# Ok, who are the "top Republican candidates" for the 2012 White House race.

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**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-are-the-top-republican-candidates-for-the-2012-white-house-race/500931 "2009-06-25T14:02:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-are-the-top-republican-candidates-for-the-2012-white-house-race/500931/21 "2009-06-26T01:41:35Z")

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> [@Reloy3](#):
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> …I heard some talk about Jindal, and, of course, Palin, Romney and Huckabee. Who else?

Excluding Jindal and Palin are there any other non-white and/or female potential candidates who’d have a reasonable shot at the nomination?

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**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-are-the-top-republican-candidates-for-the-2012-white-house-race/500931/22 "2009-06-26T02:49:08Z")

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How about Dubya? (Damn that 22nd Amendment!)

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-are-the-top-republican-candidates-for-the-2012-white-house-race/500931/23 "2009-06-26T03:19:38Z")

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> [@Frostillicus](#):
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> How about Dubya? (Damn that 22nd Amendment!)

Why not? He’s only been elected once…

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-who-are-the-top-republican-candidates-for-the-2012-white-house-race/500931/24 "2009-06-26T03:58:14Z")

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😃 That was pretty clever.

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