Predictions: Who will be the GOP Candidate?

[Jesus_of_Nazareth]

My Name is Jesus_of_Nazareth and I'm runnin' for President!

FACT.

[Tyrannical]

My Name is Jesus_of_Nazareth and I'm runnin' for President!

FACT.

Can we nail you to a cross to forgive the World's debt

[Svartalf]

Do the IOUs say 'redeemable by Christ'?

[Jesus_of_Nazareth]

My Name is Jesus_of_Nazareth and I'm runnin' for President!

FACT.

Can we nail you to a cross to forgive the World's debt

Yes.

But I'll be back for a second term

[Woodbutcher]

My Name is Jesus_of_Nazareth and I'm runnin' for President!

FACT.

Can we nail you to a cross to forgive the World's debt

Yes.

But I'll be back for a second term

Jesus is much too liberal. I think he's Marxist-Leninist...

[Ian]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/politics/ ... ?hpt=hp_c1

Rick Santorum won three states yesterday (two of which actually gets delegates, Missouri having fucked themselves up by moving their primary to this early a date, though I think they vote again in a month).

Okay, I'll admit that I'm totally surprised by this. I figured Iowa was his high water mark, having spent most of last year there, and that he was pretty much done. I guess I had just stopped looking at him; I don't think Santorum has ever uttered a single sentence that I didn't despise. I tend to shake my head in wonderment at most GOP candidates, but in his case I genuinely hate his guts.

This is great news for Democrats though. Romney's going to have to keep fighting awhile, and if by some miracle Santorum ends up with the nomination (or perhaps even the VP slot: think Palin) that'll guarantee an Obama win.

[Eriku]

I've lost interest since the ever-hilarious Herman Cain left the race

[amused]

The great thing about all the Republican primaries so far is that hardly anybody is participating. Even the Republicans can't get excited about their own candidates. Given the state of the economy, this is the perfect storm for Obama's re-election.

[Seabass]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/politics/ ... ?hpt=hp_c1

Rick Santorum won three states yesterday (two of which actually gets delegates, Missouri having fucked themselves up by moving their primary to this early a date, though I think they vote again in a month).

Okay, I'll admit that I'm totally surprised by this. I figured Iowa was his high water mark, having spent most of last year there, and that he was pretty much done. I guess I had just stopped looking at him; I don't think Santorum has ever uttered a single sentence that I didn't despise. I tend to shake my head in wonderment at most GOP candidates, but in his case I genuinely hate his guts.

This is great news for Democrats though. Romney's going to have to keep fighting awhile, and if by some miracle Santorum ends up with the nomination (or perhaps even the VP slot: think Palin) that'll guarantee an Obama win.

I hear you. Santorum is a despicable human being. It is truly shocking to see him doing as well as he is. What the holy fuck is going on in these states??

[Animavore]

Incest

[Ian]

I hear you. Santorum is a despicable human being. It is truly shocking to see him doing as well as he is. What the holy fuck is going on in these states??

The more appropriate question is: What the holy fuck has happened to the Republican party? The answer is that its train has been leaning further and further to the right for thirty years, and not long ago it went right off the rails.

[amused]

The old guard Republicans coddled up to their fringe to hold those votes, and let the loons take over the asylum.

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/politics/ ... ?hpt=hp_c1

Rick Santorum won three states yesterday (two of which actually gets delegates, Missouri having fucked themselves up by moving their primary to this early a date, though I think they vote again in a month).

Okay, I'll admit that I'm totally surprised by this. I figured Iowa was his high water mark, having spent most of last year there, and that he was pretty much done. I guess I had just stopped looking at him; I don't think Santorum has ever uttered a single sentence that I didn't despise. I tend to shake my head in wonderment at most GOP candidates, but in his case I genuinely hate his guts.

This is great news for Democrats though. Romney's going to have to keep fighting awhile, and if by some miracle Santorum ends up with the nomination (or perhaps even the VP slot: think Palin) that'll guarantee an Obama win.

If Santorum wins the nomination, I will not vote for him.

No ifs, ands, or butts....

[Coito ergo sum]

The great thing about all the Republican primaries so far is that hardly anybody is participating. Even the Republicans can't get excited about their own candidates. Given the state of the economy, this is the perfect storm for Obama's re-election.

Well, New Hampshire had record turnouts, as did South Carolina. Minnesota and Colorado were "slightly" down, but those are only caucuses anyway. And, Missouri wouldn't be expected to be a high turnout, since that primary didn't count for anything.

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/politics/ ... ?hpt=hp_c1

Rick Santorum won three states yesterday (two of which actually gets delegates, Missouri having fucked themselves up by moving their primary to this early a date, though I think they vote again in a month).

Okay, I'll admit that I'm totally surprised by this. I figured Iowa was his high water mark, having spent most of last year there, and that he was pretty much done. I guess I had just stopped looking at him; I don't think Santorum has ever uttered a single sentence that I didn't despise. I tend to shake my head in wonderment at most GOP candidates, but in his case I genuinely hate his guts.

This is great news for Democrats though. Romney's going to have to keep fighting awhile, and if by some miracle Santorum ends up with the nomination (or perhaps even the VP slot: think Palin) that'll guarantee an Obama win.

I hear you. Santorum is a despicable human being. It is truly shocking to see him doing as well as he is. What the holy fuck is going on in these states??

That is an overstatement, to call him "despicable." I disagree with him on almost everything, though.