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cos ([personal profile] cos) wrote2011-12-09 08:42 am
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Republican Presidential Candidates

I've been saying it all year, so before the number dwindles too much more, I'll post it: All of the Republican candidates are unelectable in the primary. Not a single one of them has a chance of winning the nomination. And yet, if they're the ones running, one of them will.

This was true back when Herman Cain, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Sarah Palin, were part of the set. Still true now. None of them can win it, but apparently one of them will anyway.
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[identity profile] tisiphone.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Depressing, but at least if none of them can convince the most fanatical part of the Republican core to vote for them (because no one else is going to bother to vote in most primaries), the chances of them actually convincing the swing voters and non-fans to vote for them in the real election are low.

[identity profile] yesthattom.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Is this bad or good for Obama?

[identity profile] zombie-dog.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like it's probably gonna be Romney.

[identity profile] benndragon.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like it's 2007 all over again, only with the parties switched. Which is really weird if you know Republicans, they're known for being cohesive in a way Democrats just are not (that authoritarian streak and all). In a normal election cycle Romney would have long since won. (I'm pretty sure he's going to win this time, which makes me want to gnash my teeth - no one that nakedly power-hungry should be allowed in the White House, no matter what their party affiliation is).

Between how Republican primary voters are reacting to the Republican candidates (at least in polls) and the support of the Occupy protests, it seems like the general mood in the US re:politics is dissatisfaction with a side of anger.

[identity profile] pseydtonne.livejournal.com 2011-12-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm starting to think The Onion nailed it by declaring the GOP wants Obama to get another term so they can keep blaming him for every problem. If they didn't, they'd've found a fully-formed adult somewhere.

Newt? They threw him under the bus for being what they wanted. Now he's back and saying even crazier things than you'd expect from a man with a doctorate. Bring back child labor? Really? No, he just wants to provoke and that means he can't pay attention.

Romney? Well, we already know. Jon Stewart did a great job of showing him trying to hide a past of being who he was when he was our governor. He gets the nod by default unless Sam the Eagle runs.

Oh man, that'd be the best debate ever: Obama versus Sam the Eagle from the Muppets. Seeing his cameo in the movie made me laugh so hard.

What's going to happen when the old-money GOP try to take their party back to moderation (in about ten years)? I mean, the old money folks do not actually believe that Jesus will be arriving on Tuesday or they wouldn't invest in T-bills.

Once this "I can out-Reagan out" phase ends... eh, never mind. I might as well be saying "when Moshiach comes".
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