Buy soma….

Romney is not a liberal. Never has been. Yeah, he had to give lip service to the libs in Mass on abortion and gay marriage. But what were his actions as Governor?

The question is who is the most ELECTABLE and CONSERVATIVE candidate for 2012? Huckabee is not electable nationally. He can win the in the South. Maybe the mountain west. That’s it.

Romney is the most electable for 2012 at this point. Unless Jindal or someone else jumps into the race.

Pawlenty is a bore, and would be lucky to win 15 states.

Palin is of course the wildcard….let’s see what her numbers with indpendents are in 2011….

But at this point, Romney is the front runner.

therightwinger on July 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM

Your post, even if, theoretically, I’d give you being correct, still cries out more for a third party than this group of losers.

He hasn’t shown it, supporting TARP and the Porkulus although criticizing the implementation.

He is truly an amazing and talented man. He’s a financial genius that will put the country back on track if we give him a chance.

Huckabee wins the nomination because he appeals to all voters. His show has drawn viewers to him who may not have voted for him in the primaries. They like his commonsense approach. They like that he can talk to democrats, liberals, progressives without having a screaming match.

texasconserv on July 14, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Liberals like Huckabee because they know he’s with them on all issues except the “social con” stuff like abortion and gay marriage.

If he wins the nomination, all true conservatives will be forced to hold their noses while voting, much as was the case with McLame. Obama wins by a landslide.

The question is who is the most ELECTABLE and CONSERVATIVE candidate for 2012? Huckabee is not electable nationally. He can win the in the South. Maybe the mountain west. That’s it.

Romney is the most electable for 2012 at this point. Unless Jindal or someone else jumps into the race.

Pawlenty is a bore, and would be lucky to win 15 states.

Palin is of course the wildcard….let’s see what her numbers with indpendents are in 2011….

But at this point, Romney is the front runner.

Shoot me now.

Romney will be tied to the mast of RomneyCare in Massachusetts (i.e. the health care “reform” he successfully pushed through the General Assembly in that state), which sounds like its a complete bust to me.

Huck has become a tool of corporate interests from my perspective, but, if you are bored, try to find his concession speech on youtube.

It was the best political speech of 2008.

It sounded like it was written by the founding fathers.

But, since that time he has been petty and dull, which means that he should fit right into today’s Republican Party.

Are you seriously suggesting that if Sarah Palin isn’t the GOP nominee, the southern states are going to go blue?

Think harder.

Infidoll on July 14, 2009 at 11:57 PM

I didn’t think NC, VA and FL would go blue last time either. Think even harder, and take nothing for granted.

I still think the dark horse who’s going to surprise a lot of people the closer we get is Mississippi Governor and Katrina non-crybaby hero Haley Barbour. I’d love to see that gray hair folksy southern accent in a debate with Zero or Joe, after bringing his state back from disaster.

Marcus on July 14, 2009 at 8:51 PM

Sorry, but Barbour is not the one. From Rasmussen’s most recent poll on 2012 GOP contenders:

Barbour is the only one of six potential GOP candidates for whom voters have more negative feelings than positive. Thirty-four percent (34%) see him in a favorable light, with seven percent (7%) very favorable. But 37% have an unfavorable opinion of the Mississippi governor, including 13% whose view is very unfavorable.

What we are seeing now is what I call the baseline economy.
keep the change on July 15, 2009 at 4:30 PM

Unemployment has spent how much of the past century in single digits, and how much in double? You’re simply wrong. This recession/depression will be hard, but it’s an outlier. “Normal” is better than this, if our gov. doesn’t screw it up too bad with taxes etc.

Damn , Just when things were looking up!

What we are seeing now is what I call the baseline economy. This is the new normal. Unemployment at 12%, and real unemployment at 20%, will be the new normal. Anything lower than this would have to come from an economy artificially stimulated with some kind of unsustainable bubble. Since we will not see another credit bubble, or real estate bubble in our lifetimes, nor would we want that considering they are unsustainable and highly destructive and destabilizing, we will never see unemployment go back down to what it was. There are just more people than there is need for them. That is not a fault of the economy. That is a market place that functions efficiently. Unemployment is only a political problem for the leaders.

The frightening solution, however, for this political problem is clear: the government will hire those redundant people and make them a part of the Machine. What they will do? Use your imagination.

With that said, if the 2012 nom is still up for grabs when my state votes, I can state with 99.44% certainty that I will not be voting for Huck again.

Easy. He opens his mouth. Social conservatives vote for him. He wins. End of story.