Im making my GOP primary prediction NOW

[mkultra]

barring any new entries into the game that haven't already been tossed around, Im going to predict that Huckabee will emerge as the GOP front runner.

He is affable and seemingly polished.
He is a minister so he never needs to bring up religion to get the far right.
When he talks, he never mentions religion.(see above)
He is a social and economic conservative.
He is southern.

Mittens is to creepy. Trump is to brash to survive a campaign, Palin is damaged goods, Rubio is to new, Jindal is to brown for the GOP, McCain has fail on his face, and Bachman is the mayor of crazytown(which really only appeals to 50% of their base).

Holla

[Bryan Buchan]

1. I say...

Christopher James "Chris" Christie n/t

[JackintheGreen]

5. But he has ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in running

so he says. I'd say he seems an honorable fellow - if a giant douche canoe - and will keep to his word, but I used to say that about certain 'pubs in the in the 90s and have been proven wrong time and time and time again.

[Arugula Latte]

15. Lol @ "giant douche canoe"

That would be a good band name. :)

[Doctor_J]

19. An honorable fellow?

Not to me

[JackintheGreen]

33. Did you even read the last half of that sentence?

You know, the part that starts with the giant "but"?

:shrug:

[Doctor_J]

34. Yes, I did

But from what I've seen of the porcine media favorite, I'm not sure how you could think he seems honorable.

[JackintheGreen]

35. Not much, agreed

I've long since outgrown my naive youth in which I could disagree mightily with certain folks on the right but still imagine them as acting out of heartfelt beliefs. (and I shudder to admit this now) but the way John McCain was portrayed in the media BEFORE 2000. Mid-80s Bob Dole springs to mind. Hell, I was naive. I admit it. But once there was a time when I could disagree with certain public figures on the right on the basis of real policy, not battle against a pernicious and loathsome ideology.

Does this make any sense? There was a time when national politics wasn't so vicious. I mean sometime after the Mcarthy hearings.

[FSogol]

2. Bob McDonnell.

[onenote]

9. Possible VP candidate

I was thinking Cantor since he would theoretically help the repubs in two swing states -- Virginia and Florida. And being Jewish he'd provide some blowback against Huck's fundamentalism. But Cantor would have to give up his leadership spot to make a run for VP, while McDonnell is only allowed one term as gov.

[OHdem10]

3. Will the American people want a Minister in the WH????

[Kber]

10. American people - maybe not. Republican primary voters, however, are another story.

[mkultra]

28. i sure as hell dont but Bush was just as bad imho

[vaberella]

4. As I posted in it's own thread. I think it's Christie.

Huckabee's been out since Bachmann took his men.

[Andy823]

11. I don't think so.

I think they are saving him for 2016. If he ran this time and lost, it wouldn't help them come 2016 to put him out there again! No, I think they will let the "clowns" play this time, and take their loss and save Christie, Rubio, and maybe even Jeb Bush for 2016!

[Mass]

6. Huckabee if he runs, otherwise Romney,

But it will not be easy for him, just like it was hard for McCain.

I fear Huckabee because he is two faced. In front of a regular audience, he looks like a reasonable fellow, ready to talk and do reasonable things.In front of his base, he is a radical RWer.

[n2doc]

17. That was W's formula too

And the press was just happy to spread that meme of him being a 'moderate' all day long.

[BonnieJW]

7. That's who I was thinking will get it.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Fat boy would never get my vote. First he is a republican and 2d he is a preacher. No preachers as

president.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

20. Thank you. My sentiments exactly. n/t

[mkultra]

29. yeah...i would hope so if your here

where not talking about who WE would vote for but rather who the dipshits will nominate

[Tippy]

12. Romney....Koch Bros are going to make it happen

[apnu]

14. Then Obama walks to victory

Mittens won't carry the South. He's too "Tax-a-chewsits" for the racists down there.

[apnu]

13. You forgot Christie and Ron Paul.

Neither have a rat's chance, but hey, they're tossing hats in the ring.

[mkultra]

30. Paul is in? i thought he was not running

[wishlist]

16. Huckabee lost credibility by claiming Obama born and raised in Kenya

Then he had to backtrack and have his reps claim he misspoke several weeks ago. He still has a show on Fox. Surely after that and other gaffes he won't run. He shares a trait with the other Repub birthers in that he loves the adoration of the right wingers and the media attention and money.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

18. Problem: ministers should be barred from running for public office

PERIOD. Until or unless Huckster is willing to give up his 'ministerial duties' completely and disassociate himself with this line of work, he should not be a politician. This ought to be a LAW in this country. He can be a minister OR a politician - NOT both.

It's called 'separation of church and state'. Maybe you've heard of it.

[Jim Lane]

22. As an agnostic, I disagree with you.

One aspect of separation of church and state is that government may not favor religion over nonreligion, and may not favor nonreligion over religion. Barring ministers from running for office would violate that rule (not to mention the more specific "no religious test" provision of the Constitution).

People take their religion in different directions. I wouldn't have a problem voting for a candidate like .

[Doctor_J]

21. Huckleberry is not as loud as Bachmann, but just as nuts

:shrug:

He says Obama was born in Kenya, and released a convicted rapist in AR just because the victim was Clinton's cousin. The rapist he released went on to rape someone else.

[Voice for Peace]

23. Why not Jeb Bush?

[mkultra]

31. Its to soon

the country is still stinging from juniors hand print on our ass.

[AtomicKitten]

24. I think Mittens is on deck next and the GOP is pretty anal about nominating in an orderly fashion.

[styersc]

25. Currently Obama is the best standard bearer that they have.

Why rock the boat?

[Politicalboi]

26. Maybe, but

I think the GOP will wait and let the Teabaggers run their POS as not to spoil the litter for 2016.

[Thumper79]

27. Huckabee is also a birther.

If a birther gets nominated for president, this country is in worse shape than I thought it was.

[mkultra]

32. I think he did the "birther secret signal"

allude or directly say it, then backpedal and stay off the topic.