Shalom Chaim,
Before potential presidential candidates for the 08 election had announced their candidacies in '07, you considered it to be a bad situation based on the names that were being promoted.
The same is true going into the next presidential election.
Candidates will probably start announcing in March since there's a debate that is scheduled for this upcoming April.
People need to learn about the candidates early enough so that it could make an impact during the primaries.
The corrupt media is going to try to influence the GOP primaries as usual. Chris Mathews, for example, has praised Romney, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush.
People who vote in the GOP primaries need to be reminded that they shouldn't let the liberal reporters and commentators trick them into voting for bad candidates.
Also, some so-called conservatives commentators such as Krauthammer, like to praise Obama. Some of them were also bashing candidates duing the past midterm election, who supported the"Tea Party Movement." Yet, these same commentators are going to try and tell voters who to support in the primaries. So people who will be voting in the Republican primary need to learn that a lot of the "Republican commentators", especially those in DC such as Krauthammer, do not have credibility to give advice to conservatives.
Romney- The main thing people seem to like about him is his business experience. But that was also the reason why some people supported Meg Whitman whne she ran for governor of CA, but many conservatives were never satisfied with her candidacy.
People need to be reminded that before he started running for president in the previous presidential cycle, he was probably more libreal than Scott Brown. Romney also was a big supporter of Bob Bennett--former Senator from Utah-- who most conservatives rejected. Romney was out of touch and was pandering to the GOP establishment with his endorsement of Bennett.
Reagan is popular among conservatives and when Romney campaigned in the 90's, he bashed conservatives and Reagan.
Also, people need to be reminded that Megan McCain has endorsed Romney (that doesn't mean that her father has though, he said he isn't making an endorsement). Megan McCain has a dislike of conservatives and dislikes the Tea Party Movement. So her endorsement of Romney shows that Romney is obviously a bad candidate if he is supported by those who hate the Tea Party Movement.
Chris Christie claims he won't run but it's important to know information about him just in case he does or in case of any future national elections.
He is the only current GOP governor who supports Obamacare. He refused to join the lawsuit against it. He has lied to conservatives groups by claiming that the lawsuit would cost too much money. But a legal group that opposes Obamacare offered to do the legal work for a very small amount compared to what a state budget is.
He also supports a "cap&trade" program that many Republican voters oppose.
Christie has been pandering to groups such as CAIR:
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/01/18/chris-christie%E2%80%99s-troubling-appointment/ He also bragged about endorsing Mike Castle during last election, who is considered by many to be as liberal as Arlen Specter was.
Christie also attended the White House dinner for China's president while other politicians turned it down. His supporters tend to be hypocrites because many of them claim that Palin was unqualified and/or too inexperienced to run for VP. Yet, Christie is less qualified and has less experience than she did and yet, his supporters are talking about him being a presidential candidate.
Ann Coulter is being a hypocrite. If McCain were to do some of the things that Christie has done, she'd be basing McCain. She doesn't realize that she's losing more credibility.
For Jeb Bush, he supported everything that people dislike of George W. He is a big supporter of LaRaza type and has accused anyone who disagrees with him as being racist. His supporters think he's entitled to run for president.
For Mitch Daniels, in addition to him wanting a "truce" on many issues, he was also a budget director for George W. Many Republican voters are unhappy with those budgets.
Of potential candidates, Romney may be the most difficult to defeat. So far, he has raised the most money among potential Republican candidates. Also, he is very rich and would spend some of his own money. Also, since Romney ended his campaign during the '08 primaries, he seems like he's never stopped running. Political commetnators have stated that he basically kept a campaign staff in lace in some states. He seems like someone who would say whatever he felt like he needs to say to anyone, to get their votes.
Topic: Ask JTF for Sunday, February 27, 2011 (Read 9947 times)