Which Republican Presidential Candidate will Drop Out Next?

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Ausm

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Hopefully all of them because they don't have a cold chance in hell of winning in 2012.

;)
 

Texashiker

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Perry. Doesn't he have a state to run?

Perry does not run Texas, he lets big business determine what laws should be passed and signed into law.

I hope perry drops out.

On second thought, maybe perry should stay in the race, so he stays out of Texas?

If you think obama is bad, you better hope perry does not get elected. When Texas had a shortfall in the state budget, school budgets were cut. Why not deport all of the illegal immigrants to free up money? But no, lets just cut budgets and continue to give trespassers a free education.
 

IonusX

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Hopefully all of them because they don't have a cold chance in hell of winning in 2012.

;)
yes obama..what a poor president..

i think hunstman and bachman and perry are essentially write-offs, especially after the Iowa speculated results anyone voting for them should change their vote.. their a lost cause
gingrich is a fascist.. i have no love for fascists. the dude practically would be the ideal candidate to institute a "third wave" (yes that third wave) in the US. you don't want that..
santorum should also quit.. the guy is such a flip flopping dude. he looks far to fake for his own good next to obama. in a televised debate he'd lose in record speed.

will santorum quit.. nope but then again this guy openly wants to march on iran, something the US couldn't afford to do if it wanted to financially. this guy is basically doomed.. he will fade like all the others before him. i actually expect him to fall to a spot somewhere near bachman truth be told..
 

IonusX

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Hopefully Ron Paul. He should drop out and then retire so nobody ever has to hear from that horrible old man ever again.

excuse me.. that old man has a political career thats legendary.. he also has slayed rick perry's chances of winning (smae with herman and newt). this guy is a political shotgun.. pointed to close to somebody.. kiss them goodbye.
ron paul would do alot of very good things.. like idk find out where ur trillions in bailout went (which btw went to making the problem worse). he would also re-enact (more than likely) presidential order 11110 (kennedy wrote it up.. look it up). itd set the US currency right. and that means a whole lot more to anyone than stopping iran from getting a nuke..
lets be real ehre the US banks have their tendrils in EVERY other major bank from canada to the czech republic.
the simple fact of the matter is that if they continue to destroy the US economy so recklessly. we ALL go under.. and then we get to blame the US for the foreign market bank runs
 

airdata

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lol Paul is doing better than anyone thought he would. And he would stay in anyways just to troll the other candidates.

Considering he's got the media telling everybody he can't be elected all year, yeah he's doing amazing.

Take voter manipulation out of the media and I bet Ron Paul would easily be #1. People are often too dumb to form their own opinion though and have to take theirs from talk shows and what have you. I mean... If Hannity says he's unelectable he must be unelectable.

Now, lets nominate some slimy guy who lies his ass off and has failed throughout his life... sounds like a winner. Obama 2012 here we come.
 

EagleKeeper

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Perry does not run Texas, he lets big business determine what laws should be passed and signed into law.

I hope perry drops out.

On second thought, maybe perry should stay in the race, so he stays out of Texas?

If you think obama is bad, you better hope perry does not get elected. When Texas had a shortfall in the state budget, school budgets were cut. Why not deport all of the illegal immigrants to free up money? But no, lets just cut budgets and continue to give trespassers a free education.

The states can not deport the illegals. That is the responsibility of the Feds. If a state tries to take care of business, the Feds put the hammer down.

See AZ, GA, AL and others.

Try to cut benefits to illegals and the softies will run your ass through the court system and force you to take care of them - See CA
 

IonusX

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The states can not deport the illegals. That is the responsibility of the Feds. If a state tries to take care of business, the Feds put the hammer down.

See AZ, GA, AL and others.

Try to cut benefits to illegals and the softies will run your ass through the court system and force you to take care of them - See CA
but they need to do more to stop them.. here's an idea get your troops out of a half dozen or so overseas bases and put them on your borders.. that sounds smart to me. US troops protecting the borders of THEIR OWN sovereign nation.
sounds like a msart idea to me, dont you think so??
 

nageov3t

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yeah, when she said "I am not a politician" last night, my first reaction was "so why the hell are you running for a political office?"

the best case for Santorum right now (and the worst case for the GOP party) is that Bachmann, Perry, and Newt all make a graceful exit and their supporters get behind Santorum, leading to a long, protracted primary fight between Santorum and Romney (which Romney will still win, because Santorum is basically unelectable outside of hardcore Christian Right circles, but could seriously damage him in the process).

best case scenario for Romney (and the GOP party) is that he wins New Hampshire and Florida and the race basically ends, allowing him to pivot to the center to start attacking Obama.
 

airdata

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Perry does not run Texas, he lets big business determine what laws should be passed and signed into law.

I hope perry drops out.

On second thought, maybe perry should stay in the race, so he stays out of Texas?

If you think obama is bad, you better hope perry does not get elected. When Texas had a shortfall in the state budget, school budgets were cut. Why not deport all of the illegal immigrants to free up money? But no, lets just cut budgets and continue to give trespassers a free education.

pssst...

Your racism is showing.
 

IonusX

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yeah, when she said "I am not a politician" last night, my first reaction was "so why the hell are you running for a political office?"

the best case for Santorum right now (and the worst case for the GOP party) is that Bachmann, Perry, and Newt all make a graceful exit and their supporters get behind Santorum, leading to a long, protracted primary fight between Santorum and Romney (which Romney will still win, because Santorum is basically unelectable outside of hardcore Christian Right circles, but could seriously damage him in the process).

best case scenario for Romney (and the GOP party) is that he wins New Hampshire and Florida and the race basically ends, allowing him to pivot to the center to start attacking Obama.
santorum has no chance in new hamp, i doubt his momentum will last. romney winning in Florida is a hard pressed fight.. his big gov't isn't welcome in the south. watch s. carolina and new hamp.. thats where this will be a romney or paul vs obama fight...
 
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nageov3t

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santorum has no chance in new hamp, i doubt his momentum will last. romney winning in Florida is a hard pressed fight.. his big gov't isn't welcome in the south. watch s. carolina and new hamp.. thats where this will be a romney or paul fight..

Florida is basically batshit crazy Evangelicals in the north and Jews in the south... I can't see Paul making serious inroads with either group (though it's worth considering -- even if it's not highly reported -- that apparently Paul made a huge push in Iowa based on his anti-abortion stance)

Romney won 31% of the Florida vote in 2008 compared to McCain's 36%... I think it's fair to assume that he'll keep most of his 31% and attract a good chunk of McCain voters.

Florida is also a pretty damn expensive state. it's not out of the question that Romney will be the only one with the money to run a single ad there.
 

Texashiker

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The states can not deport the illegals. That is the responsibility of the Feds. If a state tries to take care of business, the Feds put the hammer down.

See AZ, GA, AL and others.

Try to cut benefits to illegals and the softies will run your ass through the court system and force you to take care of them - See CA

And rick perry does not have to balls to stand up for states rights.
 
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Looks like Perry wants to see if he gets a bump from Bachmann dropping out. Now he plans to campaign SC.
 

nageov3t

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Looks like Perry wants to see if he gets a bump from Bachmann dropping out. Now he plans to campaign SC.
my tinfoil hat theory:

Perry is staying in the race to cannibalize Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich support and act as a "spoiler" in South Carolina to split the vote to make Romney look better, hoping to get VP shortlist consideration.
 

Balt

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Nutter #1 is gone. Just need Santorum (#2) to drop out now. I don't think he'll be leaving too soon with the success he had last night, sadly. Whatever small amount of support Bachmann may have had in the other states will probably go to him.