The Next Step for the GOP

[ICantSpellDawg]

Much will depend on how the House and Senate fall out. I'm usually for gridlock, but I think it's time the GOP gets marginalized on all fronts for a while. The inmates are running the asylum.


Not sure I agree with this line of thinking. Romney is the candidate mainly because all of his opposition were unelectable loons. 2016 is going to be interesting, I'm pretty sure the candidates from both sides are going to disappoint.

Romney is the candidate because he is currently polling nearly half of the electorate. If he is so weak, other, stronger candidates would have faced him in the primaries. Don't delude yourself into believing this line of BS. He's got strong minuses but even stronger pluses.

[drone]

Romney is the candidate because he is currently polling nearly half of the electorate. If he is so weak, other, stronger candidates would have faced him in the primaries. Don't delude yourself into believing this line of BS. He's got strong minuses but even stronger pluses.

My point was that other, stronger candidates don't exist. And with respect to his current polling, Romney is running against a "failed" President who is quite frankly running a very poor campaign. If Romney was all that, he would be 5-10 points ahead. Weak economy, blatant lack of leadership, and no enthusiasm from the opposition base, and he's only almost level?

[rvg]

My point was that other, stronger candidates don't exist...

Oh, they exist. They just chose to sit this one out. There are plenty of top level republicans that could sweep this election in a landslide, but they didn't even bother participating in the primaries.

[drone]

That makes no sense. If these strong GOP candidates exist, why would they sit 2012 out? You have a weak Democrat incumbent and a field of loons + Romney. If Romney pulls this off, these mythical candidates are sidelined until 2020.

Romney has money and a relatively sane record of executive experience, so he had the advantage. The base will probably never trust him since he is a flip-flopping Mormon elected by the People's Republic of Massachusetts, but they will vote for him against Obama. But who else out there could have challenged Mitt in the primaries, and still be electable by the general population?

[rory_20_uk]

You only get 8 years to create a record for posterity. Better someone else sorts out the mess the country is in and takes all the difficult decisions regarding the national deficit and wastage on medical care for example.

Then when there is no incumbent and things have improved that's the time to reap the reward from the work of others.