Lets hope they run Bozo Lipstick Palin. The president will wipe the floor with her.
On 2/16/11, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > The Republicans could run Bozo and beat Obama.... they will turn out > in droves. > > On Feb 16, 4:15 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: >> How 'pitiful' is the Republican presidential field? >> After crunching the numbers, polling guru Nate Silver finds the GOP's >> slate of potential 2012 candidates among the weakest in memory. How >> worried should Republicans be? >> posted on February 16, 2011, at 11:36 AM >> >> Though Mike Huckabee has the strongest favorability rating among >> potential Republican presidential contenders, the numbers are not >> encouraging. Photo: Corbis SEE ALL 29 PHOTOS >> Best Opinion: NY Times, American Prospect, Huff. Post... >> >> Republican insiders are fretting about the party's crop of likely 2012 >> presidential candidates, and they "have some legitimate reason to >> worry," says The New York Times polling guru Nate Silver. According to >> public opinion polls, the field is currently "quite weak." Only two >> likely Republican contenders — Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney — have >> positive favorability ratings. Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich have >> "especially poor" ratings, in the negative double digits. Is the 2012 >> GOP field, as The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan puts it, irredeemably >> "pitiful?" >> >> The GOP field is weak: These numbers are "bad news for Republicans," >> says Jim Lindgren in The Volokh Conspiracy. Some of the GOP contenders >> could make "better than average presidents," but "I see no one who as >> yet looks to be a better than average candidate." If this is the best >> the GOP can muster, "President Obama will be hard to beat." >> "The political weakness of the 2012 Republican field" >> >> This is no big deal: The "stunning unpopularity" of the field actually >> "doesn't strike me as something Republicans should worry about," says >> Jamelle Bouie in The American Prospect. At least not this early. >> "Favorability" just means "familiarity" at this stage, and many >> eventual winners were in mediocre shape early on. Two good examples: >> At roughly this in their campaign cycles, Bill Clinton had net >> favorability rating of just +3, while Ronald Reagan's was -1. >> "Early polling doesn't matter" >> >> The only numbers that matter are economic: Jobs and economic growth >> will be the factors that decide our next president, says Brendan Nyhan >> in The Huffington Post. Sure, the GOP field lacks a "widely praised >> figure who is held in esteem by both Democrats and Republicans." But >> "if the economy [remains] bad enough," as long as Republicans pick a >> nominee who isn't Palin or Gingrich, they'll win. >> "Are the Republican presidential candidates weak?" >> >> More:http://theweek.com/article/briefing_blog/203/2012-presidential-race >> >> -- >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >> Have a great day, >> Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. Have a great day, Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
