Santorum? You are talking about the man whose name has become to mean a frothy mix of various .,. stuff. I'll let you google the rest.George Rockwell Lincoln dead and buried has a much better chance of becoming president. If there is any candidate that could fire up the Democratic Party base more than Bachmann he is it.
Gingrich, that man as so much baggage, his name should be Pullman. This person was kicked out of the congress for ethics violations. Think of it, he was too unethical for Congress. That says something about the person. He has claimed to be a historian, yet gets so many things wrong about history in his writing. Frankly is he even trustworthy. He was screwing an aide while prosecuting Clinton for doing the same thing - and on top of it would go to groups like the Family Values Coalition decrying infidelity. during the mortgage crisis he was slamming Freddie and Mannie Mae while at the same time collecting 15 million in consulting fees. All the time saying he was not a lobbyist. Even Ron Paul when you start really looking into what he says and wants (and his writings) comes out less than stellar. For years his newsletter for instance was cited time and time again as a very racist rag, virulently anti-black and latino. Is that what you people want in a President? The fact is that the Republican clown car has so many bad candidates that even the best of the lot only polls a statistical tie with Obama. And that is despite the miserable performance of the economy, and Obama's kowtowing to the Republicans every chance he can get. I think the Republican party at this point could do much better by simply throwing in the towel on the current crop of loonies and get American Idol to do the choosing. On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So is Paul an irrelevant fringe candidate or Ross Perot II? He can't be > both. > > Look at the facts, Sam. All else being equal, Romney does not beat Obama > head to head. Gingrich could, I think, if he recovers from his precipitous > drop in the polls, but what are the odds he can keep it together for > another eleven months? Santorum can compete with the President on gravitas, > but he has a shortage of charisma when matched against Obama, who can turn > it on *big time* in the spotlight. Hunstman is Romney with more > international political experience and less name recognition, not a bad > thing, but not a winner. Bachmann is a Tea Party darling, but not a winner > at this level. > > And then there is Ron Paul. Despite lacking the shininess of the other > candidates, he is polling at the top in Iowa. He has intellectual heft and > consistency on his side. His positions leave him open to attack from the > mainstream, but those same positions provide him an incredibly solid base > of support. He is a terrible debater from a technical standpoint, but the > right debate coach could break his bad habits and turn him into an iron > hammer. He will continue to have money and a message. He isn't going away > anytime soon, so someone in the Republican establishment had better find a > way to bring his supporters into the fold. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> You so confused. >> The Hardcore middle does not represent the Majority. >> The are a fringe like all other fringe groups. >> They can swing both ways or in neither direction. Do not confuse the >> with the mainstream. >> >> . >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
