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Old 03-26-2010, 09:47 PM   #1
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Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

On Intrade, the current Top 10 as of this writing.

1.) Mitt Romney - Traded last at 26.1%
Former Governor of Massachusetts, 2008 Republican Presidential Contender, 2nd in Iowa Caucus, 2nd in New Hampshire.

2.) Sarah Palin - Traded last at 22.0%
Former Gov. of LOL Alaska and VP candidate in 2008 Presidential Election.

3.) John Thune - Traded last at 11.0%, Min Bid is 11.4%
Senator from South Dakota

4.) Tim Pawlenty - Traded last at 7.5%
Gov. of Minnesota(Battleground state), probably on VP Short List.

5.) Scott Brown - Traded last at 4.1%
Senator from Massachusetts, 41st Republican Senator. Defeated Democratic replacement for Ted Kennedy. He used to be a model.

6.) Jeb Bush - Traded last at 3.9%
Former Republican Gov. of Florida. Still popular, brother of 43rd President George W. Bush and son of 41st President George H.W. Bush.

7.) Mitch Daniels - Traded last at 3.5%
Gov. of Indiana (Battleground State), George Will's pick for 2012 Republican Nominee.

8.) Newt Gingrinch - Traded last at 3.0%
Former Speaker of the House, led Republicans in 1994 Congressional takeover known as the "Republican Revolution" or "Contract with America." Had an affair on his wife.

9.) Mike Huckabee - Traded last at 2.7%
2008 Republican Winner of Iowa Caucus, Host of Fox News show, former Gov. of Arkansas. Fun facts - Used to be really fat and can play the guitar.

10.) Bobby Jindal - Traded last at 2.1%
Gov. of Louisiana.
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Old 03-26-2010, 09:48 PM   #2
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

11) Zombie McCain
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Old 03-26-2010, 09:49 PM   #3
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

How many times has Gingrich been a potential Republican candidate? 50?

THIS IS HIS YEAR!
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:22 PM   #4
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I think (Pr Romney|bad economy) is quite high, while the same is true for (Pr Palin|good economy). If the economy's doing well, the technocratic argument loses appeal and so the primary base is more likely to be motivated by right-wing populism that has little appeal in the electorate at large.
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:29 PM   #5
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

Romney.
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:32 PM   #6
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

Didn't we already elect Scott Brown President a couple of months ago?
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:33 PM   #7
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:34 PM   #8
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8.) Newt Gingrinch - Traded last at 3.0%
Former Speaker of the House, led Republicans in 1994 Congressional takeover known as the "Republican Revolution" or "Contract with America." Had an affair on his wife.
You write this as if he only did this once to only one wife.
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:39 PM   #9
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There are flip flops and there are flip flops. If Romney can win a single state after health care, he should get an award imo. Merit badge of some kind.

Edit: But there's hardly anyone else that will run and can win. Tim Pawlenty has a better shot of getting drafted into the NBA.

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Old 03-26-2010, 10:46 PM   #10
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You write this as if he only did this once to only one wife.
I didn't know there was more then one.
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Old 03-26-2010, 10:50 PM   #11
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I didn't know there was more then one.
In his defense, he only divorced one of his wives while they were cancer stricken.
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Old 03-26-2010, 11:53 PM   #12
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

I don't understand how Brown can be number 5, but the margins are pretty close on 5-10. Still don't understand how he is really the number 5 most likely to win. What exactly has he done? Maybe the Mass win was bigger than I thought. I thought it came more down to what Coakley didn't do than he did.
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Old 03-27-2010, 12:08 AM   #13
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Re: Who Will Be the 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee?

There are pawlenty of people that support MN's governor.

Anyone?

Bueler?
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I don't understand how Brown can be number 5, but the margins are pretty close on 5-10. Still don't understand how he is really the number 5 most likely to win. What exactly has he done? Maybe the Mass win was bigger than I thought. I thought it came more down to what Coakley didn't do than he did.
Well, he got a lot of free publicity out of his win, so he gets an instant name recognition advantage over most of the second tier candidates. If Obamacare didn't pass he'd be in much better shape with a "I singlehandedly stopped Obamacare" slogan, although he can't really be blamed for not doing more.
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Old 03-27-2010, 12:15 AM   #15
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There are pawlenty of people that support MN's governor.
This ranks pretty high (if not #1) in the worst puns I've ever seen.
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