Which Republican Candidate scares you the most, electorally speaking?

[bryant69]

Poll question: Which Republican Candidate scares you the most, electorally speaking?

I mean which one do you think would be the most difficult to beat in the General election; not which one would be the scariest in the White House.

Bryant
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[saltpoint]

1. Giuliani. He's everything a public servant or a male human should not be.

[King Coal]

2. Gad, give it up already.

[bryant69]

3. Give up what? Participating in this forum? What are you talking about ? n/t

[King Coal]

45. Your polls are stupid.

[Quantess]

48. I happen to enjoy bryant69's polls.

A lot of them, anyway.

[King Coal]

56. I'm sure glad you qualified that. LOL! I know what you mean.

[Quantess]

60. Meh. I always use qualifiers.

They can't all be winners.
I do enjoy the majority of bryant69's polls.

[bryant69]

53. Is that what's really bothering you? n/t

[ThomWV]

4. Mitt scares the hell out of me, here's why.

Magic underware. Think about it. Anyone who could believe in the power of magic underware can believe anything. This is the man who would be President. Mitt scares the shit out of me.

[bryant69]

7. How is his Mormon Faith going to help him, electorally speaking?

Seems like it's hurting him more than it's helping him.

Bryant

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[peace frog]

5. Ghouliani aims to steal the electoral vote

That's right, the California GOPer plot to redistribute California’s crucial 55 electoral votes by congressional district (as opposed to the current, winner take all method) is BAAAAACK and being funded by Giuliani supporters with deep pockets.

[OKNancy]

6. I actually read you poll instructions

so I voted for McCain.
I think the more the public gets to know the real Ghoul, the better it will be for us.
His personal life, his record in NYC and his crazy advisor team...

McCain OTOH has a lot of positives in his biography and might be seen as experienced and trustworthy.

[TwilightGardener]

8. The Rudester. He can be likeable, and he's a fearless warrior--

doesn't apologize or act ashamed of his infidelities and personal problems, just keeps marching on as if he has no weaknesses. I am surprised at his resilience. If he gets through the nominating process, he may be tough to beat. I would have said McCain would be tough to beat as well, but he's an uneven performer, and he's really, really old. Too old.

[bryant69]

10. Ronald Reagan was too old too, though. Not sure that stops him electorally. n /t

[TwilightGardener]

13. Ronald Reagan didn't seem as old as McCain--

Crazy-Train McCain has a history of emotional blow-ups and forgetting things he's said. I really do question his mental faculties--not just saying that because he's a GOPer (I even still have a soft spot for him). He would be scary as President. He really, really seems to think military action is the best solution to just about every problem, and with the Middle East going up in flames, that's about the last thing we need. I could see him activating the launch code, more than any other candidate.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Nobody calls Rudy on his bullshit, though

The media has bent over backwards to deify the guy since 9/11. Has he faced any criticism outside of Olbermann?

[TwilightGardener]

21. Actually, he has--I've seen some very critical stories on Rudy, although

he doesn't nearly face the sheer contempt that Romney (fortunately) gets in the media.

[demnan]

9. Mitt scares me

because he's smart, handsome and capable. And he might win.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Mitt's essentially not very likeable, so that certainly helps. BUT--if

he manages to shake Thompson and Huckabee loose and pull out a clear win in Iowa, he'll be the early-state frontrunner (he's winning in NH and doing very well in SC)--he and Rudy will be in a death-battle in the big states, and if he wins and somehow starts to become more charming in the general, he could pose a problem. He doesn't seem to have any personal skeletons, and has a solid record and I would say he's the most-qualified on the GOP side.

[peace frog]

17. Two words: magic underwear

Mitt has already jumped the shark.

[TwilightGardener]

20. That won't be that much of a factor. There are millions of Mormons

around the country--they're not that weird or foreign, and the "magic underwear" isn't really any different than Catholics wearing Saint medals and praying on Rosaries. People are making too much of it. In the early states, Mitt is doing well--once people see a real live Mormon up close, the religion is not that scary.

[peace frog]

52. "People" will make much of it

as voters go to the polls and Mittzie's other quirks and strangenesses surface. Even poor old John McCain's looks viable next to him.

[mdmc]

12. Ron Paul makes baby Jesus cry!

anti war
drug war
and FED.

[bryant69]

15. Yeah just listen to what Paul says about a Woman's right to choose

"In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, HR 1094.

I am also the prime sponsor of HR 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life." --> http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/life-and-liberty/

Bryant

[mdmc]

16. pro-choice = the one winning DEM issue

Everything else is a vote loser (anti-drug war, anti-free trade, anti-NCLB, anti-patriot act).

At least Ron Paul hasn't conceeded abortion as a "personal choice" like GHWB tried to do as he was losing to those "bozos".

[txaslftist]

24. Weird.

He gets the potheads and the peaceniks easy...

Then tacks on the goldbugs?

Go figure.

[mdmc]

28. strange crowd my friend

I am a good liberal and I don't hate him.
I find his Pauli supporters around here actually don't like what he stands for. They like something else... unknown.:shrug:

Of course, when with a group of pot smokers, The dems don't look so much different then Ghouliani, do they. I can see why the smokers are turning Pauli on us.

