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who will run against Obama in 2012?
Apr. 9th, 2011 12:21 amI've been wondering this a lot lately. So if you had to bet, who would you bet is going to get the Republican nomination?
The most ridiculous so far is birther Donald Trump. Jimmy Kimmel has a pretty funny bit on him where he describes America under a Trump Presidency as "looking a lot like it did in Back to the Future II when Biff was in charge":
And so far the candidate who seems the most likely to me, if I had to guess, would be Tim Pawlenty, although I'm mostly just basing this on this ad which seems like a pretty serious bid:
I'm not sure why, but I have a real hard time picturing Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, or even Sarah Palin being President. And yet I can picture Tim Pawlenty being President, and I can picture a lot of people voting for him. He's an evangelical Christian with a Juris Doctor degree, which is a pretty potent combination for getting Republicans on your side. I guess that's not a terribly good reason to think someone will win the nomination, but it's the only thing I have to go on right now. If I had to pick which candidate I'd personally be most likely to vote for (if I absolutely had to vote Republican), I think it would be Newt Gingrich. But I think that most Republicans are tired enough of Gingrich and the rest of the Washington beltway (and not too keen on his adultery either) that he's very unlikely to win the nomination if he runs. Of the rest, I'd take Romney easily over Huckabee, with Pawlenty somewhere in between. Then Sarah Palin or Rick Santorum, I'm not sure which is worse, but they're both really bad... and finally, last and least, Donald Trump would be my worst nightmare. I cannot stand conspiracy theorists (even though I doubt he really seriously believes the crap that he says about Obama's birth certificate) and the guy is just a total schmuck--I doubt there is an honest bone in his body.
The most ridiculous so far is birther Donald Trump. Jimmy Kimmel has a pretty funny bit on him where he describes America under a Trump Presidency as "looking a lot like it did in Back to the Future II when Biff was in charge":
And so far the candidate who seems the most likely to me, if I had to guess, would be Tim Pawlenty, although I'm mostly just basing this on this ad which seems like a pretty serious bid:
I'm not sure why, but I have a real hard time picturing Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, or even Sarah Palin being President. And yet I can picture Tim Pawlenty being President, and I can picture a lot of people voting for him. He's an evangelical Christian with a Juris Doctor degree, which is a pretty potent combination for getting Republicans on your side. I guess that's not a terribly good reason to think someone will win the nomination, but it's the only thing I have to go on right now. If I had to pick which candidate I'd personally be most likely to vote for (if I absolutely had to vote Republican), I think it would be Newt Gingrich. But I think that most Republicans are tired enough of Gingrich and the rest of the Washington beltway (and not too keen on his adultery either) that he's very unlikely to win the nomination if he runs. Of the rest, I'd take Romney easily over Huckabee, with Pawlenty somewhere in between. Then Sarah Palin or Rick Santorum, I'm not sure which is worse, but they're both really bad... and finally, last and least, Donald Trump would be my worst nightmare. I cannot stand conspiracy theorists (even though I doubt he really seriously believes the crap that he says about Obama's birth certificate) and the guy is just a total schmuck--I doubt there is an honest bone in his body.
