Do top Republicans know they cant win in 2012?

Question

i know the voters think they will win but do the elite think they can win with the clowns running this year?

seems all the heavyweights will wait till 2016 with the Incumbent heading out. Romney couldn't even beat McCain and is a Flip flopper, Newt has to many scandals and stands to chance either.

the rest stands to chance, Huntsman is the best Qualified. Paul would need a friendly congress.

Answer 1

With unemployment around 8% anybody had a chance, but this field is so pathetic Obama might pull it out.

Answer 2

Wow! You are just plain wrong on so many points, where to begin?



Well, first let's start with this statement: "Romney couldn't even beat McCain". If you were paying attention back then you would have seen that the only reason Romney did not defeat McCain was because McCain's fellow Arizona pal Mike Huckabee refused to release his delegates until McCain won the nomination, freezing Romney out. Had Huckabee not done so, Romney would have won.



Then let's examine: "Newt has to (too) many scandals and stands to (no) chance either." While it is true that Newt had some personal issues in the past and was unfairly targeted for investigation after investigation by Democrats when he was Speaker and much is being made of his career as a private citizen after leaving public office, there is nothing to preclude him from being elected. You see, when so many Americans are out of work, the housing market is so depressed and the guy in the White House is making things worse, such issues are of little consequence.



What will matter in the 2012 election is the Conservative credibility of the Republican Candidate and the record of Barack Obama.



http://radioviceonline.com/new-battleground-poll-63-consider-themselves-conservative/



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/03/21/GR2009032100104.html



Huntsman isn't Conservative and stands no chance. Ron Paul is a Libertarian and his foreign policy is so flawed he too, stands no chance.



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Answer 3

Huntsman is a weasel.



Gingrich doesn't have any scandals other than marital; he was exonerated by the IRS for a so-called ethics breach that wasn't. Many Congresscritters at the time didn't like Newt because he was a big sharp ax that cut and let the chips fall were they might. He didn't make friends; he made laws and he balanced the federal budget four years in a row.



As for his problems with women...? He didn't abandon his wife to fight cancer alone; she had asked for that divorce. She recovered, and is defending him against that charge, today. At least he has taste: all three of his ladies are lovely, and he married the girlfriend once the divorce was final.



He and Calista are also business partners, and she's half his age; I seriously doubt a 68-yr-old grandfather has the same attraction to young single women that he did 15-20 years ago.



Also, he has had a religious conversion; he's now a newly-minted Roman Catholic. He has searched his soul and confessed his sins, and sought reconciliation with his God. I'm not inclined to doubt his honesty about that. He has also claimed that he is a different man, now, because he's older and now has grandchildren: he stated that children set your sights a generation out, but grandchildren set your sights out 2 & 3 generations. This is good: the President should be making decisions based on results seen out 7 generations.

Answer 4

They can win is the scary part. Obama is a nightmare in may ways, but Newt is really scary. He can win too. Baggage doesn't mean a thing to your average voter. If you can dazzle them with some good debates and talk a good game then they will bow. It is sick. Newt is an extremely good debater and is very intelligent. It doesn't matter if he is pure evil. Satan could run and win because he is smart.

Answer 5

Ron Paul 2012

Answer 6

the "solidly" blue states weren't all consistently blue. and that they gained't proceed to be blue continuously. undergo in ideas the republicans used to have so a lot extra "solidly" purple states. cases and comments exchange, and there are in hassle-free terms a small form of states that usually proceed to be dependable to an identical occasion. You finished prognosis is merely valid in the right here and now. 2012 is a protracted day off. you apart from mght base a number of your prognosis on BO himself, and in 2016 he's long previous, so all those comments against the repubs danger is moot. upload: and if BO have been to finally end up with a 30% approval, what makes you think of all those "solidly blue" states might proceed to be sturdy. A 30% approval might recommend maximum persons of the persons in those "solidly blue" states do unlike him!

Answer 7

Top Republican candidates COULD win. Unfortunately, the GOP isn't running any of those because they are all waiting for 2016 when there is no incumbent democrat to risk losing to.

Answer 8

True.





The 13-key model has been accurate for 38 elections in a row, and it has predicted an Obama victory in 2012.



(the model was published in 1981, so I guess you could say it only predicted SEVEN unknown outcomes....but if you apply the same factors to previous years, it does predict 38 in a row correctly.)

Answer 9

Independents will vote Ron Paul into office!



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Answer 10

I think you're underestimating the Republicans' chances. Take into account how low Obama's approval rating is right now.

Answer 11

Its possible some might. But none of the people who "might" know are bachman, perry, santorum or the guy who is having his daddy help him

Answer 12

If Obama lets this killer go, he may have a tough time getting re elected.

Answer 13

Obama will lose and in a big way. The country is over his hope and change lies.

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

How's the unemployment?



How much is gas?