Poll
Question:
Of the current field of Republican potential nominees, who's your guy?
Option 1: Romney
votes: 5
Option 2: Gingrich
votes: 1
Option 3: Cain
votes: 3
Option 4: Perry
votes: 0
Option 5: Huntsman
votes: 2
Option 6: Paul
votes: 3
Option 7: Jaron
votes: 2
Option 8: Bachmann
votes: 2
Option 9: I'm not a Republican, but I like voting in polls
votes: 23
Option 10: Other
votes: 1
Yeah, like the poll says: who's your guy? Who would you like to win the nomination? Also, why? And do you think your guy has a chance to get the nomination? A chance to beat Obama?
Any of them can beat Obama.
Cain got my vote.
I picked Romney. I'm not necessarily a huge fan but he's preferable to all that other rabble.
I'm not a Republican so I'll pick your last option there. But the only eventual Republican nominees I would consider voting for are Romney and Huntsman.
I'm not a Republican, but I have to vote for the one with the best hair. :hmm:
Using this website: http://2012.republican-candidates.org/
While Perry is an excellent contender, he just can't stand up against the combined head and facial hair of Jimmy McMillan:
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THE DEFICIT IS TOO DAMN HIGH. :mad:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on November 30, 2011, 07:29:59 PM
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Why is this dude's neck black from the chops down?
Very raciss, Yi. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 30, 2011, 07:30:58 PM
THE DEFICIT IS TOO DAMN HIGH. :mad:
RENT TOO. :mad:
Hey Yi - who's your guy?
Man, I like voting in polls.
If I were a Republican, I'd wish (vainly) it was Huntsman. I'd settle for Romney.
Huntsman/Romney are really the only ones that I would consider voting for.
My preference list is:
1. Huntsmen
2. Romney
3. Gingrich
As far as the general election, I would definitely vote for Huntsmen over Obama, but I'm not sure about Romney or Gingrich.
I'm not a Republican, but voted for Jaron anyway.
Oh man, I forgot to put Bachman in the poll :blush:
Nixon.
Quote from: Jacob on November 30, 2011, 08:14:34 PM
Oh man, I forgot to put Bachman in the poll :blush:
Fixed. And in proper order, because Jaron is a more credible candidate.
The extra choice threw off the results.
Not a Republican, but I'd vote for Gingrich. I hope, probably in vain, to vote for him in the general election.
I picked Huntsman, and Romney would be a close second or even first.
Romney
Quote from: Neil on November 30, 2011, 08:25:27 PM
Quote from: Jacob on November 30, 2011, 08:14:34 PM
Oh man, I forgot to put Bachman in the poll :blush:
Fixed. And in proper order, because Jaron is a more credible candidate.
:lol:
Quote from: Jacob on December 01, 2011, 12:09:20 AM
Quote from: Neil on November 30, 2011, 08:25:27 PM
Quote from: Jacob on November 30, 2011, 08:14:34 PM
Oh man, I forgot to put Bachman in the poll :blush:
Fixed. And in proper order, because Jaron is a more credible candidate.
:lol:
And a less obvious troll, to boot.
I'll vote for Huntsman, if he is still not forgotten by the time New Jersey primaries roll around.
Quote from: Jacob on November 30, 2011, 07:49:31 PM
Hey Yi - who's your guy?
I'll most liikely vote for Obama.
Quote from: Neil on November 30, 2011, 08:24:10 PM
Nixon.
I agree - a rotting corpse is probably the better choice than any of the actual candidates. :hmm:
I'm one of the few actual registered Republicans here, but none of the candidates excite me. I'd prefer pretty much any of them to Obama, though.
Romney has the best chance of going the distance in the general election, so I guess I'll continue to say GOTT MIT MITT.
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
I'm one of the few actual registered Republicans here
And what am I? Chopped Liver?
Quote from: garbon on December 01, 2011, 10:23:13 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
I'm one of the few actual registered Republicans here
And what am I? Chopped Liver?
