Who are your favorite/least favorite republican candidates for presidency? Who do you think is going to win the nomination?

Michelle Bachmann dropped out of the race after losing heavilty in Iowa. Can Rick Perry make a comeback? Will Rick Santorum overtake Mitt Romney? Does Ron Paul still have a chance? Discuss!

RON PAUL!

As a Texan, I have always been afraid of the day Rick Perry would declare his presidency - many of us unfortunately saw it coming long ago. Sure I loved what Rick has done with our great state but that's as far as he can (or should) go. Not to mention that I, a University of Texas alumni, would be ashamed of having a Texas A&M graduate with a 2.3 GPA run our country (see at least Bush can say he struggled at an Ivy league but A&M? C'mon).

Michelle Bachman, don't think I need to explain this one. She gets my least favorite vote.

I was curious about Trump (hence making a topic about it a while ago) but he dropped out before I could do any further research.

Gingrich and Cain, I felt like were attacked/criticized unfavorably - so many of their critics (particularly Gingrich's) twisted facts and made it sound like they were bad guys. I never really got into their policies since they either dropped past the point of significance or out completely due to his affairs (which I thought was stupid, I mean look at Clinton he got a BJ from his secretary and survived impeachment back when people cared a little more about family values).

Never paid any attention to Huntsman (or whatever his name was).

Like many, I was surprised by Santorum's rise so I never paid any attention to him. But from first glance, he seems like a stereotypical Republican which will draw all the social conservative votes that were split among Bachman, Perry, etc.

Now Romney and Paul on the other hand, are the two republican candidates with very educated backgrounds (which the other republican candidates lacked). Back in 2008 I wanted Romney over McCain since it seemed like McCain focused too much on parrying accusations of him being Bush 2.0. What I like about these two candidates is that unlike the others, these two (Paul especially) are not afraid to express what they truly believe in and not always trying to appease what the evangelicals/conservatives want to hear (which was the downfall of Perry).
Romney to me has shown that he's an economic genius, which IMO is the most important issue for this presidency.

I like Paul, I watched his interview with Jay Leno today on youtube and it really seems like this guy knows his stuff. I wish the evangelicals/conservatives would give this guy a chance because if they truly want strong family values, it starts with making a strong economy, which will lead to stronger/happier working moms and dads. Unfortunately these polls show that the nation is not going to give this guy a chance. It's unfortunate that the Republican voters seem to favor the lesser educated candidates.


Who is my favorite republican candidate? I'm good with either Romney or Paul, though I would probably lean towards Paul a bit.
Who do I think will win? Romney
Who has a better chance against Obama? Though the nation says Romney, I would more want to see Obama and Paul square off in a debate.

Who would I vote for in the 2012 Presidential elections? Too early to say.

Ron Paul. He's the most reasonable of the bunch. Actually, I'd rather he not be associated with republicans. Modern politics has taught me that most republicans are, by and by, completely fucking retarded.

Personally, I'm waiting for Chris Christie to give a definitive yes or no on whether he's entering the race.

Favorite is probably Ron Paul.
Least favorite is probably Rick Perry.
I think Mitt Romney will win the nomination.

GOOD.

No.

In terms of the spotlight, yes, but really, who hasn't at this point?

Sadly, no. Even if he got the majority of the supporters, the Republican delegates would never actually nominate him because of his extreme libertarian views.

I completely agree with this statement, but I'd like to make one minor addition. "Modern politics has taught me that most republicans and most democrats are, by and by, completely fucking retarded."

That said, I don't know why anyone likes gingrich, isn't he completely insane or something? Plus he's fat, I'm never going to vote for a fat guy for president. I like Mitt Romney because he closed tax loopholes during his time in Massachusetts.

Contrary to what some people, particularly the left, say, no candidate, regardless of party, is completely fucking retarded. They have no choice but to say only what their supporters want them to say. So when the republican candidates have to deal with supporters like this woman, it's a lose-lose situation.

QFT because we're in null!

But then when they're in office, they do have the choice of whether or not to represent the needs of the people or the wants of the corporations/lobbyists. Really, we shouldn't be concerned so much about who's on the left or the right; we should be concerned about who is looking after our interests and who is just there to do the bidding of corporations for the sake of being reelected (which is another reason I like Ron Paul: he doesn't change his views simply because it's convenient, and he seems like the least likely candidate to turn his back on those views).

Also Ron Paul is the only one among them opposing SOPA, I believe.

We are? In that case...

Mitt Romney won't win. He's mormon.

Gary Johnson. But since he wont win, Ron Paul is the least evil.

Well, I think Sax and I were talking about people in general, but I'd say you're right I suppose, the candidates on either side are only mildly fucking retarded.

He's actually a really intelligent guy. He's a historian who actually knows his shit really well. However, he can be all over the place with the things he supports, and that's why negative ads are so effective against him. He's twice-divorced, he made tons of money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, he's made money off of the ethanol industry, and other stuff. Peggy Noon wrote a great article on why he's such a mixed bag here.

Will write more later, gotta go now.

I changed my mind on my least favorite candidate; it's the other Rick.

I'd like to see him actually propose to make adultery illegal; eg you get fined or put in jail for it.

Ron Paul. One of the few politicians I've ever seen who says what he thinks without trying to cater to a particular audience, and I generally agree with him on a lot of issue too.

Chris Christie can't run. The primaries have already started. It's too late for him. There's no reason Rick Perry can't make a comeback. He might not, but there isn't really a reason that he fell in the polls aside from the fact that he bombed the debates. Your statement on Santorum is kind of dumb. Santorum tied Romney in terms of real votes, those things that they're trying to get. Ron Paul's libertarianism isn't what makes him unelectable. It's his isolationist foreign policy that doesn't fit in with the Republican Party. His extreme libertarianism is precisely what makes him so popular.


Adultery is actually illegal in many states. It just isn't enforced.

Shit like this made Perry plummet down too, dumbducky.

I would like Ron Paul to win. Romney has the best chance to win the republican primaries.
I like liberal republicans and conservative democrats because they're honest.

lol, Perry still can't get his facts right...

Moderates hold the plurality in America. Far left/far right candidates can't win the middle voters as easily as a moderate from either party. I wouldn't say that moderates are any more honest than radicals (though it sometimes looks that way because of radical rhetoric).