Guest EXPAT Posted January 7, 2012 Posted January 7, 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-extreme-rick-santorum/2012/01/06/gIQArxqpfP_story.html I found this OP-ED in the Washington Post very interesting on the rise of Santorum. Of course he would be easier to beat than Romney which is of course why the Republicans will never really nominate him. Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted January 8, 2012 Members Posted January 8, 2012 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-extreme-rick-santorum/2012/01/06/gIQArxqpfP_story.html I found this OP-ED in the Washington Post very interesting on the rise of Santorum. Of course he would be easier to beat than Romney which is of course why the Republicans will never really nominate him. I just wonder how many right wingers will vote Romney in the fall. If he is not stopped there may well be a third party candidate on the right. 75% of the base just does not like him. I find it hard to believe that all of them will hold their nose and vote for him not to mention toiling in the political fields for him. The establishment is telling them to do just that. The tea party is not just anti-Obama. They were so pissed at Bush because of his spending that I doubt a good number of them will push Romney's lever who is less conservative than Bush. If these people are willing to wreak havoc on the country by not increasing the debt limit then they may well be ready to destroy their party in the hope that their true vision rises from the ashes. They are people given to extreme measures. A third party run is not out of the question if Romney is the nominee. Quote
Members RA1 Posted January 8, 2012 Members Posted January 8, 2012 Are we already disregarding Gary Johnson? Truthfully I don't know enough about him to regard or disregard him. Every presidential election we do seem to have one or more candidates who garner a relative handful of votes but I am not anxious to have a repeat of the Perot fiasco (for some a fiasco). Best regards, RA1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted January 8, 2012 Members Posted January 8, 2012 Are we already disregarding Gary Johnson? Since I had to google him to figure out who Gary Johnson is, yeah, I guess we are. Quote
Members ihpguy Posted January 9, 2012 Members Posted January 9, 2012 But the big question I have is if the American electorate can knowingly vote for someone who wears magic panties? Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted January 10, 2012 Members Posted January 10, 2012 Are we already disregarding Gary Johnson? Truthfully I don't know enough about him to regard or disregard him. Every presidential election we do seem to have one or more candidates who garner a relative handful of votes but I am not anxious to have a repeat of the Perot fiasco (for some a fiasco). Best regards, RA1 Gary Who? Those few who may have heard of him really know nothing about him as you yourself demonstrate. I think if a third party candidate is to have a noticeable effect on the election outcome then he has to be noticed. Gary Johnson has not met that threshold. Ross Perot bought his way into that election with TV infomercials. His legacy is getting Clinton elected and yelling about the CIA fucking up his daughter's wedding. Nader is a perennial gadfly that has been around from the Stone Age. He is known by all old liberals from his early good work and later as a gadfly. His lasting legacy is getting Bush II elected. Gary Who? His legacy will be a footnote to the 2012 election cycle -- unless his rich uncle funds a multimillion dollar Super PAC for him. Does he have a rich uncle? Quote
