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I never really bought into the notion that the Mormon faith significantly hurt Romney in any tangible way.
I never really bought into the notion that the Mormon faith significantly hurt Romney in any tangible way.
Jon Huntsman, Paul Ryan are good choices. Both have much experience, are the fresh faces the GOP needs, sensible, and promising. I also like Chris Christie.
Chris Christie is not only a RINO, but if you put a horn on him he'd look like a RHINO
TBH I haven't followed him that much. I followed him with interest after Hurricane Sandy (then again, everybody did) but that was a while ago. He may have changed. That's why I added him almost as an afterthought.
True, I should have been more clear with my comment. It seemed some were discarding Carson because he might be a " creationist".. SO WHAT? And also some willing to discard Paul because of their perception of his father as " nutty" and once again I say SO WHAT. Those 2 and Cruz are the only ones I believe are not RINOs and that's whats needed. If the Republicans run the likes of a Christie, Bush, Romney or a Huntsman I will set it out, becasue I want no part of it. Ive essentially had it with this party and im giving them ONE more chance or im done with them.
Lots of good candidates in 2016
Jeb Bush
Rand Paul
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
Ted Cruz
Ben Carson
Scott Brown
At this point i am leaning Paul or Carson
I like the idea of a president that has done something other than politics. I also share many of the same positions of paul and carson. Not all, but i dont miss the forest for the trees. I would support any of the above candidates tho if they won the primary.
What say you
I would consider voting for Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Scott Brown, or Paul Ryan. Possibly Marco Rubio. I would not vote for Paul. I would never vote for Cruz or Carson, I don't think either is qualified to be President. Especially not Carson. If either of them were the nominee I'd actively support Hillary Clinton.
Paul and carson have held jobs other than politics
Paul ryan has been in congress since his 20s, prior to that he worked in politics. I like him but he is very much an establishment guy.
True enough christie was a long time us attorney but that is a political appointment. Not to mention he has been entrenched in politics since he was young.
Rubio has also been a politician his whole adult life
Brown is another who has held a job outside politics
The reason i believe its important is the insight they bring. They are better prepared to address the economic concerns of people who pay the salaries if government rather than spending their whole lives in elected office.
Again, i wouldnt lose any sleep if most of them were nominated. But i specifically like paul and carson
Absolutely no. Zero experience which gives me immediete pause, especially after the last guy. The fact he's appears to be a creationist also gives me great pause as I question the mentality and thought process of anyone that can honestly believe such a thing.
Any one of those would be MUCH better than the current President.
Also I would add Mike Pence to the list.
I voted for Romney in 2012, and he does have his flaws but we would be much better off if he won.
If Jeb Bush had balls and kept up positions like he initially started (centrist) then I could have supported him. Seems he will back off centrist positions that would gain him independent voters to secure the right wing base, and that won't work for me. I dislike most on the list. Folks mentioned Huntsman and Portman, but I agree the Huntsman campaign was like watching paint dry.
Huntsman accepted science. That was enough for him to be cast out into the cold.
Lots of good candidates in 2016
Jeb Bush
Rand Paul
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
Ted Cruz
Ben Carson
Scott Brown
At this point i am leaning Paul or Carson
I like the idea of a president that has done something other than politics. I also share many of the same positions of paul and carson. Not all, but i dont miss the forest for the trees. I would support any of the above candidates tho if they won the primary.
What say you
I've never bought the argument that an 'outsider' is on its own a good thing. I think Rand Paul has an atrocious perspective on foreign policy and that Carson is ludicrously unqualified due to his beliefs and pandering to the Breitbart-osphere.
Its over for mitt and Ben Carson will NEVER be president thats just silly. He has as much of a chance as Palin, Bachmann and Cain . . .ZERO
as for the rest ,there are pros and cons to all of them but a big thing for 2016/voting will be social issues. Just the way it is unfortunately. Im not saying thats how it SHOULD be but its the way it will be.
So all of them would have to run thier campaign in other directions, if any of thier "platforms" have anti-abortion and anti-equal rights stuff in them its a sure lose, just how it is right now. If they run on promises to stop/ban abortions and deny gays equal rights the run themselves out of the race.
Should it be how ANY candidate is solely judged, no but if you highlight those issues they can make or break you and in this case they will break them.
It be awesome if our elections dealt with REAL politics.
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