Is The GOP Race Over?

I understand what you're saying and you're not necessarily wrong, but this discussion is for people who enjoy the gossip/speculation of the race such as myself.

Huntsman would probably make a great VP but Romney would never choose him. Why? One Mormon is bad enough, two of them would look like some conspiracy that would freak out the Republican base. I think Paul has already said he has no interest in being VP and would not even endorse anyone else if he failed to get the nomination.

The field after NH will look like this:

There are a few prominent commentators, including Ariana Huffington, who think Huntsman could turn out to be a big deal, specifically that there's a chance that Huntsman will be the beneficiary of a sudden surge when people realise that he could beat Obama more easily than any other GOP candidate including Romney.

I mean, does the Republican party want to take a stand on conservative principles or win the election? Romney is a compromise between the two poles and so therefore satisfies neither the Republican base or moderate voters. On the other hand, no Republican candidate would find it as easy to appeal to moderates as Huntsman and it's not as if Republicans would vote for Obama out of spite. I think he would be a real danger, whereas Romney would probably just sort of bore and amuse people by turns without really changing anyone's mind.

There are only three candidates who could debate Obama, Romney, Huntsman and Gingrich. Anyone else would end up sorry they were ever born after a few hours being ripped on national TV by the big O. This is kind of why I hope Cain gets the nomination because boy oh boy would that make for some funny debates. Obama would probably toss his notes aside after twenty minutes and go "f**k this, I don't even need to waste my time debating you, I'm just gonna start making jokes."

Edited by Textbook - November 13 2011 at 20:41

Very true that debate skills do not say much about someone's ability to make real time executive decisions.

However, when do we get to watch a candidate make realtime executive decisions.


SAY! That's a really good idea. In the future, anyone who wants to be a presidential candidate must agree to be followed by a film crew for 12 hours a day for a four month period before the primaries so we can see them making calls and doing their homework. It would not be broadcast but unedited footage would be available online for interested parties. The mainstream media would no doubt present us with little highlights packages but any accusations of clips being selectiely chosen or taken out of context, if true, should be able to be remedied by presenting other parts of the same footage. Don't want that level of scrutiny? Then you probably don't want to be president.

That's right, every GOP candidate should have their own reality show!

I remember reading that a significant amount of articles about Ron Paul are about asking why people never write articles about Ron Paul.

I wasn't saying Huffington is right, I was just commenting on a phenomena I'd noticed. I too think Huntsman is going home after NH. But as someone said, remember McCain. And yes, McCain lost, but he was dealing with a massive wave of disillusionment and disappointment after Bush. Huntsman on ther other hand, would have the exact opposite situation, with a lot of people being disappointed with Obama.

And do you really think Republicans would Idly sit by and watch Obama win again rather than vote for
Huntsman?

I think you're wrong about the debates though. Romney wouldn't last long with Obama in a charisma battle so I think it would contain a lot of awkward facts and figures about the economy and some quite serious number crunching and discussion.

Textbook wrote: I wasn't saying Huffington is right, I was just commenting on a phenomena I'd noticed. I too think Huntsman is going home after NH. But as someone said, remember McCain. And yes, McCain lost, but he was dealing with a massive wave of disillusionment and disappointment after Bush. Huntsman on ther other hand, would have the exact opposite situation, with a lot of people being disappointed with Obama. And do you really think Republicans would Idly sit by and watch Obama win again rather than vote for Huntsman? I think you're wrong about the debates though. Romney wouldn't last long with Obama in a charisma battle so I think it would contain a lot of awkward facts and figures about the economy and some quite serious number crunching and discussion.

 

Edited by manofmystery - November 13 2011 at 21:52

Since all GOP candidates follow this guy anyway, there's a strong chance they may just cut out the middle man and go straight for him as their nominee:

The Doctor wrote: Do not overlook the possibility of this dark horse candidate.

 

The Doctor wrote: Do not overlook the possibility of this dark horse candidate.

I'd take him over who we have now... At least he'd have a strong foreign policy.