As election season progresses:

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

So, baseless internet poll:

who do you think will be the GOP candidate? Not who do you want it to be, tho that's interesting too, but who do you think it will be?


[Poll #1794781]

If you're a registered Republican, who's your vote going to?

If I were a GOP member, I'd vote other, Huntsman. Seems sanest. Clearly it's too far to tell, but I feel good about my wager that Perry won't be the GOP nominee.

My vote in the poll is for Romney. Go bland.

Comments

[the-new-lemon.livejournal.com]

You're correct.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

Since I don't actually have to BE a Republican to vote in the VA primary, I'll do what I've always done: vote for Ron Paul in the primary. In the general, I have no clue at the moment. Probably third-party.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

If I were a GOP member, I'd vote other, Huntsman. Seems sanest.

He sounds the least Republican, you mean.

Clearly it's too far to tell, but I feel good about my wager that Perry won't be the GOP nominee.

I feel good about your wager, too. haha

Honestly, I put "other" because it's clearly not going to shake out anytime soon unless the "Not Romney" contingent decides to coop themselves up in a room and figure out who is the best of their bunch. By then, Romney might actually have it tied up.

Gingrich has hung in, though, and he was very impressive at the Tuesday(?) debate. I don't know if that will work to his advantage, or if it's just the up-and-down of the crop, but people are hungry for a not-Romney to replace Obama, and who knows at this point.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Was he? Didn't see the debate (save clips of course)

I saw a Gingrich-Palin 2012 sticker on a car the other day. I was surprised and then some. But hey, he might get it (I doubt palin would be VP tho)

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

Their BFF changes every week, so it's anyone's guess. I like Huntsman, too, since he's a centrist, but centrists don't win Republican primaries. If I had to guess, I'd say it'll either be 1) Romney or 2) Gingrich.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

So centrists don't win primaries, but you think Romney can win the primary?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Come on, we all know it's going to be Rove's choice*.




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* Mitty.

[curseangel.livejournal.com]

..well, I'm glad I'm not a Republican, because allllll of their choices are completely awful in different ways.

brb, continuing to be disgusted that Herman Cain is even still in the running. Okay, continuing to be disgusted that any of the main runners are still in the running, but particularly Cain. Then again, given the Republican attitude towards women, it shouldn't shock me that they don't care if their potential presidential nominee enjoys sexually harassing women.

[dv8nation.livejournal.com]

It'll never be Cain. Republicans run a black guy for president? Come on.

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

Bachmann/Cain in 2012! Bring back enhanced testicle crushers!

[stewstewstewdio.livejournal.com]

My vote in the poll is for Romney. Go bland.

As a moderate Democrat, I would say Romney probably has the best chance against Obama. Also, as a moderate Democrat, I think the rest of the field is just nuts.

[paedraggaidin.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised how squeaky clean Romney is turning out.

[policraticus.livejournal.com]

I was a big Daniels guy. Then I had some hope for Pawlenty. Now?

Perry isn't ready for primetime. He's too cavalier, in my opinion and too open to ridicule, now more than ever. That may be unfair, but there it is. Cain has some attractive qualities, but his main argument (I'm a businessman!) comes with a serious downside. Government and politics are different animals and the presidency is no place to learn on the job. Bachman? Not as crazy a the left wants to believe, but not a president. Paul is such a strange admixture of radically awesome and profoundly crazy.

I've more or less resigned myself to Romney.

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

Government and politics are different animals and the presidency is no place to learn on the job.

I'm glad to finally hear this from a conservative. Bravo.

[paedraggaidin.livejournal.com]

Much prefer Huntsman to them all, but I'm guessing it's going to be Romney.

[thies.livejournal.com]

Romney or Newt. I still can't believe that this clown convention is the best the GOP has to offer.

[lions-wings.livejournal.com]

Wasn't going to comment because I'm a democrat and not touching the poll, but I can't either. I don't understand it. The population is so huge, and this is our pool of potential leaders? Something's broken.

[normaltrouble.livejournal.com]

I am not GOP'er, but I would venture to go out on a limb...Jeb Bush. He is waiting.

