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**thomaskkk** · 08-28-2011, 07:36 AM

Bachmann as a running mate makes even less sense than Bachmann at the top of a ticket.

Don't be fooled by a straw poll in Iowa; she isn't nationally electable, and would be a negative on a ticket.

Yes. The challenge for the GOP right now is -- do they nominate someone who is a favorite of the base and/or the tea party, or do they nominate someone who can win.

* Bachman = unelectable (and won't get the nomination)
* Palin = Ditto
* Romney = could win the whole enchilada, but might not get the nomination
* Paul, Newt, Cain, Santorum (see first bullet)
* Huntsman (zzzzzzzz - no one cares)

Without anyone else getting in who would actually have a chance (i.e. Christie, who won't run), it's between Romney and Perry. Perry is getting noticed right now, but Romney has been quietly courting the movers and shakers, and raising money. He may not be the GOP's ideal candidate, but he appears to have learned a lot from 2008, and has more support than people think. Flaws, yes, but so does Perry, and I am doubtful his "governor gun slinger, christian preacher" shtick will play nationally. The media seems to think that all GOPers are a bunch of fundamentalist loons, but whoever gets the nomination needs to be able to appeal outside the South, and also in states like Florida, where the electorate is much more broad based than SC and Alabama, etc. As always, its way too early to tell, but the media is going to try to figure it out now anyway.

08-28-2011, 07:36 AM	#48
thomaskkk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	Bachmann as a running mate makes even less sense than Bachmann at the top of a ticket. Don't be fooled by a straw poll in Iowa; she isn't nationally electable, and would be a negative on a ticket. Yes. The challenge for the GOP right now is -- do they nominate someone who is a favorite of the base and/or the tea party, or do they nominate someone who can win. * Bachman = unelectable (and won't get the nomination) * Palin = Ditto * Romney = could win the whole enchilada, but might not get the nomination * Paul, Newt, Cain, Santorum (see first bullet) * Huntsman (zzzzzzzz - no one cares) Without anyone else getting in who would actually have a chance (i.e. Christie, who won't run), it's between Romney and Perry. Perry is getting noticed right now, but Romney has been quietly courting the movers and shakers, and raising money. He may not be the GOP's ideal candidate, but he appears to have learned a lot from 2008, and has more support than people think. Flaws, yes, but so does Perry, and I am doubtful his "governor gun slinger, christian preacher" shtick will play nationally. The media seems to think that all GOPers are a bunch of fundamentalist loons, but whoever gets the nomination needs to be able to appeal outside the South, and also in states like Florida, where the electorate is much more broad based than SC and Alabama, etc. As always, its way too early to tell, but the media is going to try to figure it out now anyway.
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