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1crazybusydad
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I don’t get to vote? Is it a closed group, or am I just too new?
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gilliam
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Too new
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Jim91
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Marco Rubio!
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AFerri48
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Yep
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tawny
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Have to go with Rubio.
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Alex_H
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If the election were held today, I would go with Ted Cruz.
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Seamus_L
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I’ll even rank them
Code:
1.Paul
2.Trump
3.Cruz
4.Huckabee
5.Carson
6.Fiorina
7.Rubio
8.Bush
9.Christie
10.Kasich
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Alex_H
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Rand Paul is my favorite candidate as well but I don’t want to waste my vote on someone who is so low in the polls. My state doesn’t vote until March so maybe he can gain some momentum within that time.
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Path_Finder
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Chris Cristie,
Pro-Life in a Blue State, defunded Planned Parenthood.
Tried and Convicted Terrorists.
Vetoed bill passed by legislature to legalize same-sex marriage.
Looks like the first 3 on that list haven’t done either of these yet, Christie is way down on that list. CC is Catholic as well.
Pro-Life in a Blue State, defunded Planned Parenthood.
Tried and Convicted Terrorists.
Vetoed bill passed by legislature to legalize same-sex marriage.
Looks like the first 3 on that list haven’t done either of these yet, Christie is way down on that list. CC is Catholic as well.
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1crazybusydad
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Although I don’t get a vote, put me down for:
- Rubio
- Cruz
- Christie
- Fiorina
- Bush
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7_Sorrows
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I wish we could have voted for more than 1. we have a year to go and I still don’t have a favorite. I have a top 4, but I can’t say who will be my final choice.
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1crazybusydad
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Yeah. My primary is so far away, I don’t even know what my choices will be at the time.
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Alex_H
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The original post was speaking of the Republican Primaries, which occur as early as February.
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7_Sorrows
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ours will be the end of March. I still do not have a number 1 choice yet.
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7_Sorrows
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the poll question is for the 2016 Republican Presidential Race.
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CaptFun
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There is another leader on the GOP side whose name was not included in the voting list.
By way of correcting that oversight, I offer this evidence of his statesmanship and leadership
in writing and passing perhaps the most important Senate legislation in my lifetime. The ban
of the disgusting practice of partial birth abortion.
c-span.org/video/?c4462058/partial-birth-abortion-ban-debate-march-12-2003
**^ **Senator Rick Santorum vs.Senator Hillary Clinton (and Sen. Tom Harkin) on Partial Birth Abortion (2003).
Write me in for Santorum. By the time the primaries get to California, I’ll probably have to settle for and vote for someone I like less. So at least I can vote my heart here.
That said, quite a few of the GOP candidates are acceptable to me. I would happily settle for the “worst” of the 15 still running than a continuation of the present administration’s party leading the Executive Branch.
If I go to a more pragmatic mood I’d choose … Marco Rubio … who may be less experienced than Santorum, and is less accomplished than Ted Cruz … but is Hispanic, from Florida (a state the GOP must have to win … vs. Cruz’s Texas a state the GOP already “has”) – and can probably sway a good part of the (stand for nothing much, immature) swing voters - with the “cute” factor. Their votes count as much as the geniuses do … and again, a little “swing” in the right direction might deliver the GOPs candidate enough electoral votes from swing states like: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Missouri, and/or Pennsylvania to win the election. Last time Romney came close in many - but lost almost all the close contests.
The “Hispanic thing” would instantly counter the Democrats’ “first woman president” with a “first Hispanic President” narrative and probably prevail by engaging the Spanish Speaking voters in their own language in a way that hasn’t been done before.
Donald Trump is entertaining but IMO is too close to the stereotype of what a BAD Republican is … to run him. Regardless of today’s Primary Poll projections … I think a Trump candidacy is one the Democrats could beat. I won’t recount his negatives here … but the DNC would have a field day reigniting the old class warfare rhetoric.
Less pragmatically … if all the GOP candidates could win … I’d favor Santorum first, then Cruz, then Rubio. The rest being acceptable. A President Jindal would be darned interesting … and probably good. Huckabee … better than the GOPs past two candidates (if not three, four or five ). Fiorina and Carson would need help once elected … but its there. I’d worry most about Paul (foreign policy too much like Obama’s laissez faire approach that ISN’T “working”) though I think he’d end UP more sensible if he got the job.
