GOP Candidates: Who does the best against Obama?

[Denny Crane]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...-runner-in-the-battle-for-the-gop-nomination/

What about the showdown in November 2012?

According to the poll, taken before the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death, President Barack Obama has an edge over all the top GOP candidates in hypothetical match-ups.

Who does best against Obama? Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by many in the tea party movement, trails the president by only seven points (52 to 45 percent) in a hypothetical general election showdown. Huckabee trails by eight points, with Romney down 11 points to Obama.

 

[Denny Crane]

Moving up in the polls.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

the illuminati would never allow it.

 

[Entity]

I really think Ron Paul is the only one on that list who could give Obama a run for his money.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Ron Paul is legit.....

 

[magnifier661]

I wish Forbes would run for office, but he doesn't have the balls to do it. His economic ideas are way "Out of the box" thinking. I loved his idea on a Federal Sales Tax, instead of income tax. Basically no one pays income tax, no write offs, no IRS, no deductions. You pay tax as you go. Meaning: If you go to the store and their is a 10% federal sales tax, you pay taxes. All the tourists, drug dealers or people that buy things for cash, will all contribute to the good ole USA.

The elimination of the IRS alone will save this country trillions of dollars each year.

 

[44Thrilla]

I wish Forbes would run for office, but he doesn't have the balls to do it. His economic ideas are way "Out of the box" thinking. I loved his idea on a Federal Sales Tax, instead of income tax. Basically no one pays income tax, no write offs, no IRS, no deductions. You pay tax as you go. Meaning: If you go to the store and their is a 10% federal sales tax, you pay taxes. All the tourists, drug dealers or people that buy things for cash, will all contribute to the good ole USA.

The elimination of the IRS alone will save this country trillions of dollars each year.

sounds exactly like Huckabee's plan.

 

[magnifier661]

sounds exactly like Huckabee's plan.

Wasn't Huckabee that proposed the "Flat income tax"?

 

[44Thrilla]

Wasn't Huckabee that proposed the "Flat income tax"?

lol I actually thought that was Forbes.

 

[magnifier661]

lol I actually thought that was Forbes.

Hahahahahaha I got it backwards! LOL

 

[Minstrel]

I wish Forbes would run for office, but he doesn't have the balls to do it.

You mean, outside of his completely failed attempts to run for President in the past?

 

[magnifier661]

You mean, outside of his completely failed attempts to run for President in the past?

You know damn well that dude half assed it. No nut sack to run for real!

 

[The Professional Fan]

GOP Presidential Debate on Fox tonight? Really? Already?

 

[barfo]

Although I have more respect for Ron Paul than for most of the R candidates, as a democrat I'd be very happy to have him be the candidate. Very, very happy.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

GOP Presidential Debate on Fox tonight? Really? Already?

Yes, it's called Republican Apprentice and Trump is the moderator.

 

[barfo]

Yes, it's called Republican Apprentice and Trump is the global moderator.

FTFY. I hope he doesn't go crazy and start deleting candidates randomly and have to be banned.

barfo

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I wish Forbes would run for office, but he doesn't have the balls to do it. His economic ideas are way "Out of the box" thinking. I loved his idea on a Federal Sales Tax, instead of income tax. Basically no one pays income tax, no write offs, no IRS, no deductions. You pay tax as you go. Meaning: If you go to the store and their is a 10% federal sales tax, you pay taxes. All the tourists, drug dealers or people that buy things for cash, will all contribute to the good ole USA.

The elimination of the IRS alone will save this country trillions of dollars each year.

sounds exactly like ross perots plan from 20 years ago

 

[3RA1N1AC]

ron paul is getting alot of love here in nh

 

[DaLincolnJones]

This is a good question, who can mount a campaign against obummer with any hope of winning. A guy I know had dinner the other night with George W.

It was about 12 others and W, he was very candid when asked questions. One of the people there asked him who he thought would have a chance, and his response was that it had to be a Governor, someone that had dealt with the things one a smaller scale, but indeed, much of the same process. He also impressed upon those there his belief that the guys from the smaller states, RI, NH etc, would not have the steam.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Chris Christie, come on down!

 

[maxiep]

It sounds like he was talking about his brother.

In an alternate universe, Jeb Bush would be a front runner for the GOP nomination--popular GOP governor in a swing state, hispanic family, smart, photogenic, etc.--but unfortunately for him he has the wrong last name.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I'd vote for Paul.

But honestly, again, this is Obama's election to lose. We will see. The only person I'd vote over Obama right now is Ron Paul.

 

[mook]

Four years ago at this point it seemed like a wide open race. Hillary was probably the favorite, then McCain and then probably Obama and Romney in a tie for third.

I guess a lot of that is not having an incumbent president or a sitting VP running in 2008, as opposed to now. Still, it's kind of shocking that there aren't one or two people even being seriously mentioned as a favorite Republican candidate at this point.

It demonstrates pretty clearly to me two things:

1. Being the favorite at this point doesn't necessarily entitle you to anything. Hillary was and she lost.

2. The Republicans are going to really struggle to come up with a candidate who will both appease the Tea Party crowd and still be electable among the 70% or so of American voters who don't have Tea Party leanings.

My sense is that Tea Partiers, and consequently the whole party, would rather see a Barry Goldwater type Pyrrhic victory of a True Believer, than have somebody who is more moderate make it a close race.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

It sounds like he was talking about his brother.

In an alternate universe, Jeb Bush would be a front runner for the GOP nomination--popular GOP governor in a swing state, hispanic family, smart, photogenic, etc.--but unfortunately for him he has the wrong last name.

Yeah, universe in the mirror, maybe so, but no. He was saying that a candidate from the larger states was needed for the sole purpose of fund raising and early votes. He mentioned that he had half a billion raised before he even announced he would run. The projection at this time is that Obummer had 3/4 of a billion last election, and they expect him to have over one billion to run with this next go around.

Bush want nothing to do with the limelight, said it was fun, he is glad he did what he did. Pointed to several things that have come into being from what he started, but as far as doing the jimmy carter thing, going to grind zero and throwing a party over OBLs death, he found it to be in bad taste to do that where so many died.

 

[44Thrilla]

Four years ago at this point it seemed like a wide open race. Hillary was probably the favorite, then McCain and then probably Obama and Romney in a tie for third.

Actually, I think it was Hillary and Rudy Giuliani leading the polls, IIRC.

 

[MARIS61]

So completely void of credible candidates, the Republican party's slim hope isn't even a real Republican and he opposes the bulk of the party platform.

Good luck with that choice.

 

[MARIS61]

sounds exactly like ross perots plan from 20 years ago

It's every billionaire's plan. Make the poor carry the country.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'd vote for Paul.

But honestly, again, this is Obama's election to lose. We will see. The only person I'd vote over Obama right now is Ron Paul.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/05/05/gary_johnson_most_interesting_republican

This guy.

 

[mook]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/05/05/gary_johnson_most_interesting_republican

This guy.

Interesting interview.

I do wish the Republican party would completely ignore the religious right and choose a candidate like him. Not just because I think Obama would beat him, but because the religious culture war crap is old and tired. Gays, abortion, evolution, the war on Christmas....jeez. We've been rehashing this stuff for decades and it's not moving much in the Christian right's favor.

Focus on the the economy and crime and war. When Democrats lose, I want them to lose because Republicans did better jobs of convincing the public about their solutions to real world problems. Not because a given candidate seemed to be more right with Jeebus.

 

[STOMP]

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/05/05/gary_johnson_most_interesting_republican

This guy.

that was a refreshing read. At the least I'd love to have more of his common sense thoughts involved in the upcoming political conversation.

STOMP