Just sayin'.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

LOL.

you want Obama to actually run a campaign against a Bush?
he won on the "not Bush" ticket anyway....

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

If you're a registered Republican, who's your vote going to? -- Do you mean in the actual primary? Cause if that's the question, my vote's going to Herman Cain. I'm sick and tired of political double-speak. At least he admits he doesn't know jack on policy, but he's trying to learn. And if people were fine with having a President who needed on-the-job training in the last election, why not now?

If you're talking about in this poll, I chose Romney as who I think would win, not necessarily who I want to win.

[curseangel.livejournal.com]

So you'd be perfectly okay casting your vote for president of the United States for a guy who has been accused more than four times of sexual harassment? And who knows jack shit about politics? Okay then.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

All Romney has to do at this point is just sit back and watch how the rest are imploding their own campaigns. That's not to say that he can beat Obama but he could at least play Kerry's '04 tole.

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

*role

(damn lazy fingers)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Romney, obviously. Although my theory is that 95% of all people are probably morons (and I'm speaking generally, about all humanity, and mind you, more in jest than serious [because that % could turn out to be even higher]), I still have some faith that people are not THAT dumb as to allow someone running for office who can't wrap up more than a 5-word sentence between getting totally messed up in their lunacy. But what do I know, we've seen GWB...

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

I have a (not)funny story about meeting W and I got the distinct impression that he was a lot smarter than he let on.

[eracerhead.livejournal.com]

It was going to be Romney or Huntsman from the start as they are best qualified, but apparently Huntsman has decided (IMO correctly) that this is really just a practice round as Obama is the odds-on favorite.

I predict a Democratic sweep in 2012 due to buyer's remorse from 2010.

[rick-day.livejournal.com]

I'd rather register as a Soup Eater than a Republican, but it's obvious what this game is: Put your poor choice in a pit of monkeys. If your man can keep from killing the monkeys he looks awful good compared to those monkeys

This is all the equivalent of 'reality dancing with the stars'. Everyone wants to see who is getting voted off the island by the mainstream media.

From some of the comments above, the monkeys still seem a valid choice. It matters little. Obama can't be defeated.

Why? No challenger; look at the monkeys running against him.

[kardashev.livejournal.com]

I know. I thought Obama might have a chance at being defeated. Then I saw who the contenders were.

[404.livejournal.com]

I was hoping that Fred Thompson would run again, but oh well. I'd vote for Cain just to see the panties twist, so to speak of the Democrats who will rail on Cain's possible sexual harassment controversy, will gleefully ignoring Bill's sexual harassment controversy while still voting for him.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Are you seriously comparing consensual adultery to the solicitation of prostitution?

Is there any evidence that Clinton actively used his power to get head from Lewinsky?

There seems to be direct and damning evidence of Cain using his power to get sex from a woman.

I see a very significant difference.

That said, adultery isn't a good thing--so tisk tisk Bill! But adultery is NOT the same offering a job to a woman in return for a sexual favor (again, I'm unaware of any evidence that Clinton actively used his power to get Lewinsky--the passive use of power isn't something he could control. He can't help it if some women are attracted to power. But, again, it's diff than the Cain scenario.)

Romney is too sporty.

[sophia-sadek.livejournal.com]

I think Newt Gingrich is a doll. He would make a great VP candidate with Michele Bachmann wearing the pants on the GOP ticket.

I am still sorry to see Palin step aside to let the others slug it out.

[sandwichwarrior.livejournal.com]

I am a registered Republican and I will probably end up voting for either Cain or Perry.

That said I'm dissapointed in just how weak the Rebulican field is. This election is theirs to lose and they are showing every indication of intentionally doing just that.

It's almost as if they know the next 4 years are going to be shit and they don't want to be the guys left holding the sack.

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Cain is the worst choice, and of course I'll be voting for Paul, but I think there's enough people who don't think about the issues (or don't care about them) that Romney will win the primary.

[kardashev.livejournal.com]

I say the GOP will run Bachmann. But honestly, I'm just taking a wild stab in the dark while blindfolded.