GOP Nominee

**a completely inoffensive name** · 06-10-2011, 12:29

Newt is one of the worst of the worst. Pure politician that puts ideology over everything else. That kind of crap destroys nations.

**Lemur** · 06-10-2011, 13:49

For those of you who "want your country back":

**PanzerJaeger** · 06-11-2011, 05:45

Those production values are nothing compared to my Tim's awesome 24 style vids. Just sayin'.

Seriously, though, I think Mitt got a huge boost this week with all the negative economic news. It looks like this is essentially the economy Obama will have during the election, and it looks nothing like Reagan's morning in America. Healthcare may not even be a major focus if people are still hurting this badly come primary season.

**Motep** · 06-11-2011, 06:54

poor, poor Huntsman...

Good news: New favourite GOP candidate. Bad news: It's Huntsman

**Crazed Rabbit** · 06-11-2011, 09:57

Last I heard, Johnson was going to be excluded from the next GOP debate.

Not Gingrich or Bachmann, just the two term governor.

CR

**Xiahou** · 06-11-2011, 14:35

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

Newt is one of the worst of the worst. Pure politician that puts ideology over everything else. That kind of crap destroys nations.

I remember Newt as an opportunist and a partisan hack, more than an ideologue. Nonetheless, I can't think of a Republican more deserving of a campaign implosion.

**Lemur** · 06-11-2011, 15:56

Okay, I know it's unwise (bordering on psychotic) to make predictions this far out, but I'm getting the feeling that the Republican nomination is Pawlentey's to lose. Just the way things are lining up ... I know he's not at the top of any polls, but I know it won't be Romney or Bachman, Cain is a real talent but prone to gaffes and fantasy, Giuliani is far too liberal for the base, Christie and JB won't run ...

... yeah, the only thing between Pawlenty and the nomination is a Perry run. Well, that and hundreds of thousands of votes. But I got a feeling about this guy.

**Centurion1** · 06-11-2011, 16:02

That's funny all the polls I have seen are putting Romney on top.

**Ronin** · 06-14-2011, 11:27

Michele Bachmann officially a candidate

out in the distance, you can hear the sound of late night comedy writers popping champagne corks.

**Xiahou** · 06-14-2011, 15:41

Originally Posted by Ronin

Michele Bachmann officially a candidate

out in the distance, you can hear the sound of late night comedy writers popping champagne corks.

Howard Kurtz seems to think she stole the show on last night's debate (I didn't watch it).

I want to like Bachmann, but some of her views are a little out there for me. I think she's pretty sound on economic policy, she was right on Libya, pro-life is good.... but intelligent design? Really?

Originally Posted by article

She was at her most passionate on abortion, defending the “sanctity of human life.” But her toughest moment came when a questioner asked how she would balance her opposition to gay marriage with her advocacy of states’ rights.

Bachmann ducked at first, saying she believes in the 10th Amendment and also believes that marriage is between a man and a woman. When pressed, she said that as president she would not campaign to overturn state laws she didn’t like. But she softened her hard-line image by noting that she was raised by a single mother after her parents’ divorce.

That's a great answer in my opinion. If she's willing to apply that same logic to some things like her views on ID, I'd be pleased.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 06-14-2011, 15:51

Originally Posted by Xiahou

Howard Kurtz seems to think she stole the show on last night's debate (I didn't watch it).

I want to like Bachmann, but some of her views are a little out there for me. I think she's pretty sound on economic policy, she was right on Libya, pro-life is good.... but intelligent design? Really?

That's a great answer in my opinion. If she's willing to apply that same logic to some things like her views on ID, I'd be pleased.

Professing a belief in Intelligent Design is, functionally, little more than an assertion that you still believe in God despite God being outside the rubric of Science.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 06-16-2011, 09:54

Originally Posted by Xiahou

I remember Newt as an opportunist and a partisan hack, more than an ideologue. Nonetheless, I can't think of a Republican more deserving of a campaign implosion.

He is an opportunist for his ideology. I need to find the original source where I got this but I recall reading a moment when his second or third wife (how many has he had?) asked him how he could continue to cheat and yet hold family values up as something sacrilege. He replied something along the lines of how the idea is bigger than him and it doesn't matter if he breaks it as long as he manages to get America to follow it.