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It's never too soon...

Nov 10, 2008 16:43

GOP gears up for 2012

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newt gingrich, mike huckabee, republican party, bobby jindal, charlie crist, mitt romney, sarah palin / palin family, tim pawlenty

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laurie_springs November 10 2008, 22:50:50 UTC

Bobby Jindal is NOT going to happen. The GOP will NOT be that enlightened come 2012.

cookie_nut November 10 2008, 22:53:00 UTC

I have to agree. That ship sailed when their rallying cry became "Don't trust darkie!"

I really can't think of any serious contenders at this point. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens over the next few years.

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layweed November 10 2008, 23:21:01 UTC

If I'm not mistaken Sikhs and Indians were also being discriminated against post-9/11 because they looked like Arabs. At airports, etc.

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flydarlingfly November 10 2008, 23:04:30 UTC

Exactly.

___closetome November 10 2008, 23:29:17 UTC

MTE

perfectisafault November 11 2008, 02:16:52 UTC

THIS.

disco_balla November 10 2008, 22:53:50 UTC

Gingrich should be RNC chair if they really want to get those seats back. He did it in '94 and could very well do it again.

Jindal is their best bet in 2012, IMO. He's smart and has done a pretty good job after the mess that was Blanco. But I'm not so sure how he'd do in some of those solidly RED states. He would need to do like Obama and win BROAD support and since he'd be running against an AfAm, I doubt he can peel off many minorities. So he'd be stuck trying to win over white women.

The GOP needs to kick the far right OUT of the party if they want to regain power. Sorry, but conservative principles are good only in theory. People who don't see the grey areas and are ignorantly steadfast are dragging the party down.

And none of this is going to matter is Obama does what I predict he will do which is KICK MAJOR ASS.

So good luck in 2016, GOP.

roseofjuly November 10 2008, 23:56:36 UTC

I agree with the assessment of the party. Conservatives were strongest when they played the fake-centrist line and dropped all the reactionary shit. They're alienating some of their strongest supporters by making the mistake of thinking that the loudest segment of the party is also the most numerous.

screamingintune November 11 2008, 11:32:59 UTC

I don't really think you want Gingrich at the head of the party if you want to kick out the far right. Dude is at least partially responsible for making the far right powerful.

bloody_pickle November 10 2008, 22:56:12 UTC

stop
just
stop

thinkb4uspeak November 10 2008, 22:57:27 UTC

give.it.up