
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I don't get that either. Cain and Romney are far closer than Romney and Obama. Obama is a far left radical.
 
haymarket said:
Oh were it only true outside the self imposed belief system of the far right.
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You seriously don't think Obama is a radical leftist? Are you also easily distracted by shiny objects?
 
Would not the answer depend on if you want the candidate who is most likely to win the election or if you want the candidate who meets your personal standard of being purer ideologically than the driven snow?
 
friday said:
You seriously don't think Obama is a radical leftist? Are you also easily distracted by shiny objects?
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cute. Did I miss the part of your post where you provided the verifiable evidence that he is a radical leftist? I have seen previous little in this three years in office which indicates that in any way, shape or form. Just the opposite in fact.
 
As was touched on earlier, I can understand that some individuals may feel some of the Republican candidates are better choices than Obama while others are not. I would disagree strenuously, but I can see how some people would might think that. I don't see how any Republican could think that, however.
 
I actually voted for Huntsman. I just want someone sane.
 
friday said:
You seriously don't think Obama is a radical leftist?
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He may be a closet leftist, but I think Obama has governed as a moderate on most issues, which is why the radical left hates him at the moment. I just think he has accomplished nothing and seems feckless and incompetent.
 
Sensibility said:
He may be a closet leftist, but I think Obama has governed as a moderate on most issues, which is why the radical left hates him at the moment. I just think he has accomplished nothing and seems feckless and incompetent.
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I don't think he has governed as a moderate. I just think every time he fails to govern, the result is a moderate one. Before the US elected Brown and reigned him in, Obama gave us Obamacare. You don't get much more radically leftist than that. Obama is very hands off because he doesn't want a perceived failure to ruin his re-election chances. He would rather others fail and he be able to blame them than that he risks doing something wrong.
 
BO has governed as a leftwing moonbat......one would have to be patholgically blind to miss what he has done and wants to do to this Country. Masssive debts, massive deficits, massive growth in government, massive fraud and crony capitalism, massive growth in entitlements, massive growth in class warfare, massive growth in regulations......he is about as moderate as Karl Marx.
 
If the question is who would I vote for today, Newt, today, appears to have the best chance to win the general. Plus I would love to see him debate BO, especially if Newt's in a particularly cranky-ass mood. (Which is what I had hoped for from McCain, but didn't get.)
 
As a Democrat I feel like it would be wrong for me to vote on this poll as I won't be able to vote on primaries. That said, Huntsman has a proven record in many areas although he isn't the most EXXXTREEEEEMMME candidate like so many crave on the right these days. I also like many of Ron Paul's ideas. Specifically his ideas about defense and government transparency (the fed). He is indeed the real source of the Tea Party movement before the entire movement got bastardized by Fox News, Dick Armey, and whatever other Republican decided they needed a vehicle to help drive straight into Obama and for that I respect him. Paul has always been ahead of his time. He can disagree with a liberal like say, Jon Stewart or Rachel Maddow and not insult them or their intelligence instead he tries his hardest to plea his case and through his sometimes senile/dementia rants he has quite a few peaks of brilliant light.
 
Jetboogieman said:
I'm still betting on a Pawlenty Comeback! :2razz:
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Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney after he dropped out. To the best of my knowledge no presidential contender has ever dropped out of the race, endorsed an opponent, only to resume his own campaign. T'would be unprecedented.
 
John Huntsman. Has a proven track record of RESULTS regarding jobs and economic growth based on one of the best fiscal and governmental conservative records of anyone on stage. Executive, white house, and foreign policy experience. Focused on the issues relevant to the health of the country today (fiscal issues) rather then wedge issues that are mostly irrelevant to its health (social issues). I believe he has a legitimate abillity to defeat Obama as well which helps.

My next two votes would be Newt and Paul.
 
Helix said:
he's not a radical leftist.
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I think he's a staunch left wing Democrat who, due to political circumstances and inability to articulate reasons and cultivate an atmopshere where the other side is able to work with him ala Reagan and Clinton, has governed in a moderately liberal fashion on average with some things verging closer to staunchly liberal and others mildly conservative.

I don't think there's a true "radical" leftist or rightist present in a prominent national level position for either party. I think there are some "extreme" liberals and conservatives that are, but they are a minority.
 
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