Comments on: At least 15 Republicans already eyeing 2016

By: bluegill

bluegill — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:35:39 +0000

As for Palin no way and no how. She would be Christine O’Donnell on a national scale. Forget it. She blew it when she ran away from her job after only serving half her term. Also over 60% of the public does not think she is close to being qualified for the job. Nominating her is suicide and anyone who does not see that is nothing but a blind member of her personality cult.
kurtd on November 21, 2012 at 1:46 PM

Very well said. Good luck trying to get some of these Palin worshipers to see the glaringly obvious truth.

By: bluegill

bluegill — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:33:48 +0000

NoLeftTurn on November 22, 2012 at 3:52 AM

Sorry, but anyone with eyes, ears and a brain knows that Sarah Palin is an unelectable ditz. I would love to see a Republican woman president, but I know Sarah Palin would have no chance of getting elected. I think we can do a lot better than the inarticulate, unprepared quitter Sarah Palin.

By: NoLeftTurn

NoLeftTurn — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:52:46 +0000

Folks, we are seeing here why Sarah Palin, despite being the only person on the right with enough courage to rip the mask off the fraud that is Obama, can never be our nominee.

Because women can’t stand her. Liberal women, of course, hate her because she doesn’t believe in killing babies. But “conservative” women also hate her.

Sadly this is true and it makes me ashamed of my fellow “conservative” women. Many of them here are Mittbots, BTW.

Speaking only for myself, however, I would run to the polls to vote for Palin. I can think of no other potential candidate whose views align as closely with mine. And I love that she regularly beats Obama like a rented mule.

By: kurtd

kurtd — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:46:22 +0000

When I look at all these possible candidates Jindal is the one who stands out. He may very well be the best governor in the country. He has gotten tremendous results down there in Louisiana and his political instincts are top notch. He won reelection with 65% of the vote. I read his book about a year ago and I highly reccomend it. The guy is very sharp. That said if Rubio wants it and does not implode like Rick Perry did he is going to be very hard to stop. Fine with me. 2016 may very well be the year the Dems will be running the old white person and the GOP will be running the exciting young minority candidate. The difference will be that our candidate will actually be qualified for the job.

As for Palin no way and no how. She would be Christine O’Donnell on a national scale. Forget it. She blew it when she ran away from her job after only serving half her term. Also over 60% of the public does not think she is close to being qualified for the job. Nominating her is suicide and anyone who does not see that is nothing but a blind member of her personality cult.

By: JohnGalt23

JohnGalt23 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:11:14 +0000

Yeah, I don’t want someone who showed CHARISMA AND
COMPETENCE in spades as GOVERNOR with an 80% approval rating,
and 24,000 emails provided to the ignorant general public
(see gulliblegill) but DAMMIT! SHE DID NOT ANSWER THE NEWSPAPER
QUESTION (because she found it insulting)

She read the WSJ daily as oil and gas commissioner of her state,
along with the NYT, and Wash compost…..

ToddPA on November 21, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Then she should have said so when first asked the question.

Face it… she was a rookie, and she made a rookie mistake. Not that I think it disqualifies her. I’m absolutely willing to give her a look.

But the first thing she and her followers need to do in order to stop being a rookie is recognize the mistakes she did make as mistakes, and do what is necessary to not repeat them.

I can believe she is at that point. Some of her followers… yeah. Not so sure.

By: alwaysfiredup

alwaysfiredup — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:57:04 +0000

Ryan has charisma. Maybe not as much as Palin, but the lady is in something of a class of her own in that department. Rubio has charisma. I have yet to hear Rubio elucidate a conservative idea, but he’s still new and has time. 2016 is a really long way off. Rand Paul seems to get it too. The goal will be to show off a new, improved party that doesn’t get bogged down in some of the past mistakes. This has to be demonstrated by congressional Republicans long before the 2016 contest gets started. Ryan, Rubio and Paul have a chance to show a lot of leadership in congress, and Palin can show whether she makes a good foil for Obama in the culture arena. (We do have to compete in the cultural arena.)

By: ToddPA

ToddPA — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:49:13 +0000

BISHOP 2016!!!!!!!

By: JohnGalt23

JohnGalt23 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:36:11 +0000

Jeb Bush and Santorum?

Yeah, ok.

Dave 2016

Bishop on November 21, 2012 at 10:14 AM

Dave’s not here, man…

By: Illinidiva

Illinidiva — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:34:23 +0000

Jeb Bush’s name is Jeb Bush and he can be tied to his brother. That makes him infinitely less electable in a Presidential election than Paul Ryan. That doesn’t mean Ryan wins or even decides to run for President. His best bet is no budget deal and Medicare near insolvency in 2015. But even if he doesn’t win, thw fact that he and Rubio are going to have dueling speeches with different policy visions which is something that Rubio didn’t want to have to deal with.

As charisma.. I don’t get the whole Ryan doesn’t have charisma thing. This really confuses me especially since I liked his convention speech better than Rubio’s.

By: Dire Straits

Dire Straits — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:32:32 +0000

theblackcommenter on November 21, 2012 at 12:28 PM

You are on a roll..Good comment..