GOP Presidential Race: What's the Rush?

Barney Frank hit the nail on the head by say, " Romney would be the best thing that had happened for the Democrats since Barry Goldwater.." Who doubts these words of wisdom? We have already said 'NO' once to Romney.... Ron

Too bad that ALL the Republicans are not fighting the Obamination, I mean attacking it , not just sitting back hoping for a real soldier to come along and fight for them. This is exactly what happened the last presidential race cycle and we got McCain and a sure loser! We can not count on the Republicans to fight for us, look what the 2008 Senate gave us, an illegal in the WH and abandonment of their oath of office to uphold the Constitution and protect the nation against ALL enemies , foreign and domestic. They totally failed on upholding or even recognizing the Constitution, one clause in particular, the "natural born citizen" clause and they failed on both accounts to protect the nation. LOSERS AND WIMPS!

Jonah says "the rules this year are different. Many states won't be winner-take-all. Finishing in second place doesn't earn you a set of steak knives; it wins you delegates."

This could finally be the time America gets Ron Paul for President, then.

Jonah goes on: "That means there's still plenty of time for Romney to grow on people...or for some other candidate to rise."

Some other candidate: 1) Bachmann 2) Santorum 3) Paul 4) Perry. Most conservative from 1st to 4th. The only 4 chances the Tea Party has of restoring our republic.

PERRY, PERRY, or SANTORUM!

The longer they all hang in there the better. Hopefully they will keep promoting the Conservative message loud and clear. Our nation depends on their success.

My sister is right. Leaders must be humble to be good leaders. OBAMA is not humble. Neither is Newt. Paul Ryan is humble. So is just plain and boring Santorum.

I wouldn't mind if they all ended up in the new administration and can't wait for a change from the socialist OBAMA.

Every Republican candidate is so good we don't know which to choose. It is very good of them to want to serve our country. To take punches from the abusive news media. I believe they love America.

Unlike worthless Democrats.

Marie, you're good!

Time to make the message more accurate and honest.

it is not a good idea to fall in love with a politician\

Amen to that. Ask Hillary Clinton!

lol

He're the problem in a nutshell. The Republican/Conservative is foaming at the mouth with a pitchfork in one hand and a noose in the other hand. They're not thinking about what's best for the country. They're thinking about who is "the most conservative" nominee based on the definition given to them by the Rush Limbaughs and Sean Hannity's of the world.

Meanwhile they've been going from bed to bed with a bunch of airheads that are have been completely clueless on most of the issues. Palin, Trump, Bachmann, Perry, Cain. Now they're stuck with the only two that actually got to see the Wizard to get their brains.

Here is the problem in a nutshell. You are a dork.

LL, let me get this straight;
-you don't like Republicans?
-you think Obama is doing a great job?
-you don't believe the evidence demonstrating Obama and the Democrats are the most corrupt, immoral, racist, pro-abortion, big government party in the history of this republic?

... WAY too much time in that lounge, lizard. Go home and sober up.

I have a different view of the GOP field, I believe we were given too many choices. When faced with too many candidates we became hyper critcal in an attempt to make a choice. I have said all along that people need to let the process work and weed out the weak candidates.
All the GOP candidates have faults but even the worst of them is far better and more qualified than the current Pres.

In Minor v. Happersett (1875) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Morrison Remick Waite wrote, “The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.

SPAM!

..or naturalized citizens. And do not leave out that part about the patriarchial society , in which women had no rights other that those inherited from the patriarch, father for those of you educated in government schools and liberal Universities! That means that according to the Constitution you are inelligible to the presidency unless you were born to American FATHER on American SOIL!

C'mon people! It is so sad that this article is right about people neding to be dazzled and entertained. Do people spin yarns about Churchill at the local bar? What about Milton Friedman? Let's face it- brilliant RESPONSIBLE leaders are often considered boring by the general public.

But if we keep voting based on drama- guess what we are going to get from our politicians? Drama. If we only respond to dramatic media, what is the market-driven media going to put in front of us?

I'm just saying, as a people, we ABSOLUTELY get exactly what we want.

In 1866 Bingham stated, “Every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.” Bingham’s definition was never disputed by other Congressmen. (Unscrupulous Obots—including attorneys filing briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court—have omitted the words “of parents” when quoting Bingham’s statement, in a shameful and intentional effort to mislead.)

SPAM!

Stop pushing Rubio. For the umpteenth time, he (like Obama and Bobby Jindal) is not a natural born citizen.

In 1862, Congressman John Bingham—the “father of the 14th Amendment”—stated, “All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentleman can find no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians.”

"PARENTS" means both father and mother.

SPAM!

I agree. It doesn't matter where OBAMA was born his father was not an American. And his mother hated America.

If Romney or Gingrich get into the White House government will grow and liberty will diminish. Everyone of Gingrich's "balanced" budgets was bigger than the previous budget.

Neither Gingrich nor Clinton was responsible for the surpluses, it was the American people whose productivity increased at unprecedented rates that balanced the budget. For the first time in post-WWII America the people created wealth faster than the government could steal it.

It took a dedicated big government Republican, George W Bush to reverse this.

Is it only because I'm old that I remember all of the elections where we were told to vote for the "moderate" Republican because the "leftist" Democrat was so dangerous?

Richard Nixon gave us the EPA, the Endangered Species Act, price controls and a high rate of inflation. George HW Bush gave us a tax increase and the Americans With Disabilities Act. George W Bush gave us Medicare part D, two losing wars, No Child Left Behind and the Patriot Act.

