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2014-02-01 Home Front: Politix

Mitt Romney Is the 2016 Republican Front-Runner

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Mitt's time has gone.

Posted by jvalentour 2014-02-01 00:41|| 2014-02-01 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 ..so was Dole and McCain, did that stop the Stupid Party?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-01 08:07|| 2014-02-01 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 The MSM will pick someone they can tolerate and then crush in the general election. Unfortunately for Chris Christi they did not want to take a chance in Hillary territory and they went straight to crush.

Posted by Airandee 2014-02-01 08:25|| 2014-02-01 08:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Hillary has so many negatives and yet she is the front-runner today for the Donks. I don't get it. She was AWOL before and after Benghazi. She was the one who originally pushed HillaryScare during the Clintons' romp in the Whitehouse--a tremendously unpopular effort with the people then and again with ObummerCare today. What the hell are people smoking?

Posted by JohnQC 2014-02-01 11:10|| 2014-02-01 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd think Romney would look good at this point--a very capable guy. But those who say his time has passed are probably right.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-02-01 11:13|| 2014-02-01 11:13|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 Hillary has so many negatives and yet she is the front-runner today for the Donks. I don't get it.

I get it. she's the chosen one, Picked personally by Obama, pray for a heart attack, or a stroke, that's all that'll save us from her.

She'll carry on Obama's policies, Like a "Good Robot" can you say Obama/Hillary care.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-02-01 11:48|| 2014-02-01 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Hillary won't make it. I expect Elizabeth Warren to be a late substitution for her.
On the Republican side, it's too late for Mitt; too bad, he could have been good. And Christie is now damaged goods. Who's next? I think it should be a governor, but not Perry. Scott Walker might be good.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-02-01 15:18|| 2014-02-01 15:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Chris Christi

OT follows

Christie's omnivorous as a goat;
He'd never eschew table d'hote.
He's an eating machine
For the old haute cuisine:
He wallows afloat on a greasy moat,
Strutting the poop of the gravy boat.

From the bread pirate Jersey,
Lord preserve us, have mercy!
And may holy St. Blaise
Keep watch over buffets,
To keep danger remote
From the ravenous throat
Of the feasting Corpus Christie.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-02-01 16:23|| 2014-02-01 16:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Having negatives among normal people is I think a plus for most democrats; they get to show The Squares what they really think of them this way.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-02-01 16:49|| 2014-02-01 16:49|| Front Page Top

#10 The next Republican Candidate of any viable option is Bobby Jindal.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-02-01 20:05|| 2014-02-01 20:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Jindal. Walker. Pretty good choices, though more of a "VP type". Still, Walker has been thru the press mill and they were not able to stick any mud on him, so he has that advantage. Jindal as a VP might be a good choice, as long as Jindal is prepared to be agressive in going after whoever ends up running the dems (VP is usually an attack position). Plays to minority issues, plus Catholic - but also Lousiana = southern.

Another interesting VP would be Nikki Haley of SC (who got slimed with the absolute worst the left and the GOP old-boy network could fling at her). Female, minority. Tea Party helped her get into office over the top of the GOP old guard, so she could bring those folks in like Palin did. Couple that with an aggressive presidential candidate, and you have a lot of dynamic change.

In any case, no more of these establishment types, no more retreads, no more "its his turn" types (like Dole, McCain), no more Senators (Rand Paul needs to keep his powder dry for another 5-6 years to get ready, maybe run for Gov in the interim).

And for God's sake, no more people named Bush. Stay home Jeb.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-02-01 20:51|| 2014-02-01 20:51|| Front Page Top

#12 OS, I agree - no more Senators for president. Senators are very good at negotiating and compromising - not at leading. (Well, O is not all that good at compromising, but he wasn't a Sentor for very long before running for president.)

If I could take over the country as dictator for just a few days, one of the rules I would institute that Presidential candidates had to have been governors. (Ideally, veterans as well. See Starship Troopers(the book, not the movie)). Of course, I would also institute term limits for Congress Critters, as well as the Reynolds revolving door tax for people who go from government jobs to work for the people they used to regulate. I also have a bunch of other regulations I am working on, like abolishing the EPA and several other agencies.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-02-01 22:33|| 2014-02-01 22:33|| Front Page Top

#13 The Dems keep harping on this phony War on Women so Hilary is their obvious answer. She will be the Dem candidate even though she has past her shelf life. Doesn't matter because she's lefty and the media will go for her. Mitt on the other hand would be a breath of fresh air but the media who would not crucify Hil for being past her shelf life would stick it to Mitt. Maybe he could overcome it because O has been so completely awful and Mitt has been shown to be the opposite. Who the heck knows.

Posted by warthogswife 2014-02-01 23:30|| 2014-02-01 23:30|| Front Page Top

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