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I don't see a bright presidential race for the GOP in '08.

2007-02-28 08:47:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Elections

Yes, strike_eagle. In your own mind it does. In your own deluded, hate-filled mind.

2007-02-28 08:52:59 · update #1

Meathook, there is a simple answer. Evangelicals and the other bible-thumping conservatives will not vote for that "heretic" Romney. (In their minds that is what he is).
When Bush was elected, he had a lot of support from ultra-religious people.

2007-02-28 08:57:41 · update #2

During both elections is what I mean.
See, it has nothing to do with the Separation of Church and State or lack thereof.

2007-02-28 09:00:11 · update #3

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As a Dem, none of these guys worry me in the least.

2007-02-28 08:58:36 · answer #1 · answered by bradcymru 4 · 4 1

Christina was right on the money when she said that the GOP needs a different choice. She mentions Duncan Hunter, who is clearly the best choice for the Presidential candidate. He is a true conservative. Not only does he vote straight party line, but he takes initiatives that other candidates wouldn't. He staunchly opposed to immigration, which is becoming a hot topic in America. He seems to be the only elected official in America that realizes that "illegal immigrants" means illegal! The more people that know about him, the more mainstream coverage he'll get, and then he will get the name recognition as being a real Republican. Once people know who he is, then I guarantee that he will excite the political base in the same way Reagan did. This is the man of the future for the GOP.

Best of all, he has no dirt on him whatsoever.

2007-02-28 10:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Bobby S 4 · 1 0

Newt Gingrich will eventually run. Any of those you mentioned beat Hillary:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::THIS WILL OPEN YOUR EYES by Paul Harvey
>
> Conveniently Forgotten Facts Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers
> decided that a fellow black panther named...Alex Rackley needed to die.
>
> Rackley was suspected of disloyalty.
>
> Rackley was first tied to a chair. Once safely immobilized, his friends
> tortured him for hours by, among other things, pouring boiling water
> on him. When they got tired of torturing Rackley. Panther member
> Warren Kimbo took Rackley outside and put a bullet in his head.
>
> Rackley's body was later found floating in a river about 25 miles north
> of New Haven, Conn. Perhaps at this point you're curious as to what
> happened to these Black Panthers. In 1977, that's only eight years later,
> only one of the killers was still in jail.
>
> The shooter, Warren Kimbro, managed to get a scholarship to Harvard
> and became good friends with none other than Al Gore. He later became an
> assistant dean at an Eastern Connecticut State College. Isn't that
> something?
> As a '60s radical you can pump a bullet into someone's head and a few
years
> later, in the same state, you can become an assistant college dean! Only
in
> America!
>
> Erica Huggins was the lady who served the Panthers by boiling the water
> for Mr. Rackley's torture. Some years later Ms. Huggins was elected to a
> California School Board.
>
> How in the world do you think these killers got off so easy?
>
> Maybe it was in some part due to the efforts of two people who came to
> the defense of the Panthers. These two people actually went so far as to
> shut down Yale University with demonstrations in defense of the accused
> Black
> Panthers during their trial.
>
> One of these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee. Mr. Lee, or Mr. Lan
> Lee, as the case may be, isn't a college dean. He isn't a member of a
> California School Board. He was head of the US Justice Department's Civil
> Rights Division, appointed by none other than Bill Clinton.
>
> O.K., so who was the other Panther defender?
>

> Is this other notable Panther defender now a school board member?>
> Is this other Panther apologist CCow an assistant college dean?
>
> No, neither! The other Panther defender was, like Lee, a radical law
student
> at Yale University at the time. She is now known as the "one of the
smartest
> woman in the world" (and may well become the next president of the United
> States). She is none other than the Democratic senator from the State of
> New York----our former First Lady, the incredible Hillary Rodham Clinton.
>
> And now, as Paul Harvey said; You know "the rest of the story".
>
> Just a reminder as she runs for President

2007-02-28 09:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by just the facts 5 · 1 3

No, they're Republicans. We need the Dems for awhile to clean up the Bush train wreck,

2007-02-28 09:22:22 · answer #4 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 2 0

Why do you people automatically exclude Romney because of his Religious heritage? I thought religion and government don't mix.

Edit - Steve J I guarantee you that if Romney gets the nod in the primary that those Evangelicals will be voting for him before Hillary in the general election.

2007-02-28 08:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 0 4

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tells FOX News Why Mitt Romney Picked Him for Presidential Campaign
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

By Sara Bonisteel





AP



Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann.

A controversial Arizona sheriff known for making his inmates wear pink underwear and eat green bologna turned his back on his state's favored presidential candidate, opting instead to join forces with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
The Romney camp appointed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Monday as honorary chair of the campaign in the state of Arizona.

"The first time I met the governor at a private meeting, first thing he said was 'How's the pink underwear doing?'" Arpaio told FOXNews.com Wednesday.

Romney asked Arpaio to join his campaign in early January after several meetings, said Arpaio, who has made his name with a tough stance on immigration in the nation's fourth largest county.

Click here for FOXNews.com' s 2008 You Decide center.
"I like him," Arpaio said. "He's a man of principle, of good character. He did a great job in Massachusetts and I feel he's going to make a great president."

The sheriff, who was born and raised in Massachusetts, says his role in the campaign will include touting the Republican candidate in speeches throughout the state, and possibly the nation, where the tough-talking sheriff will stress Romney's ethics, his family life and his business acumen as reasons to vote him into office.


But Arpaio's decision to support the former Massachusetts governor begs the question as to why he decided to shirk the hometown candidate, Sen. John McCain . Arpaio refused to answer that question directly, choosing instead to allude to the Vietnam War hero.

"Arizona's important, maybe psychologically and politically because you have a fella here from Arizona running for president," Arpaio said. "And I guess, the hometown boy or the favorite son, they always seem to win; however don't forget, was it Gore that lost his own state in Tennessee?

"So I feel Mr. Romney has a great chance to win Arizona regardless of what polls and everybody else said," he said.

He called former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, also running for president, a "nice guy."

Maricopa County's sheriff made headlines last year for his controversial application of an anti-smuggling law that allowed him to jail illegal immigrants for smuggling themselves into the U.S. Inmates in the county, which includes Phoenix, are housed in a tent city where they are forced to wear pink underwear and eat green bologna.

"I'm sure the governor believes in my philosophy too," Arpaio said. "He sure would not be asking for my endorsement if he didn't believe in what I'm doing."

But Romney will have to win office before he'll get a chance to tour the tents. Four losing presidential contenders — Sens. Bob Dole, McCain, Phil Gramm and Gov. Pete Wilson — have toured the facility. Arpaio doesn't want to jinx Romney into being the fifth.

The Romney 2008 campaign also named Arizona political consultant Jason Rose as the state director of Romney's Republican bid for office.

"Each has many years of experience in Arizona politics and will help us mobilize our already robust network of grassroots support," said Romney in a statement. "They will be strong surrogates for our optimistic message of a stronger and safer America."

2007-03-01 04:18:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Listen to Romney talk about his religion. And then make a decision about him.

2007-02-28 13:09:26 · answer #7 · answered by Chopper 4 · 0 0

Yes, since the GOP doesn't stand a chance is hell, they might as well nominate candidates that have have a brain anyways.

2007-02-28 08:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by Its Hero Dictatorship 5 · 3 1

The next President will be a Democrat.

2007-02-28 08:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by Sax Player 5 · 5 2

McCain wasn't afraid to say what most Soldiers already knew.

2007-02-28 08:50:25 · answer #10 · answered by George G 3 · 2 2

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