Who do you think will be the Republican nominee next year?

[TNDemo]

There is such a big field of goofballs. Are they hiding some wunderkin somewhere? I think they will probably grit their teeth and go for Romney but we can always hope for Palin, Trump or Bachmann.

[niyad]

1. a woman-hating, pro-forced birth, MIC-owned thug.

one with NO real knowledge of the constitution, what this country is SUPPOSED to be about. an xian whack job.

[Rowdyboy]

15. I agree, Haley Barbour has a lock on the nomination....

Glad I'm not the only one who sees it!

[Ter]

20. Neither side has any knowledge of the Constitution

You can't support the Patriot Act, McDonald vs. Chicago, and Gitmo and claim to support it.

[vaberella]

2. At first I had Huckabee down pat. Until Palin says something. I'm stuck between...

and god I don't want to say it...Trump-Bachmann-Romney

Between those three idiots, I don't know who...ultimately I'm hoping Romney. But the Republican party is dumb ass crazy and if Palin doesn't run, she will endorse Bachmann--which means Bachmann is the leader.

*As a note though---I don't think the Republican party is that advanced to have a woman candidate for President, but one never knows.

[sharp_stick]

3. I'm betting on Mittens

the pukes are running the crazies (Bachmann, Palin, Huckabee, Trump) to scare the shit out of the average puke so that when the time comes they'll be willing to choke back their hatred of the magic underwear golden sheaf believer from Utah.

[OHdem10]

4. Me Too!

[MiniMe]

5. I don't think they have announced yet

[Chipper Chat]

6. Jeb Bush

[abelenkpe]

7. +1 nt

[Art_from_Ark]

11. +2

I feel like a panelist on the Mclaughlin Group

[Voice for Peace]

12. yes I think it will be Jeb

had to edit to change "fear" to "think"

[Ter]

21. Not in a million years

Besides, how many times does he have to say no? The country doesn't want Bush III. Not even pukes like Bushes.

[doc03]

8. I think as a last resort the Republicans will have to

recruit Chris Christie.

[vaberella]

19. Or Pat Buchanan. There has been a strong call for that fool. n/t

[Ter]

22. Really?

Isn't he almost 75 now?

[vaberella]

26. So? The older the better as long as "TEH CRAZY" is strong. n/

[mwb970]

28. Or *Ron* Christie! /nt

[joe1991]

9. Pawlenty is the least damaged goods of the current crop

I also think they will try and recruit Christie, maybe Patreus.

Huckabee and Palin have signalled they won't run, although his continued high poll numbers and the possibility of gaining the White House could lure Huckabee in.

Purely in a political view, it will be fascinating to see if they go with their "teabagger gut" and pick a radical, or try to appeal to independents with Romney or Huntsman.

[Exilednight]

10. Teabaggers lose big time. Iowa is based on one issue and one issue only. Whose going to secure

farm and bio-fuel subsidies. If a candidate doesn't commit to the ethanol pledge, then they're dead in the water. It goes against the teabagger mantra, so they're not going to win Iowa, or Super Tuesday.

[yellowcanine]

34. You mean Tim "Bubba" Pawlenty? That one? I would have agreed a while back before he

faked the Bubba accent. That kind of behavior tends to invite ridicule that can be tough to live down.

[femmocrat]

13. Mitt. It's his "turn".

And Repukes are rigid thinkers like that. It would tilt their world off its axis to nominate someone out of turn.

[RDANGELO]

17. I would agree with that except for two things:

1. He is a Morman. A lot of people, especially in the South, just have a culture problem with that.

2. He signed a health care law verry simmilar to the federl one in Massacusetts.

I don't think he will be able to overcome these.

I think it will be Huckabee.

[MatthewStLouis]

14. Jeb Bush. They can't resist a royal dynasty. n/t

[AlinPA]

16. John Thune. Yes, I know he said he wouldn't run. He will need to go "birther" though.

[rufus dog]

18. I would go with Mitch Daniels at this point

I think they know that not one person from the current crop has a chance so just before the Iowa primary they will get a new face.

[golfguru]

23. I have a good idea who it will NOT be

1. Barbour
2. Palin
3. Christy
4. Rubio
5. Trump
6. Bachmann
7. Pawlenty
8. Jeb Bush
9. Daniels
10. Cheney
11. Giuliani

So that leaves Romney, Huckabee, or Gingrich.
Take your pick....no one knows for sure at this point.

[Bryan]

24. It's a bit early to say, but...

...the prospective field is so full of chumps, losers, and nonentities that I'm beginning to side with the people who think that the convention will yield a "peacemaker" candidate who's not currently in the frame, such as Jeb Bush.

[golfguru]

25. No way they pick another Bush just 4 years after Chimpy

[mwb970]

27. Gosh, I don't know. They are all such dimwits.

I guess it doesn't matter, since American voters will apparently vote however the television tells them to vote, but this field of republicans is the sorriest parade of losers I have ever seen. There is not a person among them worthy of respect.

[craigmatic]

29. Romeny, Huckabee, Patacki, or Pawlenty.

[Sky Masterson]

30. Rick Santorum

http://www.wtoc.com/Global/story.asp?S=14415682
_snip- WAUKEE, IA (CNN) - Three likely GOP presidential candidates were in South Carolina Saturday.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich all participated in the Greenville County Republican Party convention

[vaberella]

31. Governor Chris Christie! n/t

[mkultra]

32. Huckabee

[yellowcanine]

33. I am still hoping for David Duke to throw his hat in. Might as well make it a total circus.

The Dukester could be the voice of moderation.