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Palin the Best Repubs can Come Up With?

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Palin Leads in 2012 Republican Nomination Poll
In a new Opinion Research poll,
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2009/02/palin-leads-not-by-much-in-ear.html
Alaska governor Sarah Palin leads the field by a small amount in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The leading contenders are the people who were prominent in 2008. Here are the numbers.

- Sarah Palin 28%
- Mike Huckabee 26%
- Mitt Romney 21%
- Bobby Jindal 9%
- Other/don't know 16%
The poll was taken before Jindal's speech earlier this week, which was universally panned by Democrats and Republicans alike. He may not be read for prime time yet, but the race won't get started in earnest until after the 2010 elections, so he has time to learn the ropes. A Palin-Huckabee fight for the evangelical vote could result in an even split, potentially causing Romney to be the nominee due to the way the Republican rules work. Most primaries are winner take all. If, for example, the vote in a state is Palin 28%, Huckabee 28%, Romney 29%, then Romney would get all the delegates. But keep in mind, 2012 is a long ways away and other candidates who might be a serious threat to Romney (e.g., Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota) might enter the fray in 2011.
 

Sandhusker

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Jindal is out because of a 2 minute speech? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I realize the only reason Maobama got elected was because of his speeches (because it sure as hell wasn't because of his accomplishments, experience, or character), but other people choose their leaders via, shall we say... COMMON SENSE?
 
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Texan said:
Oldtimer said:
Palin the Best Repubs can Come Up With?

Obama the Best Dems could Come Up With?

Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.
 

Texan

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Sandhusker said:
Jindal is out because of a 2 minute speech? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I realize the only reason Maobama got elected was because of his speeches (because it sure as hell wasn't because of his accomplishments, experience, or character), but other people choose their leaders via, shall we say... COMMON SENSE?
Sandhusker, I think the liberals just like somebody that can read the teleprompter. Obviously, that is the most important thing to them when it comes to making decisions about whom is best to run our country.

I've been watching Bobby Jindal for several years via the local news stations out of Louisiana. Clearly, his speech the other night wasn't his best performance and personally, I would rank it as one of his worst.

I've seen him ambushed by reporters in airports, accosted by people at townhall type meetings, I've seen him give daily press briefings during the hurricanes - and almost everything in between. Bobby Jindal is somebody who is comfortable talking off of the top of his head and does NOT need to be handled by people in the RNC or anybody else.

They made a mistake by trying to handle Sarah Palin and I hope they don't make the same mistake again with Jindal.
 
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Sandhusker said:
Jindal is out because of a 2 minute speech? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I realize the only reason Maobama got elected was because of his speeches (because it sure as hell wasn't because of his accomplishments, experience, or character), but other people choose their leaders via, shall we say... COMMON SENSE?

Jindals bragging about how the good hard working Louisianans had fixed Louisiana and New Orleans so well after Katrina- with just good hard work and without government interference ----- while folks know they actually took $175+ Billion in taxpayer dollars and Federal aid didn't help his credibilty much either.... :wink:
 

Texan

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hurleyjd said:
Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.
"Good enough to win" is not the same thing as being good enough to lead our country. But you liberals should be proud - you won. As Sandhusker would say, hold your heads high. :lol:
 

Texan

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Oldtimer said:
Jindals bragging about how the good hard working Louisianans had fixed Louisiana and New Orleans so well after Katrina- with just good hard work and without government interference ----- while folks know they actually took $175+ Billion in taxpayer dollars and Federal aid didn't help his credibilty much either.... :wink:
I agree that it wasn't very smart to even bring up Katrina. In fact, too much of his speech was spent talking about Louisiana and was probably a little too folksy to appeal to most of the country.

But you hardcore liberals really need to quit worrying about what the Republicans are going to do in 2012. You really need to be worrying about finding the best candidate for the Dems to put up. Because what you've got in there ain't it. And he's a LONG way from being a sure thing as far as getting the nomination goes. :D

In fact, I'd be willing to bet that his Secretary of State is laying awake at night. Just trying to think of a way out of his cabinet so that she can go back to moderate Dems and say: I told you so. :lol:
 

Mike

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Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won

Based on the type of people that voted for him, does not make him better, it merely made him most popular. Big diff. :roll:
 

Sandhusker

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hurleyjd said:
Texan said:
Oldtimer said:
Palin the Best Repubs can Come Up With?

Obama the Best Dems could Come Up With?

Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.

He won because he got the most votes, not because he was the better candidate.
 

Mike

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Sandhusker said:
hurleyjd said:
Texan said:
Obama the Best Dems could Come Up With?

Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.

He won because he got the most votes, not because he was the better candidate.
 

VanC

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Question Wording: If the 2008 Democratic presidential primary were held today, whom would you support if the candidates are:

Democrats October 2005
May 2005
February 2005

Hillary Clinton
41%
40%
39%

John Kerry
17%
18%
21%

John Edwards
14%
16%
15%

Joe Biden
5%
7%
5%

Wesley Clark
3%
4%
4%

Evan Bayh
2%
<1%
1%

Tom Vilsack
1%
<1%
<1%

Mark Warner
1%
<1%
1%

Other
n.a.
3%
4%

Undecided
16%
12%
10%

As you can see, Barack Obama wasn't even on the radar four years ago, and now he's being hailed as the savior of the entire world. The point being that speculating about who the Republican nominee might be in 2012 is downright silly. A lot can, and will, happen between now and then. Whoever it is needs to be an authentic conservative if the Republicans hope to have a chance. Trying to beat the Democrats by acting like Democrats just ain't gonna get the job done. They tried that in 2008 and got their butts handed to them.
 

movin' on

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hurleyjd said:
Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.


You couldn't be more wrong, my friend.

If the republicans ever return to their conservative roots and values, you will see a landslide victory.

This county, as of now, is still a right leaning country. After the poor, misguided souls who voted for Obama see what a genuine mess liberalism is, they will return in droves to anyone who runs a truly conservative campaign. (As in, not John McCain)
 

hypocritexposer

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Obama was better than the republican candidate or he would not have won. Looks like he was good enough to win. You Republicans might as well get used to losing until you change the party to include a broader base.

"I won", I was the best liar!
 
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