Who are the top 20 Republican '08 Presidential potentials?

[MethuenProgressive]

Not just the "short list" - who else?

[underpants]

1. ALAN KEYES!!!!

Oh please let it be so! :bounce:

[Sparkly]

13. My favorite, too!!! nt

[Hippo_Tron]

25. I predict a blue Idaho and Wyoming

Utah might stay red, but that's a stretch.

[napi21]

2. Well, I think it's still too early, but

if you wach the manuvering going on, it's:

McCain
Guilani
Allen
Hagel
Romney
Brownback

I'm sure we'll see a few others jump in the ring by mid 2007.

[AlinPA]

3. If Santorum wins PA senate, I would not be surprised.

[napi21]

6. I deliberately didn't include his name because I don't think he's

going to win his Senate run, and thereforewon't run for Prez!

[livvy]

4. DeVos from Michigan needs watching.

Perhaps not in '08, but depending on what happens in the governor's race, perhaps...who knows? The pretzelnut came out of a governorship, virtually unknown as a political presence. Like the pretzelnut, DeVos has no qualifications to be the governor, limited business experience, and lies like a professional. DeVos fits the far right agenda to a tee. A perfect stealth candidate, much like the pretzelnut was.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/4/153458/0413

(MI - Gov) Doctrine of Dick DeVos (R Candidate)
by Hector Solon
Fri Aug 04, 2006 at 12:34:58 PM PDT
Cross-posted at MichiganLiberal.

Religious right connections:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/11/14245/7863
In "The Doctrine of Dick DeVos" some of the elements of the DeVos Doctrine were listed. However, in order to understand any doctrine the founding principles and philosophy (in this case better described as a strangely twisted "theology") need to be thoroughly examined and explored.
While the real objectives of the DeVos Doctrine are basically simple self-enrichment and profit, the Doctrine and Dick DeVos for Governor campaign in Michigan are infused with a special sort of Christian Fundamentalist rhetoric and the ambitions of political power using organizations within the Christian Right, many of which were setup and financed directly by the DeVos Family for their select purposes and coordinated with other groups with like minded agendas and goals.

and then, there is this:
www.devosforsenate.com
www.devosforpresident.com

[saltpoint]

5. Here's a working list...

1. Sen. George "Cement Head" Allen
2. Gov. Haley Barbour
3. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (most recent word is he won't run, even as an indy)
4. Sen. Sam Brownback
5. Gov. Jeb Bush
6. Sen. Bill Frist, THE CAT BUTCHER
7. Congressman Newt Gingrich
8. Mayor Rudy Giuliani
9. Sen. Chuck Hagel
10. Sen. John McCain
11. Gov. George Pataki
12. Gov. Bill Owen
13. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
14. Gov. Mitt Romney
15. Congressman Tom Tancredo
16. Sec. Colin Powell
17. Pat Buchanan (increased public profile lately)
18. Gov. Mike Huckabee
19. Kay Baily Hutchison
20. Steve Forbes
21. Rob Portman
22. John Ashcroft (he ran once before, could again)

[Chipper Chat]

7. + Liddy Dole, Kinky Friedman, Janice Rogers Brown,

Kathryn Harris (why not?), Norm Coleman, Rush Limbaugh.

[DirtyJersey]

9. I don't think so

Liddy Dole is too old and a lot of Republicans don't like her. Kinky Friedman is not a Republican. Janice Rogers Brown would rather bide her time trying to get on the Supreme Court. Katherine Harris has already made it pretty clear she can't handle a state-level campaign, let alone national. Rush Limbaugh would not even think about running. Norm Coleman, on the other hand, is a possibility, but he won't win the nomination.

[Chipper Chat]

19. I threw Kinky in there just to be kinky!

Maybe the Pubs figure they'll lose this time around and go with a hail Mary pass -CONDI.

[DirtyJersey]

8. Why Mitt Romney will be the nominee

Jeb, Rice, Powell, Hutchison, Forbes, Ashcroft will not run. Bloomberg or Buchanan could run, but not as a Republican. I don't even know who Rob Portman is. As for the rest, they're all possibilites, but to varying degrees. Even Republicans don't like Frist, and many don't like Gingrich anymore, so they're out. We know how the Republican "base" feels about McCain. Necons hate Hagel, the Christian right hate Giuliani and Pataki, so they're out. Tancredo will be big among the racist nutjob crowd, but that won't be enough to win the GOP primary, though it's possibly if enough other candidates split the vote. That would be good news for us, he would easily lose to virtually any Dem. That leaves Allen, Barbour, Brownback, Owens, Romney, and Huckabee. Romney is the only one who's not a total nobody and the only one who comes off as Presidential. Therefore, I predict Mitt Romney will be the GOP nominee in 2008. The time to start digging up dirt is now! But, don't release until he's won the primary!

[MethuenProgressive]

10. Not Romney

He belongs to a "cult" religion, according to the Repub base.

[DirtyJersey]

12. That's true

I forgot about that. Well, then I have no clue. I can't think of anyone who has any chance of running who's not on that list though, aside from perhaps Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (dependent upon his winning re-election, of course).

[SteppingRazor]

11. Rob Portman is currently the White House budget director, IIRC...

and given his ties to "Baby Doc" Duvalier, I somehow doubt he could mount a successful White House run

[saltpoint]

16. Yeah -- it would be a hurdle. But apart from that his demographic

profile is very strong, and Ohio is destined to be a battleground again.

[underpants]

14. McCain is the only one to even worry about there

Allen is over

Guiliani can't pass through THEM to get to the general public

[saltpoint]

17. McCain's considerable crossover appeal makes him dangerous.

Formidable and dangerous both, I guess.

I think Hagel is full of upset potential. A case could be made for his winning Iowa and New Hampshire.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Gary Bauer, Ahnold, and Tom Delay

[lpbk2713]

18. Jeb's name might be mentioned.

But he won't stand a chance. Most rethugs have had enough of the Boosh regime.

[Mr. Blonde]

20. If you look on FR

None of the ones who are primarily talked about pass the ideology test. Most are too "soft" on social issues for them. Romney saying that he would not actively try to change Mass. abortion laws was enough for many of them to write him off. If any republican candidate has not sworn allegiance to the Iraq war, outlawing abortion, banning gay marriage, building a wall between the US and Mexico, etc they are unelectable to them. Not very many pragmatists over there. I think Romney would be their best choice, but he does have several things against him. Mormonism not the least of which, but being from the Northeast doesn't help.

Who knows who will come out of that party as the nominee. I would be interested to see what would happen if they nominated someone who didn't swear to personally blow up Planned Parenthood clinics. They have to have the abortion issue only voters to win, and many of those would just stay home, probably enough to change the election results. Even if the nominee were someone more electable to the general public than an ardent pro-life candidate.

[bigwillq]

21. Brownback is a scary candidate

He's been polling low but with his ultra conservative views, the christian right just might really get behind him.

[snowbear]

22. Having a "who w/be the ReTHUG canididate" post on here one day is..

..strange enough. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!

But having another one on here a day later is just creepy!!

Sorry Meuthen, maybe you missed the other thread someone posted with the same question? :shrug:

[MethuenProgressive]

23. "maybe you missed the other thread"?

Evidently!:D

[zann725]

24. Mine's a REALLY "short list." NONE. Not one serious candidate.

Sorry, this year the Dem's HAVE it by far...(unless the Machines intercede again).