# Handicapping the 2012 GOP presidential nomination **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 12, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160 "2011-02-12T21:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/761 "2011-11-13T21:49:32Z")
Actually, whoever said that, read it in a text on Mormon Doctrine that was purchased in the Mormon book store. Crane ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/762 "2011-11-13T22:41:40Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/13/herman-cain-god-told-me-to-run-i-was-like-moses/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/13/herman-cain-god-told-me-to-run-i-was-like-moses/) The race is over. Cain was told by god to run like Moses. How can you fight that? We may as well all order bad pizza and give up. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/763 "2011-11-14T02:20:51Z")
I wish God would tell Allen West to run already. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/764 "2011-11-14T02:43:22Z")
> [@PandaBear77](#): > > I wish God would tell Allen West to run already. Oh, that would be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/765 "2011-11-14T02:55:23Z")
Wildly entertaining, considering he’d likely kick Obama’s ass. _le sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/766 "2011-11-14T03:08:06Z")
Aren’t you funny! Oddly, I remember folks making the same prediction about Rick Perry. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/767 "2011-11-14T03:57:33Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/13/herman-cain-god-told-me-to-run-i-was-like-moses/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/13/herman-cain-god-told-me-to-run-i-was-like-moses/) > The race is over. Cain was told by god to run like Moses. How can you fight that? We may as well all order bad pizza and give up. “What happened here is a miracle, and I want you to f\*\*\*\*\*\* acknowledge it!” -Samuel L. Jackson as the burning bush. 🙂 NSFW language only, 10 Things I Hate About Commandments video parody: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u1kqqMXWEFs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHmA4ACxAKKAgwIABABGGUgYCg9MA8=&rs=AOn4CLAxG1eV97K0b-W5974yGw2LR0Sq1Q "10 Things I Hate About Commandments") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs) ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/768 "2011-11-14T12:07:19Z")
Just in case anybody was wondering, God told me not to run. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/769 "2011-11-14T12:10:01Z")
I am glad you got the memo. God told me to remind you not to run. Something about a “checkered past”. I didn’t know you played checkers. ---
**Author:** ![Walther\_Ego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Walther\_Ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walther_Ego)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/770 "2011-11-14T12:44:26Z")
The checkers thing? Oh, that was just an unfortunate misunderstanding with gambling debts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/771 "2011-11-14T14:25:07Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The race is over. Cain was told by god to run like Moses. How can you fight that? God didn’t actually tell him to _ **win.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/772 "2011-11-14T15:46:56Z")
> [@Walther\_Ego](#): > > The checkers thing? Oh, that was just an unfortunate misunderstanding with gambling debts. So you are not a crook? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/773 "2011-11-14T16:12:38Z")
Wait - so God told Cain, Bachman, and Santorum to run? I’m beginning to wonder just how sincere God is. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/774 "2011-11-14T16:19:28Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wait - so God told Cain, Bachman, and Santorum to run? > > I’m beginning to wonder just how sincere God is. What you’re missing is that [God is a troll](http://memebase.com/2011/03/26/memes-lol-god-goog-one-god/). ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/775 "2011-11-14T17:23:15Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Something about a “checkered past”. No, it was “checkered pants” that were the problem. God’s got a very strict dress code for His presidential candidates. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/776 "2011-11-14T19:24:08Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Wait - so God told Cain, Bachman, and Santorum to run? > > I’m beginning to wonder just how sincere God is. It should be news to no one that God has a cruel sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/777 "2011-11-14T19:27:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It should be news to no one that God has a cruel sense of humor. I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumors, but it seems that God has a sick sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/778 "2011-11-14T21:52:32Z")
I just watched Gary Johnson on MSNBC. He came across very well - common sense Libertarian (oxymoron?), successful business man, two term governor - that trumps both Gingrich and Cain. This circus needs a new clown - maybe it’s Johnson! Crane ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/779 "2011-11-14T22:01:44Z")
Johnson’s poll numbers are so low he can’t even get into the debates. It’s a little like saying Mike Gravel was going to take the lead in the Democratic field in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160/780 "2011-11-14T22:12:47Z")
True - but consider what has happened so far. For a while Palin was in the lead and she was not even in the race. Bachmann was actually taken seriously for a while. Then, total airheads like Perry and Cain came out of nowhere to capture the lead. It’s a race among non-contenders. So, why not Johnson? Crane [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicapping-the-2012-gop-presidential-nomination/571160.md?page=40)