GOP 2012 primaries thread

[Dick Whitman]

I know this is political, but it seems we usually make an exception for big breaking news:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/14/huckabee-will-not-run-in-2012/

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I believe that opens the door for someone else to finish a distant third in the race for the nomination.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: Huckabee won't run

In other news, the Pirates announced they will not win the World Series this year.

 

[suburbia]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Does this make Rick "Google Problem" Santorum the favorite of the GOP base's evangelical bloc? I know he's Catholic, but I don't think that's nearly the liability among evangelicals that it once was. Especially since the evangelicals don't exactly have a lot of options now.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I suspect he'll wind up doing a daily program on FNC before too much longer. He's enjoying life in the private $ector.

 

[Boom_70]

Re: Huckabee won't run

At this rate Obama is going to run unopposed.

 

[Killick]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I think Huckabee learned how to bail out of the presidential campaign when he played for Nolan Richardson.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Huckabee won't run

I think Huckabee learned how to bail out of the presidential campaign when he played for Nolan Richardson.

Man, y'all don't let up.

 

[Bob Cook]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Not if his wife has any say.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Not if his wife has any say.

She can always run off to California again.

 

[suburbia]

Re: Huckabee won't run

Looking more and more like Mitch Daniel is going to be the frontrunner.

Mitch Daniels hasn't even entered the race yet.

Besides, he's almost as dull as Tim Pawlenty, and a lot more unsightly. And unlike Pawlenty, Daniels has a significant albatross - he was the budget director under Bush II. Doesn't necessarily mean he was actually responsible for the economic collapse (or even partially responsible), but it still makes for a plausible line of attack.

At the very least, being such a prominent figure in another Presidential administration means that Daniels is hardly a Washington outsider. And the electorate - Republican and otherwise - is not exactly happy with Washington right now.