I hope to hell that either Huckabee or Gulaini gets the Repuke nod

[mtnsnake]

Gulini will be raked over the coals. His only claim to fame is the bullshit myth that he'll protect all the scaredy cats from the boogieman. When that myth is exploded, he'll go down the tubes faster than a barrel going over Niagara Falls because the incredible number of skeletons in his closet far outweigh any good this one-dimensional asshole could ever do for the country. Conservatives hate him, and if he gets the nod, you can almost count on a third party candidate hitting the trail from the repuke contingent.

Huckabee would be the smoothest sneakiest talker of the bunch, but the only people who would ever go for this fucking nut are the neocons. I would imagine that even the moderate Republicans would be weary of this fanatic. The nutcases from the far right can piss and moan all day about things like Roe vs Wade, but at the end of the day, the huge majority of people in this country, including many repukes, will never actully turn something as important as this over because it would end up being political suicide in the long run for them to do so. Plus, Huckabee wouldn't come off as being strong, foreign policy wise. All that we'd have to do to defeat Huckabee would be to highlight one or two of his incredibly pathetic intolerant quotes he made that even made some of his fellow repukes blush in embarrassment.

I don't see any Repuke having a chance except Mitt Romney, but we should be able to handle him, too, pasty faced Ken-doll that he is.

Who would you think would be the easiest to beat, and who do you think would be the hardest?

[vi5]

1. Depends on who the Dem nominee is...

Huckabee is too out there and open about his more fringe religious beliefs. He lacks the slickness of a Romney and lacks the aggressiveness of a Gulliani.

Whoever the nominee is will get a free ride from the mainstream press so we better just get used to that now. Right now, the oppossing republican campaigns are bringing out dirt on each other and on occassion those stories get reported in mainstream news outlets. But once their nominee is chosen all negative stories about the republican candidates will stop on the part of the mainstream media and will start to focus on whoever the democratic nominee is. Period. There is no doubt about this in my mind.

[TwilightGardener]

2. McCain would be the toughest--but age and war-cheerleading will bring him down, ultimately.

If Rudy survives to become the nominee, despite all the dirt on him, he might be tough--that would prove that he's Teflon, and it would be hard to make anything else stick to him. He's smart and scrappy, too--but I think we could defeat him. Romney is just not likeable. That's less forgiveable than flipping and flopping--beatable. Huckabee ONLY has likeability--he's an ignorant doofus on the level of GWB, and he's going to remind people of a better-spoken GWB--and I doubt he'd be the nominee anyway (GOPers who aren't single-issue pro-life don't much care for him). Thompson--no problem. Too lethargic. I think we're lookin' pretty good.

[still_one]

4. mccain is history, but I agree with you guiliani will be a tough challenge

and the republicans know it. That is why pat robertson endorsed him. They believe he stands the best chance, and unfortunately, I think they are right

Of course it depends who our candidate is. Personally, I think Edwards stands the best chance, followed by Obama. However, I think it will be Hillary, and the election will go right down to the wire.

Our nominee MUST take every blue state to win

[still_one]

3. I disagree. guliani stands the best chance for the repukes, and they know it

The bad newsabo ut guliani is hardly being pursued by the MSM, and it won't be. As far as right wing repugs not voting for him, I wouldn't count on it. Winning is everything for them. They realize that huckabee can never get the independent vote, and romney won't make it because he is a Morman.

When you have pat robertson endorsing gulaini, that should tell you that the extreme right of the republican party will support him

Unfortunately, of our top 3 candidates, Hillary will probably get the nomination, and will have the most difficult time beating him

The hate that the MSM has propagated against her for the last 15 years will be very hard to overcome

This is not meant to be a hit against Hillary, because I will vote for whoever the Democratic candidate is without hesitation, but it is the way I view the situation

[Justyce]

7. I think one of the main things Guiliani has going for him is

name recognition, and there are so many uninformed voters who don't bother to keep up with anything, so that's a definite strong point in his favor unfortunately.

[still_one]

10. You hit the nail on the head, "uninformed voters" /nt

[Occam Bandage]

5. The neocons are terrified of Huckabee, as are business conservatives.

Neither of them particularly like the religious right; they see them as a pack of slack-jawed morons that can be herded about. Huckabee represents a sort of slave rebellion; he has more appeal to the Jesus voters than the neocon-friendly Giuliani or the omnipanderer Romney, while pushing populist (and commerce-crushing) policies on the domestic front, and seeming entirely lukewarm on the foreign-policy front. A Huckabee nomination would have deep repercussions in the Republican party.

Personally, I think McCain is by far the strongest candidate. However, he's not really the number one choice among any of the branches of the Republican party, so he's got an uphill climb. If he wins, though...well, he's the only candidate I don't feel good about going up against. It'll be a tough battle no matter who they pick, but McCain is the only candidate I wouldn't say we have the edge against.

[BeyondGeography]

6. You say Gulaini, you say Gulini

let's call the whole thing off.

[izquierdista]

8. Thompson, hands down

Stupid as an axe-handle with the charisma of a snapping turtle. His wife probably wouldn't even vote for him.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i hope its guiliani.only because even if they cheat and somehow win, he is less insane

then the rest of them. at least he is still pro choice and doesn't believe in rounding up the gays.