Is that why you chose to root for Paul, then Christie, then Jindal instead? Because you knew enough about Kasich not to root for him right from the start? And now you’ve gone that far down the list? Who’s next?
Huntsman committed two cardinal sins: he worked for Obama, and he spent more time criticizing fellow Republicans than the President he would be running against.
THe Obama campaign was smart. They lauded Huntsman’s service and nearly all but endorsed him for President. It not only made sure that Republicans would be skeptical, but made it so a very decent man would feel like a heel if he attacked a man who had praised him so.
Kasich is politically similar to Huntsman, but he’s more of a Republican partisan.
Huntsman’s only sin was to be an adult.
His father’s sin was to talk about Romney’s tax evasion.
Not really - John Kasich: A Jeb Bush in Jon Huntsman Clothing.
Kasich talks like a moderate but “moderate Republican” is relative these days.
Don’t care. Trump is a motormouth. He says whatever comes into his head. That doesn’t mean he actually thought hard about it or studied the subject matter. But he knows how to pick his management team, who would actually research things and suggest policy.
Well, I’m sold. That’s exactly the sort of person I want negotiating nuclear treaties with Russia.
What nuclear treaties are being negotiated with Russia? And you’re aware, of course, that Presidents don’t actually negotiate treaties.
Just an example. Trade talks with China? Economic talks with the G7? Any public event requiring the President not to just blurt out the first damn thing that comes into his head?
Such a shame, given that we’ve got a candidate whose amazing deal-making skills are being touted as one of his main qualifications for the job.
To be honest i think in his heart of hearts he is probably a democrat.
I think, like Perot, he’s a guy who always thinks he’s the smartest one in the room and thus he ought to be in charge. If he thought he’d win as a Democrat he’d be giving Hillary a run for her money right now.
What? You want to try again and make it coherent this time?
First you call his Louisiana record “dismal”, but then you refer to his unspecified “very real” “accomplishments” (I assume you must mean successful exorcisms.) Is his record dismal even taking these “accomplishments” into account? Or is his record actually mixed (in your estimation)?
Then you say he “might not quite be ready” as if he just needs to bone up a bit on foreign policy. What can he do to recover for having a dismal record in his one shot at being chief executive of a state? It’s not like he’s going to get another chance at that.
A post debate poll of New Hampshire by Franklin Pierce University was released:
Trump 18%
Bush 13%
Kasich 12%
Cruz 10%
Fiorina 9%
margin of error ±4.9%
Three of the top 5 (Kasich, Cruz, and Fiorina) are outside the nationwide top five. It presents some interesting possibilities for who makes it past the February winnowing.
No, it’s actually dismal. Due to his policies, LA is in sad fiscal shape. Sure, he did some good things as well, and he was honest, which is a big step up for a state like Louisiana.
Serving as VP or going to the Senate can get Jindal some more experience and then he can make a case that he’s ready. He’s still young, and was probably too young to be governor when he took the job. Bill Clinton sucked in his first term too, and a few years off was a great thing for him.
Well, I’m assuming that Trump ain’t winning shit once the primaries actually get started and voters start paying attention. Especially in IA and NH, where voters expect to meet the candidates. Trump doesn’t strike me as the type to ingratiate himself to the peasantry. If he does deign to talk to average people, he’ll do more lecturing and insulting than listening. He’s not winning NH or IA.
So that leaves Bush and Kasich as the frontrunners in that state and I really like Kasich’s chances in NH.
I would think screwing up his governorship would disqualify him from consideration for VP, but I guess things work differently in the Republican party.
It just might. Believe it or not, things like this matter to Republicans, which is why a guy who was a young star is now in like 15th place.
We’re not the party that declined to nominate well qualified people in 2008 in favor of three junior Senators with not a day of executive experience among them and less legislative experience combined than Joe Biden or Chris Dodd.
Your irrational and off-topic Obama hatred is noted, once again.
Worked out pretty well fixing the mess you guys made.
Hey, I also took a shot at Clinton and Edwards.
As Democratic control of a big majority of states and Congress since Obama took office has demonstrated.