Who will run for the 2012 presidency?

[Uncle_Goat]

In a bold move, the GOP will throw it’s support behind General David Petraeus. The media will fall over themselves thinking of ways to praise him and his glorious victories in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama and the Dems will look like traitors if they even look at him wrong and will decide not to run against him at all.

Petraeus is swept into office, marshal law is declared, and as predicted, the establishment of a military dictatorship in the US is greeted in the Congress with a standing ovation.

The US citizens will shrug and tune in to watch America’s Fattest Celebrity Dancers, a special benefit fund raiser to help millionaires who had their beaches spoiled by the BP gulf spill.

Not that I’m bitter.

[ElvisL1ves]

@Digital_Stimulus

I see no one has yet mentioned Gary Johnson. Minor rumblings only, but there have been rumblings…

Wouldn’t it be great to see the GOP nominate a guy on a legalize-drugs platform? The libertarians would have to support him, at least.

[Trepa_Mayfield]

@Uncle_Goat

Petraeus is swept into office, marshal law is declared…

Say what you will about that Marshall guy, but he had a great plan for Europe.

[foolsguinea]

@pkbites

I think Paul Ryan is gradually setting himself up to be that person.

Midwesterner pol named a* Ryan? I always think of Jeri Ryan’s scuzzy ex Jack Ryan, & I’m probably not the only one. Not as bad as being named Keating or McVeigh, but exploitable.

[jayjay]

@foolsguinea

Midwesterner pol named a* Ryan? I always think of Jeri Ryan’s scuzzy ex Jack Ryan, & I’m probably not the only one. Not as bad as being named Keating or McVeigh, but exploitable.

Or former Illinois governor George Ryan (aka Federal Inmate Number 16627-424).

(What IS it with Illinois governors, anyway? Democratic AND Republican…it’s like the prerequisite for even running for the position is a crooked soul.)

[Skammer]

Huckabee is campaigning already - I got an automated campaign “poll” from him two nights ago.

[Squink]

@Skammer

Huckabee is campaigning already

Cool, I was concerned he might drop out this time around.

[Skammer]

@Squink

Cool, I was concerned he might drop out this time around.

He still might, I guess, but he’s at least testing the waters.

The poll was about whether or not I was pro-life and how I felt about the new healthcare bill “using your taxpayer money to pay for abortions.”

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Skammer

Huckabee is campaigning already - I got an automated campaign “poll” from him two nights ago.

Did you tell his autodialler that “Oval Office” is not supposed to be a reference to the occupant of the office?

[Skammer]

I told his autodialer that I didn’t agree with the premise of his question, but I don’t think my vote got recorded correctly.

[Tom_Scud]

@Uncle_Goat

In a bold move, the GOP will throw it’s support behind General David Petraeus.

Too late for Petraeus in '12, I think. If he was shooting for that, he’d have manufactured a dramatic resignation-in-protest by now.

Though speaking of Generals, what’s going on with the “My God is bigger than his God” general?

[jayjay]

@Skammer

He still might, I guess, but he’s at least testing the waters.

The poll was about whether or not I was pro-life and how I felt about the new healthcare bill “using your taxpayer money to pay for abortions.”

Was the pollster actually claiming that the new healthcare bill uses taxpayer money to pay for abortions, or was it the classic Rovian push-poll hypothetical of “How would you feel if you were told that the new healthcare bill uses taxpayer money to pay for abortions?”

[Marley23]

@Uncle_Goat

marshal law is declared

Even if Petraeus ran and won, I don’t think his Attorney General would be Garry Marshall.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Tom_Scud

Though speaking of Generals, what’s going on with the “My God is bigger than his God” general?

He (Jerry Boykin) retired is now making even dumber speeches for Tea Parties and the Eagle Forum.

[Skammer]

@jayjay

Was the pollster actually claiming that the new healthcare bill uses taxpayer money to pay for abortions, or was it the classic Rovian push-poll hypothetical of “How would you feel if you were told that the new healthcare bill uses taxpayer money to pay for abortions?”

I don’t remember the exact question but it was something like “Do you support President Obama’s health care bill that provides taxpayer money for the funding of abortions?” Even as a pro-lifer that made me :rolleyes:

[DrDeth]

@Doctor_Who

Seconded. She must have seen the BP disaster unfolding on television, thought back to that quote, and said, “Shit.”

Thought?:dubious:

My prediction: it will be Obama vs Palin. The pubbies, knowing they have no chance, will want the fringe righties/teaparty to take the job of losing very badly to the incumbent.

[Captain_Amazing]

@Skammer

The poll was about whether or not I was pro-life and how I felt about the new healthcare bill “using your taxpayer money to pay for abortions.”

I’ve been getting calls like that from him for the past year.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

One wonders when the push polling about the President’s black children (:eek:) will start.

[Larry_McAwful]

@foolsguinea

Midwesterner pol named a* Ryan? I always think of Jeri Ryan’s scuzzy ex Jack Ryan, & I’m probably not the only one. Not as bad as being named Keating or McVeigh, but exploitable.

Where Midwesterners named Ryan are concerned, I like Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH). The earliest he could run for president would be 2016, and I hope he does. The guy’s in his mid-thirties right now, so he’s got time to think about it.

I’m sure we’ll see Paul Ryan in the mix, probably running for vice president. I see Tim Pawlenty emerging as a big someone among Republicans who want a moderate, safe-as-milk candidate. He will lose.

[Diogenes_the_Cynic]

Pawlenty is not a moderate. He’s a hard righty.