Huckabee's out. Could Romney/Huckabee be a viable GOP ticket?

[MomentsofSanity]

With Huckabee out the field of GOP candidates just got a whole lot weaker IMHO. If Romney can overcome Romneycare and the gain the nomination I'm curious what the GOP faithful would think of a Romney/Huckabee ticket. Is it something that has a strong possibility? As an outsider it seems to me to be the best GOP option for 2012.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/15/us-usa-campaign-huckabee-idUSTRE74C4V120110515

 

[CADsortaGUY]

both would be worse than either.

 

[CallMeJoe]

With Huckabee out the field of GOP candidates just got a whole lot weaker IMHO...

You thought the Theocrat strengthened the party?

 

[Lemon law]

Well even as a partisan dem, color me surprised. On one hand Huck was half religious nut, but still ole Huck compiled a decent record as the very pragmatic Governor of Arkansas. Proving at least to me, that Huckabee could compromise his own religious views in favor of sound governance.

Well Huckabee has decided not to run, and we must all respect his decision, but who knows, maybe he will end up as compromise GOP VP nominee.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

You thought the Theocrat strengthened the party?

Did I? No. The base of the republican party seemed to think so, however, in the polling that has been done of late. My opinion was more based on what appeared to be the popular opinion within the party.

I don't think it's likely to end up this way anyway given the supposed rift between the two. I was just curious what the general opinion of the right was here. Polls don't always tell the story and my exposure to the two is quite limited. It just appears those two were the clear favorites for 2012.

 

[Jaskalas]

Nothing on earth makes Romney an acceptable choice. He is everything that was wrong with Bush, McCain and the GOP as a whole.

 

[Nintendesert]

I would vote for Obama over Romney and I can't stand the current administration.

 

[MagickMan]

I would vote for Obama over Romney and I can't stand the current administration.

I'd vote for a Yorkshire Terrier over either of them.

 

[nageov3t]

the Vice Presidency is the least powerful office in the country. I'm not sure why Huckabee would want it when he can just hope whoever runs loses, so he can run in 2016 (in a presumably more favorable electoral climate)

and that's assuming he even wants to be in politics, which is a pretty big assumption considering that all his post-2008 actions have been about making himself rich (see also: Sarah Palin)

 

[ProfJohn]

Well even as a partisan dem, color me surprised. On one hand Huck was half religious nut, but still ole Huck compiled a decent record as the very pragmatic Governor of Arkansas. Proving at least to me, that Huckabee could compromise his own religious views in favor of sound governance.

Arkansas is a very conservative state socially.

Even Bill Clinton was pro-life before jumping to the national stage.

 

[ProfJohn]

I think Huckabee is done forever. I don't think he will ever make another run for President.

I think he realized that he has a very small chance of winning and I don't think he wants to devote so much of his life running for an office he will never win.

 

[Anarchist420]

That's good because it gives Dr. Paul a better chance. Dr. Paul is the TRUE Antislavery, nonracist Theocratic-Dixiecon(servative).

 

[Anarchist420]

If Romney doesn't run, then Dr. Paul may have his work cut out for him.

 

[Carmen813]

It's hard to win the Republican primary (okay, fine, any primary) without being a psychotic ideologue. My guess is that is the real reason he didn't run, he is too "reasonable" for the current political climate on the right.

 

[Skitzer]

Huckabee would never run with Romney, they can't stand each other.
I hope Romney sees that he can't win and bows out of the field.
I'm an Independent and will wait and see who the candidates are before I decide who to vote for in 2012. Currently I see no GOP candidates that could beat Obama.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Huck has figured out that if he is on any ticket, he'll be reminded over and over again that after his "Obama raised in Kenya" fiasco, his spokesman had to declare that Huck was not a liar, just stupid.

I'd think he's pretty much poison now.

 

[dawp]

That's good because it gives Dr. Paul a better chance. Dr. Paul is the TRUE Antislavery, nonracist Theocratic-Dixiecon(servative).

No, it doesn't. Paul will never win the primary and if he did he is too far out there to win the general election.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Palin/Gingrich 2012

Calling it.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Twilight Sparkle to appeal to the intellectuals. Applejack for the, "Reglur folks."
Political perfection.

 

[matt0611]

No, it doesn't. Paul will never win the primary and if he did he is too far out there to win the general election.

I went to find some data on who would do the best against Obama, surprisingly to me, CNN shows that Paul stands the best chance against Obama as of recently.

"Who does best against Obama? Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by many in the tea party movement, trails the president by only seven points (52 to 45 percent) in a hypothetical general election showdown. Huckabee trails by eight points, with Romney down 11 points to Obama.

The poll indicates the president leading Gingrich by 17 points, Palin by 19, and Trump by 22 points."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/05/cnn-poll-still-no-front-runner-in-the-battle-for-the-gop-nomination/

 

[Anarchist420]

If Romney doesn't run, then it's very possible that Dr. Paul will get the GOP nomination. After all, the 3rd time at running for the Presidency can be a charm.

The only way Obama could beat Paul is if Obama starts another war and/or causes another attack on American soil.

 

[CallMeJoe]

I went to find some data on who would do the best against Obama, surprisingly to me, CNN shows that Paul stands the best chance against Obama as of recently...

Nice information but entirely irrelevant.

Neither major party shows any inclination to nominate the best candidate for the general election, let alone the one likely to make the best president. It's become all about who panders most effectively to the "Party Base" and who knows how best to manipulate the nominating process.

 

[CallMeJoe]

If Romney doesn't run, then it's very possible that Dr. Paul will get the GOP nomination. After all, the 3rd time at running for the Presidency can be a charm.
The only way Obama could beat Paul is if Obama starts another war and/or causes another attack on American soil.

Porcine Aviation is equally likely.

If Representative Paul were to show any chance of actually winning a primary he would be mercilessly savaged by the other candidates and the Republican Party establishment. Just from the first Republican presidential candidate debate of this season, his comments on heroin legalization would be construed as wanting to let pushers work the grade school playgrounds during recess

 

[Londo_Jowo]

I don't see Paul getting the GOP nomination nor the nod for VP either.

 

[Lemon law]

Finding an acceptable candidate that can appeal to the two main factions of the GOP is becoming an even harder question lately.

On one hand the GOP used to be the pragmatic, rational, and conservative party for the farmers and the wealthy. Who believed in a strong defense and holding back inevitable changes.

But the other half of the GOP has become the religious right and Tbag types.

How can the GOP blend those with only fantasies with the pragmatics,