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Republican candidates for 2012

Who are you supporting for 2012 Republican candidate?

  • Fmr. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • Fmr. Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • Fmr. Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich of Georgia

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • Governor Tim Palwenty of Minnesota

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • Representative Ron Paul of Texas

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • Senator John Thune of South Dakota

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 9 32.1%
  • Total voters
    28
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This question is for Republicans and people who plan to vote in the republican primaries only. Which candidate do you support to run against Obama in 2012? (Candidates are naturally speculative, as we're so early in the cycle.) If you don't care about the 2012 race yet, please don't complain here, just ignore this thread.

Fmr. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska

Fmr. Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas

Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts

Fmr. Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich of Georgia

Governor Tim Palwenty of Minnesota

Representative Ron Paul of Texas

Senator John Thune of South Dakota

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi

Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico

Other
 
I am supporting Palin and will vote in my states open primary for her. Heck, I will even put up a lawn sign for her.
 
None of these are real candidates and should not be who run against Obama.
 
hallam said:
None of these are real candidates and should not be who run against Obama.
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At this point, since no one's announced yet, I'm just going off of what conventional wisdom says. Granted, it could be Condelisa Rice on that stage at the end of the day for all I know, but these are who the hype is about.
 
I can't say I'd definitely vote for him, but from what I know Rick Perry seems like a decent candidate to run for President. I like his views on Social Security and Health Care, and I like his opinion that states should have more power with making decisions in order to create more competition.
 
Mitch Daniels is my #1 pick. Of that list, though, it's probably Palin.
 
Mike Pence. Could not imagine a better candidate right now.
 
amyk629 said:
I can't say I'd definitely vote for him, but from what I know Rick Perry seems like a decent candidate to run for President. I like his views on Social Security and Health Care, and I like his opinion that states should have more power with making decisions in order to create more competition.
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Rick Perry wouldn't run, I don't think. He would see that as a demotion. He is very states rights.
 
Bobby J...South LA. in da house!

LOL...

Seriously though, between the oil spill and Bobby J's handling of LA. economy, he's the best counter to a President that prolonged the recession and botched the oil spill with red tape. Bobby J will have plenty of real life examples to contrast his philosophy to Obama's. If he picked NJ's Gov as a running mate, it would be a land slide...mostly because everyone would be scared to vote against him. Can you imagine Christie in a debate against Biden?
 
the makeout hobo said:
This question is for Republicans and people who plan to vote in the republican primaries only. Which candidate do you support to run against Obama in 2012? (Candidates are naturally speculative, as we're so early in the cycle.) If you don't care about the 2012 race yet, please don't complain here, just ignore this thread.

Fmr. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska

Fmr. Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas

Fmr. Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts

Fmr. Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich of Georgia

Governor Tim Palwenty of Minnesota

Representative Ron Paul of Texas

Senator John Thune of South Dakota

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi

Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico

Other
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Thune all the way for me, he seems to have the most integrity out of the entire crowd and is fairly charismatic...however, i don't know if that's because he really DOES have integrity, or if it's just because he has been under the radar, so to speak.
 
I'm not actually going to be backing a Republican Candidate - unless everyone else is a total wash. But for who I would consider to be a GOOD candidate on that end: Newt Gingrich.
 
well if it cannot go to Palin, Ron Paul for sure.
 
Me.

I know next to nothing about governing anything, have no experiance in the field whatsoever, and no idea who I would choose as my running mate.

Perhaps a hot female, who I could be accused of sleeping with, on the side (I wish).

I would likely be instantly corrupted by DC, as I have no money to speak of (debts, actually).

But, things would stay the same. :mrgreen:
 
I'm going with Mike Pence too.
 
I will be supporting Mitch Daniels during the Republican Primaries, should he choose to run. Although he is relatively unknown, I have a very good feeling about his chances.
 
Tim Pawlenty 100%. I'd seriously vote for him over Obama, just to give him a chance at the job. He has a great record of success in Minn. and since he's a republican, he'd have more of a chance of getting things done than Obama because of the current political environment.
 
I really wish Christie from NJ would run for president. Maybe in 2016.
 
Palin from that list.
 
Other/none of the above...
Powell, Shinseki, or some high ranking officer who can channel the spirit of General Patton...
 
amyk629 said:
I can't say I'd definitely vote for him, but from what I know Rick Perry seems like a decent candidate to run for President. I like his views on Social Security and Health Care, and I like his opinion that states should have more power with making decisions in order to create more competition.
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Did you like it when he said Texas should sucede from the Nation? How about when he laughed about the guy that he refused to hear the case of that was probably executed buy innocent due the fact that the fire inspection that got him convicted was a farce? (He allegedly set fire to his house with his kids in it.)
 
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cpwill said:
Mitch Daniels is my #1 pick. Of that list, though, it's probably Palin.
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Being from Indiana I can tell you he won't even make it out of the starting gate. It won't take much digging to have him leave in shame.
 
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