It seems Romney is fighting against Obama instead of the other Republicans. I am not sure that strategy will serve him because the others are getting all the attention. If he maintains that during the debates, I think he will lose more ground. He has to go after Perry and Bachmann.
That’s what he tried in 2008. Maybe if he tries it even harder this time …
The guy has a chance if he drops the bagger-pandering and markets himself to the sane segment of the party. He’d have it all to himself, while the bagger candidates split that vote. But he doesn’t dare try to rebrand himself yet again, and he probably has already done that too many times already.
Pretty sure he gave up on that strategy when he started deep throating Minty Jim.
-Joe
Romney is fading. He lost momentum to another Texas governor. Perry is a disaster but he galvanizes the right. He will kill innocent people for the tea baggers amusement. He will also toss sick people into the street . It is a cold and ugly world that he promises, but that is where the right is heading.
I don’t think that Perry has any chance personally. He’s doubling down on the ‘Social Security is a Ponzi scheme’ rhetoric. That’s not even popular among his own base.
My prediction is that Perry sinks Bachmann and pushes her out of the race by being a better alternative; however he soon torpedoes himself by pushing extremist positions like that one. Romney easily coasts by on the GOP debates with Perry marginalized and no one else within even striking distance.
These guys are bad enough that it is possible the Repubs will have to bring in someone else. That does not mean Palin.
If there is a real party establishment that can override or force the primaries and caucuses, this would work.
Who are you thinking that “the Repubs” could bring in, and how would they do it?
I think Huntsman should run as an independent.
Christie would be a solution. A very good one.
He could use Taft’s old bathtub! 
They are going to lap band him and diet the shit out of him before they trust him to run. It is not acceptable to be overweight in American politics any more. We are a petty lot who would criticize him endlessly. We are the fattest nation on earth ,yet no way a fat man can run.
Well, in his defense, he’s made it to the top of the political heap in New Jersey-- the 11th most populous, 17th healthiest, and eighth leanest state. So it’s not *that *unacceptable in American politics.
But I do agree that his girth would be much more scrutinized in a national election.
Doesn’t most of Christie’s appeal lie in Youtube videos of him haranguing random constituents? I don’t know how that translates into winning over independents.
Really, Romney seems to be the only one who’s likely to make it through the whole grueling campaign without shooting himself in the foot in a major way. Everyone else seems to decline in popularity the more they campaign. Or the ones that just don’t really have any popularity to begin with. Romney’s been a top contender the whole race so far, while clowns like Donald Trump and Herman Cain have brief surges of being the other contender for a little while, only to disappear. I’m not a fan of Romney by any means, but the Republicans don’t have anyone better.
Americans got passed by Australians a couple of years ago. Yeah, I’m just as upset as you are. WTF America we’re falling behind on all of our critical categories! We must close the fat gap!
But anyway, the problem with electoral politics (esp. in America) is that in order to run for president… you have to run for president. Shocking, I know, but the problem is that the person who would make the best person for President isn’t necessarily the best candidate. Not only that but there is a bunch of stupid bullshit you have to put up with on the road to the White House like people analyzing what your wife is wearing or clucking about what kids you adopted. I’d personally rather have my nut hairs pulled out one-by-one by my ex- than have to talk to whatever jerk is representing the so-called fifth estate about my opinion on the flag amendment or my personal relationship with Jesus or whatever the fuck. And I don’t think I’m alone.
Not quite that simple. You can watch the announced candidates implode and then step into the gap. The election season has barely started and Bachmann has shown she is a joke, when not long ago ,she was front runner. Perry is saying lots of stupid things and his dumb cup will soon run over. Eventually he will become a joke. Paul can not win. Palin can not win. Romney is not far right enough to capture the party.The baggers can not get on board.
If you can not get your party in back of you, how can you run for president? The Big money people require someone pretty obedient. They have lots of money to spend to get a Republican employee into office. But he has to have a good chance. They probably want Romney, but the party might fracture.
I am not sure about Huntsman. He seems to be pretty smart, so he may not follow orders very well. Maybe they can get Jeb into the race. But he will have to run as being better than his brother and different than him. Good luck with that,
!!! What do they eat that’s so fattening?!
Fosters and Piss.
I can’t see Jeb getting in this one. He’s gotta be waiting for 2016. Huntsman too, for that matter.
Incidentally, it’s the Republicans who need a Sister Souljah moment. Someone has to have the balls to say, “No more pandering to plutocrats.”
Ultimately, it’s cheap and easy to take a stand against the harmless excesses of a few self styled black radicals. Much harder to speak truth to real power. What’s hilarious is that so many people think the CBC are villains, and not the wealthy interests who routinely rape American in the ass.
Americans. That’s why they have to pass them.
Christie is supposed to be thinking about jumping into the race. He still has a little more time because the Repubs are blowing their feet off… Romney is beginning to look like the last man standing, but he has been lamed too.
Romney is a hard sell.He went for an Obama type health care in Mass. He can not explain it away. The right has pounded Obamacare night and day since it was passed. It was popular, but the pounding has made it much less so. So how does Romney get on that bandwagon now?
He will have to lie. I have to admit i get a weird kick out of self proclaimed godly people who have no problem lying in front of the nation. That is what he will have to do.
How many super christians will have to lie and say they have no problem with a Mormon as the head of their party? The fun is about to begin.