politics

[psocoptera]

Dear LJ, I am confused by Republicans. Seriously, Gingrich? Isn't he primarily famous for screwing up badly enough as Speaker in the 90s that he had to leave office? And Santorum lost his seat, and Romney - I guess Romney chose not to seek re-election, but I don't exactly remember anyone around here being sorry to see him go. Is President of the US really now a consolation-prize job?? I'm not saying I was a fan of McCain, but he was at least a successful Senator, in the sense of holding his Senate seat, and Bush was a successful governor, in that same sort of pass-fail sense. Whereas it seems to me that Gingrich and Santorum have already flunked out of national office and Romney dropped out and these are really the strongest candidates the Republicans can field? It's like if Gray Davis was running for the Dems, like, wouldn't that just seem ridiculous?

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[randysmith]

Two thoughts: a) I think the presidency has been Romney's aim since before he became Governor; he was only Governor to provide a springboard to the presidency, and b) http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/13/fox-news-frighten-america-conservatives .

I do think Obama's very vulnerable. I've been assuming whoever won the Republican primary would be president. But that opinion's been ... eroded. I think if Romney wins he'd probably win the general election. But I'm not sure any of the others could. (At least, I really hope Gingrich couldn't :-{).

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

That is really interesting about the Fox Primary (er, as described in that article), thanks for the link.