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Who do you think will win the Republican nomination?

Who do you think will win the Republican nomination?

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Barbbtx said:
OH MY GOD!
Check out the Iowa poll!

http://citizens4cain.com/site/blog/...ens-for-cain-salutes-his-courageous-decision/

Hey Cat,
I'm going avatar huntin'. Haven't found the perfect one yet.:lamo


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Couldn't find the poll on the link you posted here.

On the very slim chance that Obama beats Cain, if he makes it through the primary (LOL!), I was thinking about something simple like a graphic with the words "Catawba Rules" for your avatar, but perhaps I should be thinking of something more special.........................hmmmmm.................I will think on it some more! :sun

Edit, Just scrolled up and found the poll. Like I said enjoy your time. Put on your dancing shoes!
 
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BDBoop said:
That's what I'm talking about! How can the Republican party just choose to ignore those kinds of numbers? I don't see how they can.
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He's announcing Saturday. We'll see what happens after that. Fox still ignoring him as is everyone else in the media. Not so with those who go hear him or the ones online. They're excited.
I was pretty pissed all day, when he was ignored again, but hey, as long as he's moving up without their help, so be it.
He is going to be on with Chris Wallace Sunday. That should give him some good air time.
 
Catawba said:
Couldn't find the poll on the link you posted here.

On the very slim chance that Obama beats Cain, if he makes it through the primary (LOL!), I was thinking about something simple like a graphic with the words "Catawba Rules" for your avatar, but perhaps I should be thinking of something more special.........................hmmmmm.................I will think on it some more! :sun

Edit, Just scrolled up and found the poll. Like I said enjoy your time. Put on your dancing shoes!
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Honestly, I could handle that kind of avatar. Just please, if I lose, don't give me something ugly. That butt was dreadful!
 
Barbbtx said:
The media picked Mccain. not gunna happen again. :)
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Look at ALL the recent Republican nominees going back 40 years then, not just McCain:
- Nixon
- Ford
- Reagan
- Bush, Sr.
- Dole
- Bush, Jr.
- McCain

You're telling me one of two things: 1) The Republican Party is undergoing a once-in-a-generation shakeup and will do something totally out of character for the party, like nominating the CEO of Godfather's Pizza for president, or 2) Herman Cain actually belongs on that list with all those other names and is in no way different. :roll:

Give me a break. It's not going to happen.
 
Kandahar said:
Look at ALL the recent Republican nominees going back 40 years then, not just McCain:
- Nixon
- Ford
- Reagan
- Bush, Sr.
- Dole
- Bush, Jr.
- McCain

You're telling me one of two things: 1) The Republican Party is undergoing a once-in-a-generation shakeup and will do something totally out of character for the party, like nominating the CEO of Godfather's Pizza for president, or 2) Herman Cain actually belongs on that list with all those other names and is in no way different. :roll:

Give me a break. It's not going to happen.
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You need to do some research if you think Cain was just a CEO of a pizza chain. He's led a very active life successful life. Here's a good place to start, but it leaves out a lot too.

Herman Cain - Presidential Exploratory Committee
 
Kandahar said:
Look at ALL the recent Republican nominees going back 40 years then, not just McCain:
- Nixon
- Ford
- Reagan
- Bush, Sr.
- Dole
- Bush, Jr.
- McCain

You're telling me one of two things: 1) The Republican Party is undergoing a once-in-a-generation shakeup and will do something totally out of character for the party, like nominating the CEO of Godfather's Pizza for president, or 2) Herman Cain actually belongs on that list with all those other names and is in no way different. :roll:

Give me a break. It's not going to happen.
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Do not be so sure.
 
Barbbtx said:
You need to do some research if you think Cain was just a CEO of a pizza chain.
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President of the National Restaurant Association, or chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City are hardly big selling points to most voters either. The man has never held any elective office whatsoever.

With rare exceptions, serious presidential contenders have virtually always served as a senator, a governor, or a Vice President. On occasion, someone might emerge from some other office if they are a well-known national figure (e.g. a Speaker of the House, or the mayor of a large city, or a famous military person, etc).

Herman Cain has no national recognition whatsoever, and his biggest claim to fame is running a modestly successful pizza chain. Not going to happen.

Barbbtx said:
He's led a very active life successful life.
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So have millions of other people.
 
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Other than Romney, I don't think anyone else is electable.. And even Romney is going to have issues..
 
BDBoop said:
I don't know, y'all. Seriously. Stranger things have happened. I wouldn't shove Cain off the stage just yet.
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Stranger things have happened, but that would certainly be toward the top of the list. Most presidents have served in at least one of the three important offices of national stature: governor, senator, and/or Vice President. There are only seven who haven't...and even among those seven, Herman Cain hardly measures up. Four of them were famous generals (George Washington, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower). Two were nationally-recognized members of the House of Representatives (Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield). And one was a nationally-recognized cabinet official (Herbert Hoover).

