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Who would do best against Obama in a debate?

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Out of all the Republicans who might run for president in 2012, which do you think would perform best against Obama in a standard format debate?
 
Ron Paul. Doesn't carry the baggage the other Republicans carry and is overall a smart guy.
 
Romney-he's much smarter than Obama, has had more government experience and he has two things Obama doesn't have-
1) successful business experience
2) He got into Harvard Law based on his record, not his race
 
Romney-he's much smarter than Obama, has had more government experience and he has two things Obama doesn't have-
1) successful business experience
2) He got into Harvard Law based on his record, not his race

What will Romney do if they have to debate healthcare?
 
Ron Paul. Doesn't carry the baggage the other Republicans carry and is overall a smart guy.

You're right. Ron Paul carries the baggage that other libertarians carry.
 
You're right. Ron Paul carries the baggage that other libertarians carry.
The fact that you don't like them isn't "baggage."
 
What will Romney do if they have to debate healthcare?

he's had some experience in trying to do something about it-Ron Paul hasn't.

good ideas conveyed by a poor speaker tend to bomb. Ask Sarah Palin about that
 
It depends what you mean by "doing best." Do you mean winning the crowd over, or do you mean winning on substantive measures? If you mean the former, probably Mike Huckabee. He is a genuinely likeable guy who speaks softly and generally has sensible viewpoints (even when I disagree with them). If you mean the latter, probably Mitt Romney. He is by far the smartest of the main Republican contenders. Ron Paul is a scary extremist, and Sarah Palin is flat-out stupid.

If we're including other potential dark-horse contenders...Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie know their stuff and would probably do well in a debate. John Boehner and Jim DeMint are idiots and would get pulverized.
 
It depends what you mean by "doing best." Do you mean winning the crowd over, or do you mean winning on substantive measures? If you mean the former, probably Mike Huckabee. He is a genuinely likeable guy who speaks softly and generally has sensible viewpoints (even when I disagree with them). If you mean the latter, probably Mitt Romney. He is by far the smartest of the main Republican contenders. Ron Paul is a scary extremist, and Sarah Palin is flat-out stupid.

If we're including other potential dark-horse contenders...Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie know their stuff and would probably do well in a debate. John Boehner and Jim DeMint are idiots and would get pulverized.


Ron Paul-good message, lousy messenger. Palin isn't stupid-she just comes off as being intellectually untrained. there is a difference from being stupid. Its like athletics. some kids have no coordination or talent. They are athletically "stupid". Other kids have had no training. Palin is akin to that.
 
It depends what you mean by "doing best." Do you mean winning the crowd over, or do you mean winning on substantive measures? If you mean the former, probably Mike Huckabee. He is a genuinely likeable guy who speaks softly and generally has sensible viewpoints (even when I disagree with them). If you mean the latter, probably Mitt Romney. He is by far the smartest of the main Republican contenders. Ron Paul is a scary extremist, and Sarah Palin is flat-out stupid.

If we're including other potential dark-horse contenders...Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie know their stuff and would probably do well in a debate. John Boehner and Jim DeMint are idiots and would get pulverized.

How is Ron Paul an extremist?
 
Newt. Hands down.
 
Out of all the Republicans who might run for president in 2012, which do you think would perform best against Obama in a standard format debate?

No One because standard format debates are bull****, prepackaged, propaganda push, hogwarsh! They know the questions ahaed of time and have speech writers prepare their answers.
 
No One because standard format debates are bull****, prepackaged, propaganda push, hogwarsh! They know the questions ahaed of time and have speech writers prepare their answers.
QED.

God forbid the masses see that the politicians from which they must choose are generally not that bright and as prone to gaffes as everyone else.

I wish we had something like Britain's PM's question time.
 
It depends what you mean by "doing best." Do you mean winning the crowd over, or do you mean winning on substantive measures? If you mean the former, probably Mike Huckabee. He is a genuinely likeable guy who speaks softly and generally has sensible viewpoints (even when I disagree with them). If you mean the latter, probably Mitt Romney. He is by far the smartest of the main Republican contenders. Ron Paul is a scary extremist, and Sarah Palin is flat-out stupid.

If we're including other potential dark-horse contenders...Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie know their stuff and would probably do well in a debate. John Boehner and Jim DeMint are idiots and would get pulverized.

DeMint would wipe the floor with uh er uh Obama
 
Romney-he's much smarter than Obama, has had more government experience and he has two things Obama doesn't have-
1) successful business experience
2) He got into Harvard Law based on his record, not his race

One - President Obama's intelligence is only your opinion, which in my mind, is worthless.
Two - a very serious accusation, if this is true.
Can you prove it?
Correct me if I am wrong, but is this the same Romney associated with American Motors?
 
Jeb Bush.

10char
 
How is Ron Paul an extremist?

Very few of the policies Ron Paul would implement as the President have mainstream support. These include:
1) Going back to the gold standard
2) Distestablishing the Federal Reserve
3) Closing all overseas military bases
4) U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations
5) U.S. withdrawal from NATO
6) The dissoultions of the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Internal Revenue Service
7) Repeal of the 17th Amendment
8) Repeal of the 16th Amendment

Those positions aren't very mainstream. If Ron Paul were to be elected, he could only enact 6 of those 8 policies, and doing so would be such a shock that it'll throw this country, and many other countries, into chaos for a time.

That's why I don't think he'd be a good President. I think he's a decent Congressman, however, and have no problem with him continuing in that role.
 
Jeb Bush.

10char

I don't know how Jeb Bush can get elected as a "small government conservative" when, as governor of Florida, he signed into a bill from the Florida legislature into law that affected only one person: Terri Schiavo.
 
Very few of the policies Ron Paul would implement as the President have mainstream support. These include:
1) Going back to the gold standard
2) Distestablishing the Federal Reserve
3) Closing all overseas military bases
4) U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations
5) U.S. withdrawal from NATO
6) The dissoultions of the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Internal Revenue Service
7) Repeal of the 17th Amendment
8) Repeal of the 16th Amendment

Those positions aren't very mainstream. If Ron Paul were to be elected, he could only enact 6 of those 8 policies, and doing so would be such a shock that it'll throw this country, and many other countries, into chaos for a time.

That's why I don't think he'd be a good President. I think he's a decent Congressman, however, and have no problem with him continuing in that role.

Perhaps, but electing mainstream politicians has not proven very beneficial to the United States. Paul doesn't advocate completely relying on the gold standard and getting rid of the Federal Reserve should be a mainstream sentiment. However, I agree with you on the fact that it would be very difficult for him to get widespread support for his agenda. Though I think there could be a few instances where he could seriously embarass Obama. Of course, if Fox News controls the debate he probably won't get an invitation, similar to the last Presidential election. Then again... if it is against Obama... Fox News would have any Republican's back
 
Out of all the Republicans who might run for president in 2012, which do you think would perform best against Obama in a standard format debate?

Is there a poll here somewhere?
 
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