Glad for the poll overall. I guess you only get so many options available to post to a thread … so some of the 15 GOP candidates were sure to be left out.
By way of correcting that oversight, I offer this evidence of his statesmanship and leadership
in writing and passing perhaps the most important Senate legislation in my lifetime. The ban
of the disgusting practice of partial birth abortion.
c-span.org/video/?c4462058/partial-birth-abortion-ban-debate-march-12-2003
**^ **Senator Rick Santorum vs.Senator Hillary Clinton (and Sen. Tom Harkin) on Partial Birth Abortion (2003).
Write me in for Santorum. By the time the primaries get to California, I’ll probably have to settle for and vote for someone I like less. So at least I can vote my heart here.
That said, quite a few of the GOP candidates are acceptable to me. I would happily settle for the “worst” of the 15 still running than a continuation of the present administration’s party leading the Executive Branch.
If I go to a more pragmatic mood I’d choose … Marco Rubio … who may be less experienced than Santorum, and is less accomplished than Ted Cruz … but is Hispanic, from Florida (a state the GOP must have to win … vs. Cruz’s Texas a state the GOP already “has”) – and can probably sway a good part of the (stand for nothing much, immature) swing voters - with the “cute” factor.
Their votes count as much as the geniuses do … and again, a little “swing” in the right direction might deliver the GOPs candidate enough electoral votes from swing states like: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Missouri, and/or Pennsylvania to win the election. Last time Romney came close in many - but lost almost all the close contests.The “Hispanic thing” would instantly counter the Democrats’ “first woman president” with a “first Hispanic President” narrative and probably prevail by engaging the Spanish Speaking voters in their own language in a way that hasn’t been done before.
Donald Trump is entertaining but IMO is too close to the stereotype of what a BAD Republican is … to run him. Regardless of today’s Primary Poll projections … I think a Trump candidacy is one the Democrats could beat. I won’t recount his negatives here … but the DNC would have a field day reigniting the old class warfare rhetoric.
Less pragmatically … if all the GOP candidates could win … I’d favor Santorum first, then Cruz, then Rubio. The rest being acceptable. A President Jindal would be darned interesting … and probably good. Huckabee … better than the GOPs past two candidates (if not three, four or five
). Fiorina and Carson would need help once elected … but its there. I’d worry most about Paul (foreign policy too much like Obama’s laissez faire approach that ISN’T “working”) though I think he’d end UP more sensible if he got the job.Glad for the poll overall. I guess you only get so many options available to post to a thread … so some of the 15 GOP candidates were sure to be left out.
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Path_Finder
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To me, there is a bit of a question as to “whom would be the best President?” versus “whom wins the popularity poll?” because I felt the same apprehension about voting for someone who at this point, does not have a realistic chance among the top 4 say front runners now, Trump, Cruz, Carson and Rubio.
I understand that what has hurt Dr. Ben probably more than anything was this matter in talking about Terry Schiavo among evangelicals in Iowa.
I understand that what has hurt Dr. Ben probably more than anything was this matter in talking about Terry Schiavo among evangelicals in Iowa.
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Neofight
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Not an exciting one in the bunch…I’ll set this poll out, and likely the election too.
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Seamus_L
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I just don’t get why some Republicans,
of all people, seem to be bringing up Rubio’s being Hispanic like it’s some
big selling point in his favor. Imagine if someone said ‘Well Trump has real
appeal on the basis of his being a straight white male, Christian gun owner
?’ And I say that as someone who genuinely likes Ted Cruz, and finds him to
be the most sincere sounding of all Republican candidates for president.
However, were I to list all his strong points, his having a Cuban father
wouldn’t make the list.
of all people, seem to be bringing up Rubio’s being Hispanic like it’s some
big selling point in his favor. Imagine if someone said ‘Well Trump has real
appeal on the basis of his being a straight white male, Christian gun owner
?’ And I say that as someone who genuinely likes Ted Cruz, and finds him to
be the most sincere sounding of all Republican candidates for president.
However, were I to list all his strong points, his having a Cuban father
wouldn’t make the list.
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