# Best Republican To Be President? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157 "2010-09-18T01:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/1 "2010-09-18T01:03:38Z")
Who do you think is the Republican who will do the best as President of the United States? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/2 "2010-09-18T01:05:07Z")
Colin Powell. Never going to happen, though. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/3 "2010-09-18T01:08:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Colin Powell. Never going to happen, though. He’s 79 though. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/4 "2010-09-18T01:16:19Z")
73 - just one year older than John McCain, who would presumably be gearing up for his reelection campaign had he won in '08. You’ve got Joe Arpaio on the list, who’s 78, and might be in prison by the time we get to the election. Your list is pretty heavy on the crazies. Who is Fred Krugger? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/5 "2010-09-18T01:18:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 73 - just one year older than John McCain, who would presumably be gearing up for his reelection campaign had he won in '08. You’ve got Joe Arpaio on the list, who’s 78. > > Your list is pretty heavy on the crazies. Who is Fred Krugger? The only Republican to actually have officially announced his candidacy. And I’m using Wiki’s list of potential 2012 candidates. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/6 "2010-09-18T01:20:45Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > > > 73 - just one year older than John McCain, who would presumably be gearing up for his reelection campaign had he won in '08. You’ve got Joe Arpaio on the list, who’s 78. > > > > Your list is pretty heavy on the crazies. Who is Fred Krugger? > > The only Republican to actually have officially announced his candidacy. And I’m using Wiki’s list of potential 2012 candidates. That’s [Fred Karger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger). ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/7 "2010-09-18T01:40:14Z")
None of the above. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/8 "2010-09-18T01:40:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 73 - just one year older than John McCain, who would presumably be gearing up for his reelection campaign had he won in '08. Powell is one year younger, you mean. McCain is 74. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/9 "2010-09-18T02:10:30Z")
Yeah, I could vote for Colin Powell. He’s got great crossover appeal to Democrats, and the only thing I’d worry about a little would be his Supreme Court nominations. He’s got a great no-bullshit vibe going in interviews, though I have to wonder if that would disappear out of necessity during campaigns. I can’t imagine the kinds of crazy upsets that it would take to get him to win the Republican primaries. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/10 "2010-09-18T02:18:43Z")
I voted for Gary Johnson, based solely on his performance as Governor. But if he has to court the right wing nutjobs in order to get elected, I’ll withdraw my vote in this poll. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/11 "2010-09-18T02:41:30Z")
Did the people who picked Palin mean “the best Republican to be president” as the poll asks, or “the best republican to run for president (to assure Obama’s reelection)”? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/12 "2010-09-18T02:48:58Z")
Olympia Snowe. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/13 "2010-09-18T02:56:27Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Yeah, I could vote for Colin Powell. He’s got great crossover appeal to Democrats, and the only thing I’d worry about a little would be his Supreme Court nominations. He’s got a great no-bullshit vibe going in interviews, though I have to wonder if that would disappear out of necessity during campaigns. I can’t imagine the kinds of crazy upsets that it would take to get him to win the Republican primaries. I actually have [evidence](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Powell-anthrax-vial.jpg) that he carries a small vial of bullshit around with him at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/14 "2010-09-18T02:57:09Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Did the people who picked Palin mean “the best Republican to be president” as the poll asks, or “the best republican to run for president (to assure Obama’s reelection)”? I voted for her for the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/15 "2010-09-18T02:57:40Z")
Powell. Or Giuliani. Or Petraeus. Or one of the Rutan brothers. Or clone-Roosevelt (Teddy). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/16 "2010-09-18T02:58:12Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > > [@elfkin477](#): > > > > Did the people who picked Palin mean “the best Republican to be president” as the poll asks, or “the best republican to run for president (to assure Obama’s reelection)”? > > I voted for her for the latter. I figured, but that’s not what the OP was asking. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/17 "2010-09-18T04:41:25Z")
Bloomberg, wearing his Republican hat. The problem with the list is that the ones I recognize have too much crazy for me to ever get down into the substantive policy areas where I might very well agree with them. Crazy’s what sells right now. ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/18 "2010-09-18T04:44:08Z")
I voted for Chris Christie, even though his name was spelled wrong. I think he’s as good an orator as Obama, and is very adept at presenting a conservative viewpoint in a way that is non-defensive and persuasive, meaning he is very confident that what he is advocating is best for everybody, especially the little guy. Here’s one example. [chris-christie-destroys-reporter-for-calling-him-confrontational](http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/13/video-chris-christie-destroys-reporter-for-calling-him-confrontational/) There are many more on the web. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/19 "2010-09-18T04:52:03Z")
The most important job of the President is to be the CEO of America. No one’s a better CEO on that list than Mitt Romney. And it ain’t like he’s inexperienced in the executive branch. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157/20 "2010-09-18T04:59:33Z")
I would totally hate-fuck Mitt Romney. Just sayin’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-republican-to-be-president/554157.md?page=2)