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Mitt Romney in 2016: Yes, or No?

Does it make sense for Romney t run again?

  • Absoutely. He's by far the best shot the RNC has.

    Votes: 9 9.4%

  • He might be good if he can shake the 47% remark he made.

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • I really don't care who the RNC puts up at this point

    Votes: 10 10.4%

  • The guy is DOA. Find some new blood.

    Votes: 46 47.9%

  • History suggests that he should not run again.

    Votes: 30 31.3%
  • Total voters
    96
  • Poll closed .
I find it funny that 21 people say "history suggests he dosent". Please tell me the history of people that ran for president more than once. Say like Nixon.
 
Honestly....considering the bad lot of potential candidates out there for the GOP....rehashing Romney might actually be the best shot that they have.
 
CRUE CAB said:
I find it funny that 21 people say "history suggests he dosent". Please tell me the history of people that ran for president more than once. Say like Nixon.
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Romney ran twice. What does that have to do with Nixon?
 
tres borrachos said:
What does that have to do with Romney? Romney ran twice. Lost the primaries, ran again, won the primaries, lost. History.
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Poll question says history says its not suggested he run again with any hope of winning. Like its a bad idea. I don't see it that way and history does not bear that out.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Poll question says history says its not suggested he run again with any hope of winning. Like its a bad idea. I don't see it that way and history does not bear that out.
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He's already run for POTUS twice. And lost both times.

Which President in the last 50 years ran for POTUS twice, and lost both times, and then came back to win on try #3?
 
Also, on poll question has him "DOA". Well, seeing as he is being talked about so much. I got to think not so much.
 
tres borrachos said:
He's already run for POTUS twice. And lost both times.

Which President in the last 50 years ran for POTUS twice, and lost both times, and then came back to win on try #3?
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That is not what the question said. Hell, Teddy Kennedy ran a million times. He was called the perennial candidate.
 
CRUE CAB said:
I find it funny that 21 people say "history suggests he dosent". Please tell me the history of people that ran for president more than once. Say like Nixon.
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Because he was an amazingly qualified president?

Romney winning is a theoretical possibility, in that it doesn't violate any known law of physics. I don't think it's likely, though. He wasn't a very electable person.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Nixon ran against Kennedy. Lost, ran again. Won. History, read it.
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The D's should have pitted Gore against Bush for round two instead of that idiot Kerry.
 
CRUE CAB said:
That is not what the question said. Hell, Teddy Kennedy ran a million times. He was called the perennial candidate.
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Nixon won, which seemed to be the point you're making when you said something about history and Nixon.

Unlike Nixon, Ted Kennedy also never won.

Remember your own post:

I find it funny that 21 people say "history suggests he dosent". Please tell me the history of people that ran for president more than once. Say like Nixon.


Nixon isn't comparable to Romney. He ran and lost only once.

History isn't on Romney's side, which is why those 21 answers are correct.
 
calamity said:
The D's should have pitted Gore against Bush for round two instead of that idiot Kerry.
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Yea, the inventor of the internet would have made a great president. Pfffffftttttttt, hahahahahhahahaha
 
calamity said:
The D's should have pitted Gore against Bush for round two instead of that idiot Kerry.
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Especially considering Gore actually got more votes than Bush did. I don't think Gore was a good candidate, but Kerry was duller than Gore and that's saying something.
 
tres borrachos said:
Nixon won, which seemed to be the point you're making when you said something about history and Nixon.

Unlike Nixon, Ted Kennedy also never won.

Remember your own post:

I find it funny that 21 people say "history suggests he dosent". Please tell me the history of people that ran for president more than once. Say like Nixon.


Nixon isn't comparable to Romney. He ran and lost only once.

History isn't on Romney's side, which is why those 21 answers are correct.
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The question dosent make those distinctions. Only that history gives him little chance. You can go all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt and find people that ran multiple times, some lost some won eventually.
 
Deuce said:
Because he was an amazingly qualified president?

Romney winning is a theoretical possibility, in that it doesn't violate any known law of physics. I don't think it's likely, though. He wasn't a very electable person.
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HE is, his handlers ran a lousy campaign.
 
Deuce said:
Especially considering Gore actually got more votes than Bush did. I don't think Gore was a good candidate, but Kerry was duller than Gore and that's saying something.
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Thanks to Florida, we saved the country from Mr Green Internet Global Warming Tobacco Farmer from becoming President following being a do nothing Vice President.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Thanks to Florida, we saved the country from Mr Green Internet Global Warming Tobacco Farmer from becoming President following being a do nothing Vice President.
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You mean 'thanks to the Greens' (especially Dade county), who voted for Nader because Gore was a fake environmentalist. It was time the dems paid for their greenwashing, and they did.
 
CRUE CAB said:
The question dosent make those distinctions. Only that history gives him little chance. You can go all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt and find people that ran multiple times, some lost some won eventually.
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Teddy Roosevelt didn't run for the Presidency until he was already President.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Thanks to Florida, we saved the country from Mr Green Internet Global Warming Tobacco Farmer from becoming President following being a do nothing Vice President.
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All Vice Presidents are do nothing Vice Presidents. They are constitutionally empowered to do two things:
1) be alive. (And technically I dont think the constitution requires this)
2) cast a tiebreaker vote in the senate, which doesn't happen much and only rarely over something significant
 
Deuce said:
Wow, takes a lot of effort to nitpick like that. So, rephrased question:

What on earth makes you think he was the best qualified?
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Because he has some heavy successful business experience so he knows the issues and problems associated with that, he has proved his ability to assess problems and address them in a constructive way, i.e. the 2002 Olympics, and he has demonstrated political skills and willingness and ability to build consensus and get things done regardless of the political party in power and within the existing laws. Who else is running who can claim those kinds of credentials?
 
AlbqOwl said:
Because he has some heavy successful business experience so he knows the issues and problems associated with that, he has proved his ability to assess problems and address them in a constructive way, i.e. the 2002 Olympics, and he has demonstrated political skills and willingness and ability to build consensus and get things done regardless of the political party in power and within the existing laws. Who else is running who can claim those kinds of credentials?
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Yea, but he is an old white man and we don't need any more stinkin' old white men.
 
CRUE CAB said:
He ran multiple times. He did win again in 1904.
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He never ran before he was elected as McKinley's VP. He assumed the job when McKinley was killed. He ran for re-election in 1904 and won.

He ran again in 1912 on the Bull Moose Party ticket. He finished second, 14 points behind Wilson.
 
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