Annie
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I'm sure that the primaries will be lively.
However, when the 2012 election happens in November, please don't think for a second that any GOP voter will vote for Barry. Its a nice "strawman", a straw to grasp, but its more wishful thinking than voting plausibility.
it doesn't matter who a GOP voter votes for. they're a given. no one thinks they'll vote for obama. maybe rand paul or one of the other fringe candidates picks off a few, but most of them will vote party, same as the dem base.
it's who the indies vote for that counts. the sooner the GOP figures that out, the closer they'll be to finding a viable candidate in 2012.
Indeed. While I'm always heartened that the liberals worry so about the GOP and the Tea Parties, it really isn't their problem.
They were wrong about the Tea Parties being a flash in the pan, I knew that with first leadership meeting. GOP were not the majority, libertarian leaning independents were first, then GOP, then Libertarian, then a token Democrat.
Not a one was 'Christian Conservative' in the sense of making marriage or abortion a front burner issue, anything but. It was all about size and scope of Government and on Federalism.
Next election on national level the tea parties or their members will be very influential on presidential choices, don't expect to see a push for those the Democrats are praying for. The real influence though, were the third party question will come into play is on local and state elections, for therein lies the future.