Oh, fuck that.
Sure, his concession speech was good. And now he’s spent a year and a half throwing a temper tantrum about it.
-Joe
http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491297 I’m sticking with my 1.5 year old pick.
My mom would vote for Hitler. He’s white, non-Mormon, tough on illegal aliens, and could yuck it up on Huckabee’s show.
But she’d vote for Hitler’s Even Eviler Zombie Clone against Obama.
You’ve forgotten Adolf’s a National Socialist, presumably anti-Israel, pro-abortion, and Catholic or even an unbeliever. :eek:
See, this is the point… as several posters have pointed out, “generic GOP” beats Obama in the polls, a majority of voters really like the “generic GOP” candidate. You get to put the qualities you value into that generic person, who naturally turns out great.
In reality though, that “generic GOP” candidate doesn’t exist. None of the GOP field is ‘generic’ and none of them actually match all those qualities that individuals value. When it comes down to the specific GOP candidates, Obama can beat any of them.
…which is a point which also holds when talking about “generic” Republican Congressional candidates. Will enough swing voters punch the GOP side of the ballot if a flaming raging Teapartier is on it?
And in fact, the generic candidate can’t exist. Let’s say that one person finds the gun issue most important, for example, and all else being equal, would vote for whichever candidate seemed friendlier to guns, but is mildly pro-choice. That person identifies as Republican, and therefore tends to think of all other Republicans as being more or less like himself. His “generic Republican candidate”, therefore, is pro-gun and pro-choice. Meanwhile, there’s another fellow whose first priority is abortion (which he opposes), and would also like to see a little more gun control laws put in place. He’s a Republican, too, but his “generic Republican candidate” is anti-gun and pro-life. You’re not going to get a single candidate who will please both of those voters.
I think Chronos’s #3 is probably what’s going to happen - we’ll be recovering and Obama will easily get re-elected, so the Republicans will put up a sacrificial lamb without any real chance. That’s the only way Pawlenty will see a nomination, that’s for certain. He certainly does stand behind what he says and has some good ideas, but I doubt he can even deliver Minnesota, so there is that.
Its gonna be… Mitt Romney! If he isn’t dead by then.
No, stop, seriously. He wont win.
I’m capable of going to the gym every day, but history has pretty much shown that I’ll happily abandon that plan as soon as a marginally better option presents itself, or I just don’t feel like it.
McCain has integrity except when he doesn’t, which kind of by definition means he doesn’t have integrity.
McCain never has enough. He is rich and has a long political career. That is not enough. he is running about with tea baggers and anti-immigration types to get re-elected. Whatever cred he had was punched with Palin and has been knocked out be his flip flopping suck up act of today.
There have been rumors that Biden was only going to serve one term as VP from the day they added him to the ticket. I would not be at all surprised if Biden gracefully withdrew from the 2012 ticket, begging health concerns, long before the primaries even start. He’ll state his intention to serve out his term and then retire. Since Biden has, by all accounts, been an exemplary Vice President thus far, it will be accepted by both press and populace that he’s decided he is simply too old for this shit. Obama will thank him for his service in a memorable speech, and then announce a new vice presidential nominee shortly thereafter. Said VP nominee will likely be a young, moderate up-and-comer that will be groomed to run for the presidency in 2016 - someone like Amy Klobuchar, Jon Tester, or Brian Schweitzer.
Biden’s 41 year old son had a stroke today. If he wants to do that ,he has an opening.
Interesting that two of those three are Montanans. I could definitely get behind either of them… They’ve been good for the state. And I do think that Schweitzer could win in 2016: He’s great at intelligent soundbites.