Is Mitt running for president again?

Kind of boggles the mind that someone could get elected -- twice! -- on a platform of taking stuff away.

 

Christie's take-no-shit-from-anybody persona plays well in Jersey, plus he's been able to convince people he only wants to take stuff away from "the moochers," but unfortunately his buddy Mitt has managed to reveal to the public that the GOP's definition of "moochers" includes just about everybody ... except a certain One Percent.

 

I don't understand how, after that whole "shut down the bridge" stunt Christie pulled, anyone would vote for him.

 

Des Moines Register Poll has Walker leading, followed by Paul. That's not a total surprise given that he lives in a neighboring state. I think Walker will be in the mix. Obviously, the true test will be if he can win states that aren't in the Midwest.

 

Total Population 3,046,355 100
White 2,781,561 91
Hispanic or Latino 151,544 4
Black or African American 89,148 2
Some Other Race 56,132 1
Two or More Races 53,333 1
Asian 53,094 1

 

Here is what I was referencing.
Who Is Scott Walker? - NationalJournal.com

Do you think he would have left Marquette if he won? Why not finish up, at Marquette at somewhere else? Hell, I left school for my first journo gig, but having that hang over my head for a few years drove me to finish up.

I really don't care about the student election thing, student government is more stupid than the real thing. More curious about not finishing the degree.

 

But for the political quirks that led to Truman's being the last President without a college degree, Jim Byrnes, who dropped out of school at 14, would/could have had the double distinction of being both the last President and the last Supreme Court justice without such.

 

Walker has zero chance of winning. I still say it's Jeb's nomination to lose. Rand Paul has potential to make it interesting.

 

It's a lie made up by the WisDems. Marquette University has debunked it, and the WisDems finally removed it from their website about a year ago.

 

Well, right... Like I said, he'll have to win a state outside of the Midwest if he's going to have any chance. He could be one of the candidates who does well in Iowa and then falls off the map, or he could get momentum after an Iowa win.

Bush is the clear favorite, but I'm not counting out Paul or Walker. I don't think anyone else has a chance in hell at the nomination.

 

I sort of thought he would go back and get the degree before running. I wonder if doing that now would have any impact positive or negative on his campaign.

 

David Frum, who of course knows far more about his GOP than I do, said on "Left, Right and Center" the other day that it's a three horse race:

Scott Walker, backed by the "party outside of the party, the ex-party," i.e. talk radio and the Koch Brothers,
Ted Cruz/Rand Paul/Mike Huckabee, backed by the "internal party activists," and
Jeb, backed by the traditional party donor networks.

He said there's no way to call it right now.