[txaslftist]

30. Something else?

Like his "truthiness" perhaps?

Americans don't usually go for that.

[mdmc]

34. He is perceived as authentic

He really opposes the Iraq war and always did. Do you really think that the dems always opposed the war or did they change their tune when it became unpopular?

He really opposes the drug war. Where are the dems?

His positions are authentic. People react to that:shrug:

[txaslftist]

37. "Authenticity?"

What a silly criteria.

That's like voting for someone because he's "honest" or "principled".

The real question should be, "what's good for the party?"

[mdmc]

49. You are a rare breed my friend

peace and low stress to you and to yours.

[txaslftist]

50. And you remember this, on-the-fencer:

You dance with the one you came with.

You don't take a knife to a gunfight.

Never trust anyone with a pile of money,

and,

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

[mdmc]

51. peace bro

peace and low stress

[cali]

14. I think it's a riot that anyone here is scared of Guiliani

as a candidate.

[izquierdista]

19. Mussolini reincarnated

Probably worse, couldn't even get the trains to run on time.

[Clark2008]

55. Wow... we agree twice today...

What's in the water around here?

[txaslftist]

22. Ron Paul splits the antiwar base.

He also splits the civil liberties constitutional rights folks.

He also splits the anti torture base.

He even splits away 40+ percent of DU.

He is the man we need to put down like the anti Hillary dog he is.

[TwilightGardener]

23. He won't come close to getting the nom. Not a factor.

[txaslftist]

25. He's polling where John Kerry was at and higher than Carter was

at this point in the game.

We need to find a way to put him down now.

[TwilightGardener]

26. No--he won't get the nom. It's nothing to worry about. Trust me.

No one will ever get the GOP nomination who isn't considered "Israel-friendly"--it's just not going to happen.

[bryant69]

27. I don't know - i think like Tancredo he's a one issue guy

Once you move the subject off of Iraq, his positions aren't going to fly as well.

Bryant
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[txaslftist]

32. Which one issue?

The war?

Habeas Corpus?

Torture?

Deficits?

Patriot Act?

Interventionism?

The Drug War?

Immigration?

Which one of these do you think is his one-issue appeal?

[bryant69]

40. The war.

Peoples opinion of Ron Paul begins and ends with his opinion on the war.

Bryant

[txaslftist]

46. Well, to some wingnuts, the war is a "big deal".

I don't get that kind of thinking, myself. I think things would be bad over there whether we stay or go, so I don't really see the point of "just go home" policies. It's much more responsible not to commit.

[youthere]

29. Ghouliani doesn't frighten me one bit...

there's just no substance there, and not much appeal for most Conservative voters PLUS the evangelical vote will not support him.
Ron Paul, on the other hand, is gaining momentum, AND he appeals to Independents. The rabid RWINGer hates him, but for the moderate RW he is worth consideration. I think people underestimate him, and I think if he or Huckkabee got the nom, they would be difficult to beat in an election.

[nxylas]

31. What about Thompson?

I mean, he's been on Teevee. Sadly, that alone would be enough to persuade some people to vote for him.

[txaslftist]

33. Flash in the pan, already tanking in New Hampshire into Huckabee territory.

[nxylas]

36. Thanks

I've been having a shitty day and I needed some good news to cheer me up.

[txaslftist]

38. I don't know if it's good news or bad, considering the alternatives.

[alfredo]

35. rudy has an authoritarian agenda, he is aligned with the neo cons.

He's bush lite.

[rucky]

39. Huckabee.

if he were to get the nomination, he's best equipped to hide his batshittedness from plain view.

and this poll is bullshit.

[TwilightGardener]

44. Wayne Dumond--fatal flaw, literally (to one poor woman).

[Beerboy]

41. I'm kind of new to be saying, but didn't you forget

Hillary?
Some of the truth here @ DU about Hillary just isn't making it out to the Sheeple!

[bryant69]

42. Putting Truth in Bold doesn't make it the actual Truth

Hillary Clinton is running for the Democratic Nomination; getting cutesy doesn't change that. Now you (and I) might wish she wasn't; but pretending she's running for the Republican Nomination isn't going to help anything.

Bryant

[Beerboy]

43. Duly corrected.

Some of the stuff I read here leads me to believe I could get away w/ saying that, but this is your thread, and I apologize for my waste-of-bandwidth post.

[JuniperLea]

47. They are all electorally impotent, imho...

Any wimp can beat a Republican this time around.

[book_worm]

54. Electorally speaking, Rudy, because he could make some blue states competitive.

[tammywammy]

57. Rudy

would be the hardest to beat in the GE. He has the ability to pull a lot of people towards him for some reason.

Ron Paul would be the scariest ever just in the White House. :scared:

[quinnox]

58. Romney is the most dangerous

He has the Reagan Aura act down pat. He is fairly intelligent and knows the right things to say that will appeal to a broad spectrum of people not just right wing fanatics.

Beware of Romney.

[bryant69]

59. He does have a lot of financial support from the Bush crowd too from what

I understand. I'd like to write Romney off, but can't just yet.

Bryant
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