Of the Four Remaining GOP Choices...

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Early polling in South Carolina seems to show Gingrich having a notable lead. Still waaaay to early for any conclusions, But if Romney does poorly in SC his momentum is going to be very impacted moving on to Florida.....

Cole said:

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Early polling in South Carolina seems to show Gingrich having a notable lead. Still waaaay to early for any conclusions, But if Romney does poorly in SC his momentum is going to be very impacted moving on to Florida.....

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I just don't see Romney getting the nomination. The man can't seem to break out of that 24 - 25% approval threshold, and now he's just blowing his kids' inheritance. I think it's going to be Ron Paul. He appeals most to the wishy-washiness of centrists and independents

Sunbelt said:

I just don't see Romney getting the nomination. The man can't seem to break out of that 24 - 25% approval threshold, and now he's just blowing his kids' inheritance. I think it's going to be Ron Paul. He appeals most to the wishy-washiness of centrists and independents

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He (Romney) isn't very inspiring, gotta confess that. But believe his advantages in money and organization still keep him viable. If pressed for a bet, think I'd still have to grudgingly give Romney the favorites edge at this point.

But he may be losing steam....

Cole said:

He (Romney) isn't very inspiring, gotta confess that. But believe his advantages in money and organization still keep him viable. If pressed for a bet, think I'd still have to grudgingly give Romney the favorites edge at this point.

But he may be losing steam....

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Gingrich is my preference, but I will most assuredly be fine with whomever emerges.

My concern with Romney is that "devil we know vs. the devil we don't know" thing. In that I mean with how Romney can survive the issues about his taxes, his income, and even some lingering Bain stuff. I do not fault him any of his success, taxes paid, firing folks, etc. What I do have issues with is that he still fumbles and bumbles a bit with addressing those issues. I have yet to see him address them as he should, which means he will remain vulnerable on them to extents I am unsure of.

Meanwhile, Gingrich seems very capable cutting to the bone quick, and then moving beyond. Whether folks forgive him or not, he most certainly does not leave the skeleton peeking out of the closet.

It doesn't matter which one the GOP picks at this point. The candidates are all unelectable. Personally, I blame Fox/WND/Limbaugh/Washington Times. They just amped up too many people on the right with too much false information and too many conspiracy theories and whatnot. They got them to a point where nobody they would support for president was sane enough to actually win the general. You can bet there are some people pacing around at Fox frantically trying to figure out how they can undo years of conspiracy theorizing and whatnot in time for the general, but it's too late. Hopefully they come back to reality in time for 2016.

teamosil said:

It doesn't matter which one the GOP picks at this point. The candidates are all unelectable. Personally, I blame Fox/WND/Limbaugh/Washington Times. They just amped up too many people on the right with too much false information and too many conspiracy theories and whatnot. They got them to a point where nobody they would support for president was sane enough to actually win the general. You can bet there are some people pacing around at Fox frantically trying to figure out how they can undo years of conspiracy theorizing and whatnot in time for the general, but it's too late. Hopefully they come back to reality in time for 2016.

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We all have our opinions. But your "statement of fact" seems a little silly. An election is coming.....and both parties will be addressing it very actively.

Cole said:

We all have our opinions. But your "statement of fact" seems a little silly. An election is coming.....and both parties will be addressing it very actively.

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It's true that anything can happen. Some crisis could come up and Obama could handle it poorly or something. But barring something unforeseen, it's over. Typically the challenger loses about 10 points between the primary and the general in the polls against the incumbent. For example, Dole was beating Clinton by 3% during the primary, but lost by 8% in the general. Kerry was beating Bush by 8% in the primary, but lost by 3% in the general. During the primary all the media is on the challenger, they're new and exciting, the incumbent isn't really campaigning yet, etc. That is typically the peak of their standing in the polls. But even now, even your strongest candidate is already behind Obama in the polls. The closest one is Romney. He was losing by 2%, but that was before his implosion. Gingrich is losing to Obama already by 11%, although perhaps it's a bit higher after his recent step forward. Santorum is losing to Obama by 10%... Your only real hope was that Romney would surge in popularity as the press focused more on him, but the opposite has happened.

I dunno. I don't see how they could possibly pull out a win. IMO members of both parties should focus their donations and attention on the senate at this point. That one is much closer.

The only one with a chance is Romney. A Romney/Rubio ticket would be very strong.

If they picked Paul - which is a possibility only weaker than a snowstorm in Miami in July - it would be worse that Goldwater in 64 for the nationwide top to bottom ticket. We Democrats should be so lucky.

Santorum might do marginally better than Paul but it would still be a ten point or more blowout.

Gingrich would be death to the soccer mom vote and he would lose by at least what McCain did - probably a few points more in fact.

Its Romney or nothing for them.

Eighty Deuce said:

What is Obama's reelection theme ?

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"Change We Can Believe In"

What? It worked the first time... and nothing's changed.

Eighty Deuce said:

In all honesty, "Blame Bush" is not going to work for ya.

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An honest answer would be to blame Bush, as well as Obama and Clinton. Fact is, Obama did inherit a mess from Bush, and the next president is going to inherit it from Obama. The minute Clinton allowed Glass-Steagal to be gutted was the beginning of the end, and both Bush and Clinton made it worse. And now here we are. But the dittoheads would rather rewrite history into a fairy tale.