Ah, that's right. You switched back from Democrat. But it's not as if you wouldn't jump right back over the fence at the hint of a Hillary primary run.
Anyway, you are one of the few. For now anyway ;)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 01, 2011, 05:37:44 AM
Quote from: Jacob on November 30, 2011, 07:49:31 PM
Hey Yi - who's your guy?
I'll most liikely vote for Obama.
Good man.
However, if Huntsman got elected, I will most likely not begin establishing residence in Canada. Any of those other GOP yahoos, and I'm buying flannel.
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
I'm one of the few actual registered Republicans here, but none of the candidates excite me.
Same here.
Quote from: DGuller on December 01, 2011, 12:01:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
I'm one of the few actual registered Republicans here, but none of the candidates excite me.
Same here.
Well, me either, but I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 01, 2011, 12:15:44 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 01, 2011, 11:59:05 AM
Quote from: fahdiz on December 01, 2011, 10:53:39 AM
For reals?
Yes.
Would you mind explaining that thought process?
I think Yi is suffering from singleissueitis. Anyway, he's mentioned his intent to vote for Obama many times here; not sure why you guys are so surprised.
I admit that it slipped by me. :mellow:
Quote from: derspiess on December 01, 2011, 12:23:59 PM
I think Yi is suffering from singleissueitis. Anyway, he's mentioned his intent to vote for Obama many times here; not sure why you guys are so surprised.
I haven't been around much until lately.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 01, 2011, 12:15:44 PM
Would you mind explaining that thought process?
HE GOT THE OSAMA!
Seriously, I think the stimulus concept (if not the execution) was very defensible. Same with Obamacare (if not the smoke and mirrors used to fund it). He was judicious during Tahir Square.
Most importantly, I think the basic premise driving his negatives--that unemployment, growth, and income are functions of "presidential leadership"--is total bullshit. There's no simple explanation for why unemployment has lasted as long as it has, and anyone who has a magic answer is peddling snake oil.
I'm not crazy about his populist rhetoric or policies or his split the difference approach to problem solving (i.e. Afghanistan), but all in all the guy deserves a 2nd term. Especially with such a piss poor GOP field.
Also I think the US is trapped in a destructive political revenge cycle, and if I, as a right of center voter, can help overcome it by voting for the other guy then that's great.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 01, 2011, 12:42:17 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on December 01, 2011, 12:15:44 PM
Would you mind explaining that thought process?
Most importantly, I think the basic premise driving his negatives--that unemployment, growth, and income are functions of "presidential leadership"--is total bullshit. There's no simple explanation for why unemployment has lasted as long as it has, and anyone who has a magic answer is peddling snake oil.
The problem with this is that as a conservative, I agree that government can't really create employment (except to a very limited extent), growth, and income--that the best it can do is provide regulations that don't destroy employment, growth, and income. But I don't see why I should vote for a candidate who seems to believe that government can create those things, and who, even worse, favors policies which I think will undermine them.
I'm a registered republican and a donor.
I hate this field and am frustrated at the fact that the front runner appears to be a rhino at best and the republican version of dukakis at worst.
Were the election today, I'm would vote Gingrich. All of the fundraisers i know are however mitt men and I have politely declined. I may not donate to anyone this cycle or may wait for the general to see where we are.
Quote from: dps on December 01, 2011, 02:01:28 PM
The problem with this is that as a conservative, I agree that government can't really create employment (except to a very limited extent), growth, and income--that the best it can do is provide regulations that don't destroy employment, growth, and income. But I don't see why I should vote for a candidate who seems to believe that government can create those things, and who, even worse, favors policies which I think will undermine them.
As for a candidate who believes government can create those things, unfortunately all the Republican candidates seem to have bought into the myth that unemployment will disappear the instant taxes are cut. So it's not like there's an alternative there. Well, maybe Ron Paul. But then you have to accept the gold standard baggage.
And about the only Obama policy I would agree undermines job creation is the extension of unemployment benefits. You really can't argue that the stimulus bill or his proposal for new hiring tax credits undermines job creation.