If you were an Iowa Caucus voter which GOP guy would you vote for

Started by Scipio, December 30, 2011, 04:34:24 PM

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If you were an Iowa Caucus voter which GOP guy would you vote for

Mitt Romney
8 (21.6%)
Ron Paul
10 (27%)
Newt Gingrich
3 (8.1%)
Michelle Bachmann
2 (5.4%)
Rick Santorum
0 (0%)
John Huntsman
12 (32.4%)
Rick Perry
2 (5.4%)

Total Members Voted: 37

Legbiter

The only non-insane Rebublican candidate this year is Mitt Romney AFAIK. Even if he has to sound like he can't dress himself unaided like the other candidates to get the nomination.

The rest should be taken out back and shot. And to be never spoken of again in polite company.

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garbon

Romney. Why pick someone who has no chance of winning? Huntsman might be moderate but is basically unknown by republican voters, so what would be the point? I guess Ron Paul would be a good choice if one wants America to collapse.
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Quote from: garbon on December 31, 2011, 02:07:19 AM
Romney. Why pick someone who has no chance of winning? Huntsman might be moderate but is basically unknown by republican voters, so what would be the point? I guess Ron Paul would be a good choice if one wants America to collapse.

It would be an interesting experiment.  What actually happens when you put the lunatics in charge of the asylum.
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: garbon on December 31, 2011, 02:07:19 AM
Romney. Why pick someone who has no chance of winning? Huntsman might be moderate but is basically unknown by republican voters, so what would be the point? I guess Ron Paul would be a good choice if one wants America to collapse.
Same here.
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11B4V

Quote from: Neil on December 30, 2011, 05:30:20 PM
I don't think that any of them are worthy of a vote.  Bachmann, Perry and Santorum are retarded, Huntsman is a non-entity, Gingrich is running because he can't think of anything helpful to do, Romney is an empty suit and Paul only wants to damage America as much as he possibly can.
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Quote from: 11B4V on December 31, 2011, 11:38:56 AM
Quote from: Neil on December 30, 2011, 05:30:20 PM
I don't think that any of them are worthy of a vote.  Bachmann, Perry and Santorum are retarded, Huntsman is a non-entity, Gingrich is running because he can't think of anything helpful to do, Romney is an empty suit and Paul only wants to damage America as much as he possibly can.
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KRonn

I'd go with Romney now. I did have some misgivings before, and still do as there's no perfect candidate. But I think he's pretty well grounded, thoughtful and seems to have intelligent ideas and direction. Before I might have considered Gingrich or Huntsman, but Gingrich seems to me too much a policy wonk and not a leader, and Huntsman just isn't known that well. Ron Paul is a damned joke; I'm just disgusted with him. I've said before he has a few good ideas but most of rest of his notions are just off the wall, crank kind of stuff. I just wish he'd go away now, out of any race or even out of Congress.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: Ideologue on December 30, 2011, 10:02:02 PM
Bachman, because you didn't specify that I should vote for the candidate that I would like the best were I Republican, rather vote for the one most likely to lose in a general election.

Paul would be just as likely to lose to Obama and would make a better President than Bachman.
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Ideologue

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on December 31, 2011, 12:45:54 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 30, 2011, 10:02:02 PM
Bachman, because you didn't specify that I should vote for the candidate that I would like the best were I Republican, rather vote for the one most likely to lose in a general election.

Paul would be just as likely to lose to Obama and would make a better President than Bachman.

Yeah, but if the GOP did win, I'm out $100, and I want everyone else to suffer as much as possible with me.
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Eddie Teach

Quote from: Ideologue on December 31, 2011, 03:11:30 PM
Yeah, but if the GOP did win, I'm out $100, and I want everyone else to suffer as much as possible with me.

Well, tactically, a Paul vote might help him* extend his campaign and weaken the guy who does win. Your Bachman vote doesn't look like it'll have any effect on the race whatsoever. I think Paul is the best spoiler vote at this point.

*not that a single vote will matter even in primary caucuses.
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