Does anyone here actually believe that Gingrich or Romney would actually cut the size and power of government? Is so, base on what? Past performance? Both favored state health insurance mandates showing that individual liberty and choice plays no part in their thinking.

None of the candidates will do so, Ron Paul included - unless he can dismantle half the government via Executive Orders.

With Gingrich, I worry most that he could win [still, better than Obama]. Consider Rick Santorum [though apparently damn few do] recently on Huckabee: "America is a moral enterprise". Exactly... and not unlike an earlier "voice crying in the desert", unless the people repent and turn away from bailouts/handouts toward personal enterpise, the soul of the Nation will not be healed. John the Baptist to the Pharisees: "You brood of vipers. Who taught you to flee the wrath to come?"

I like Santorum. I also like Perry ... although I'm not sure he'd do well in a debate with Obama, which Gingrich would. I do not want Romney to be the GOP choice. He is Obama-Lite, plus he's "presidential," as the mainstream media keeps reminding us. He's the one the press wants the GOP to pick to oppose Obama, which is a darn good reason not to pick him.

HEAR! HEAR!

"t's not that they don't like any of these candidates so much they'd rather President Obama win. It's that people don't want to fall in like; they want to fall in love."

Goldberg misses the fact that there are big government Republicans and limited government Republicans. Most of the candidates are for more government: more military spending, don't reform the entitlements, put first time drug users in prison for life (Newt), etc. But they won't provide a proposed budget. How can a conservative like that?

At least Ron Paul is for smaller government and is the ONLY one who's provided a budget that balances within their term.

I won't vote for a big gov RINO. I'd rather Obama win to keep the House and take the Senate.

We need fiscal conservatives in the House and Senate more than we need the Presidency. After all, Congress writes the budget.

And we've too many RINOs. Even the RNC is working against Don Steinberg in Nebrasks, preferring a big spending RINO. And this violates their promise to stay out of the primaries.

With Obama as president, you can count on gains in the House and Senate as the country crumbles under more government.

Taking the Senate is fine, but getting a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority is what is needed. That is the only way to stop Obama from more domestic screw-ups. (He'll still largely be free to screw up in foreign policy.)

Even with Mitt or Newt it would be safer with 60 GOP Senators.

January 20, 2013. The change we hoped for.

I stand in awe that the GOP can not find one candidate the public can admire and trust. Either they have baggage like Romney & Gingrich or they lack experience. The one candidate that has experience rants like a madman so no one considers him.
The only candidate that could hold his own against Obama is Newt and he has flip flopped so much he should be dizzy as are the voters from listening to him.
Michelle Bachman is intelligent enough but too nice to play the game.

Not only is this a weak assortment the media tears them to shreds truthfully or not. This is going to be one tough fight and Romney is not the people's choice.

Huntsman is not weak. The MSM is ignoring him because he can win.

Huntsman should challenge Barry in the Dem primaries. He might even win!

"And while it would be tempting to put the blame squarely on the liberal media or some other convenient villain, the truth is that it's the right that is largely to blame. Though to say so is essentially blaming the victim."
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Jonah, although conservatives have made a fetish of playing victim, you're pussyfooting. You can blame rightwing media, to which the hardcore base of conservatives/GOP is addicted. While the likes of Rush and Beck and the myriad of others plays this game strictly for ratings while using the memes of ideology, the poor low information rightwing voter is left spinning from candidate to candidate. Name the perp, Jonah, and the truth will set you free.

If you want to help unite the GOP, then vote for Paul.
His supporters are very loyal. Bend a little and let’s get united behind him!!
If you can’t do that, then don’t bash Paul supporters for doing what you are doing as well.
http://www.libertyandhope.blogspot.com

Please, no this cartoon character for American president.

Dr Paul is a great Doctor but with all due respect far removed from the mechanics of our global society. Len's comment with reference to Ron Paul as a cartoon character is the exact impression formed after seeing his past debate performance. The idea that, as a nation, we should place the U.S. in isolation is absurd and akin to the "ostrich" burying his head in the sand in fear at the sight of a predator. This country has been placed in "extremis" by the Obama administration and in need of a serious leader with experience not solely in business but in the executive branch of our government as well. Newt Gingrich is superbly positioned to lead us out of this malaise and please drop the "skeletons in his closet " or "flip-flop" concerns.

2008 I supported Obama because, unlike Ms Clinton, I hadn't seen any proof of him being a scheming, lying, backstabbing, self-centered scumbag.
/sigh

I think many people did the same. There are many democrats ( and this applies to many reps too) who would never consider pulling the R lever. They will hold their noses and pull the D. I am a working class, conservative christian BUT a moderate republican. I like Jon Hunstman. I think he is the man who can appeal to real americans on both sides of the aisle

Research Larry Sinclair, Donald Young, Larry Bland, Reggie Love, the Man's Club, etc.

I'll vote for the cheeseburger to replace the hotdog in the White House. How could any relatively sane American not feel that way? Then stop all the hotdogs from coming over the border, unless they speak our language and have a skill for a job.

heh. Those chili dogs from south of the border are wily.

Jonah, thanks.

Well Jonah, I am disappointed in you. I thought you were not one of the main stream Repubs against any conservative candidate and yet, here you are. BTW, how is your mother. I have not seen her for years. I like her.