We have never had a president with zero electoral experience, and virtually zero name recognition at the start of the campaign.
 
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Cain is this year's Huckabee, I think. His natural ease and humor on stage will get him alot of points, and the evangelical population of Iowa will give him an early boost, that he rides to impressive heights considering he came from an unknown .... but not enough to win. not even probably enough to be second. Though I choke on the words - Romney has a better chance than Cain at this point :(. Which is sad.
 
cpwill said:
Cain is this year's Huckabee, I think. His natural ease and humor on stage will get him alot of points, and the evangelical population of Iowa will give him an early boost, that he rides to impressive heights considering he came from an unknown .... but not enough to win. not even probably enough to be second. Though I choke on the words - Romney has a better chance than Cain at this point :(. Which is sad.
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See I don't think so, put him in a mainstream debate with the other major candidates, and he could just make it through.
 
I like Cain but I too agree there's little chance he'll come out on top in the end of this. I also find it amazingly questionable that Republicans who (rightfully in my mind) trumpeted the experience card in the 2008 election are now backing someone with even less than the miniscule amount of applicable experience Obama had.
 
Someone has probably already pointed this out, but your poll doesn't include Herman Cain who is gaining a strong undercurrent that could push him into the top tier, especially without Huckabee in the race.
 
cpwill said:
Cain is this year's Huckabee, I think. His natural ease and humor on stage will get him alot of points, and the evangelical population of Iowa will give him an early boost, that he rides to impressive heights considering he came from an unknown .... but not enough to win. not even probably enough to be second. Though I choke on the words - Romney has a better chance than Cain at this point :(. Which is sad.
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Oops, didn't read this before posting.
 
Barbbtx said:
He's announcing Saturday. We'll see what happens after that. Fox still ignoring him as is everyone else in the media. Not so with those who go hear him or the ones online. They're excited.
I was pretty pissed all day, when he was ignored again, but hey, as long as he's moving up without their help, so be it.
He is going to be on with Chris Wallace Sunday. That should give him some good air time.
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Any concepts for running mate?
 
cpwill said:
Cain is this year's Huckabee, I think. His natural ease and humor on stage will get him alot of points, and the evangelical population of Iowa will give him an early boost, that he rides to impressive heights considering he came from an unknown .... but not enough to win. not even probably enough to be second. Though I choke on the words - Romney has a better chance than Cain at this point :(. Which is sad.
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Good analysis and I tend to agree. One interesting factor is how well the GOP primary voter will respond to him. Obama had a built in Democratic constituency in 2008 because the vast majority of African Americans vote Democratic. Cain - as a Republican - cannot tap into that market with the ease the Obama did once he was ableto change the narrative that he could not beat Hillary.
 
Zyphlin said:
I like Cain but I too agree there's little chance he'll come out on top in the end of this. I also find it amazingly questionable that Republicans who (rightfully in my mind) trumpeted the experience card in the 2008 election are now backing someone with even less than the miniscule amount of applicable experience Obama had.
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Obama lacked experience as an executive office running anything. The EO in CEO stands for executive officer, so he does have more experience running things.
 
haymarket said:
Good analysis and I tend to agree. One interesting factor is how well the GOP primary voter will respond to him. Obama had a built in Democratic constituency in 2008 because the vast majority of African Americans vote Democratic. Cain - as a Republican - cannot tap into that market with the ease the Obama did once he was ableto change the narrative that he could not beat Hillary.
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So are you suggesting black people vote blindly for party?
 
I think it will be Mitch Daniels if his wife decides to ok him to run.
 
Catawba said:
Us too! Hope its not flooding your way!

If you are picking far-right conservative Rick Perry, that hasn't even said he's going to run, as the person you think will win the Republican nomination, than the old saying must be true, that hope springs eternal, even in the hearts of Conservatives! Actually, I would prefer Obama ran against a far-right candidate then I would the more likely candidate, moderate Romney.

So I hope you get your wish my friend! Try to stay dry! :sun
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personally, i would like a mccain type candidate...somewhat a bit more moderate, but i dont consider perry to be far right but is solidly conservative. i think he would servive all the "conservative enough" claims of the far right, and is someone the average republican and conservative independants can live with.
 
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cpwill said:
Cain is this year's Huckabee, I think. His natural ease and humor on stage will get him alot of points, and the evangelical population of Iowa will give him an early boost, that he rides to impressive heights considering he came from an unknown .... but not enough to win. not even probably enough to be second. Though I choke on the words - Romney has a better chance than Cain at this point :(. Which is sad.
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While there is not much we agree on CP, I agree with your assessment here.
 
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