Octopus Overlords

Exodor wrote:SNL presents the Republican Undeclared Candidates' Debate



Tina Fey

Pyperkub wrote:

Exodor wrote:Trump would pull 31% of the Republican vote if he ran as an independent.

It's just because the fields not together yet. Wait until the negative fur starts flying. If he runs he'll disappear faster than Rudy did.

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As Trump got more and more exposure over the last month Republicans didn't just decide they weren't interested in having him as their nominee- they also decided they flat don't like him. Only 34% of GOP voters now have a favorable opinion of Trump to 53% who view him in a negative light.

Kraken wrote:In related news Newt announced today that he's going to announce tomorrow. Democrats everywhere applauded the development.

Grifman wrote:

Kraken wrote:In related news Newt announced today that he's going to announce tomorrow. Democrats everywhere applauded the development.

And his current wife retained a divorce lawyer

Grifman wrote:

Kraken wrote:In related news Newt announced today that he's going to announce tomorrow. Democrats everywhere applauded the development.

And his current wife retained a divorce lawyer

Holman wrote:Newt: "Callista, I've decided. I'm going to form a new exploratory committee."
Callista: <<Bursts into tears>> "Just like that??"
Newt: "I mean for the campaign!"

Gingrich 2012: He will always love America. Unless it gets cancer

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Mitt Romney stoutly defended his Massachusetts health care law in the face of its conservative critics, and called yesterday for replacing President Obama’s national plan with a more state-based overhaul of the US health care system.

In the first policy speech of his budding presidential campaign, Romney gave his strongest endorsement to date of the Massachusetts plan, including the decision to require residents to obtain health coverage.

“A lot of pundits around the nation are saying that I should just stand up and say this whole thing was a mistake, that it was a boneheaded idea and I should just admit it,’’ Romney said. “But there’s only one problem with that: It wouldn’t be honest. I, in fact, did what I believed was right for the people of my state.’’

But his plan for the country is radically different from his plan for Massachusetts. It includes no mandate for individual coverage, and changes tax laws to encourage people to buy their own portable insurance rather than relying on their employer’s coverage.

WASHINGTON — The opposition among Republicans to Mitt Romney’s health care record runs deep, from the visceral vehemence of the grass-roots Tea Party movement to the dressing-down delivered yesterday by the bastion of conservative intellectuals: the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal.

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Under the headline “Obama’s Running Mate,’’ the Journal questioned Romney’s very “philosophy of government,’’ an indictment that conservatives usually reserve for at tacks on liberal Democrats.

Instead of running for president as a Republican, the editorial suggested, he should be a candidate to replace Vice President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket.

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“Romneycare is an albatross around his neck,’’ said Blakely, in an interview. She suggested that Romney’s health care record cannot be explained away by charts and graphs or by a political argument — only a complete and unequivocal apology will do. “He needs to say, ‘If I could do it over, I would never have done it.’

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“Game over, Mitt Romney,’’ conservative commentator Erick Erickson declared on his radio show last night. “Everyone’s been waiting for him to distance himself from Romneycare, but instead, every Republican will be distancing themselves from Romney.’’

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“Mitt Romney, he’s OK with socialism at the state level, but not on the national level,’’ Erickson said.

Exodor wrote:Suggested slogan for Newt's campaign:

Gingrich 2012: He will always love America. Unless it gets cancer

Mr. Fed wrote:

YellowKing wrote:I'd have voted in a heartbeat for early 90s Newt. But the baggage he carries now with his infidelity, etc. Ugh.

I know I say this every election cycle but this may finally be the year I just stay home.

Defiant wrote:Huckabee says he won't run for president

Holman wrote:Where do the Huckabee voters go now? I don't think Romney is their natural second choice.

msduncan wrote:

YellowKing wrote:I'd have voted in a heartbeat for early 90s Newt. But the baggage he carries now with his infidelity, etc. Ugh.

I know I say this every election cycle but this may finally be the year I just stay home.

Way too early to make that call.

Plus remember the last time you decided to send a message?

Holman wrote:

Defiant wrote:Huckabee says he won't run for president

This means a shake-up, since he has been polling consistently high.

Where do the Huckabee voters go now? I don't think Romney is their natural second choice.

Alefroth wrote:

msduncan wrote:

YellowKing wrote:I'd have voted in a heartbeat for early 90s Newt. But the baggage he carries now with his infidelity, etc. Ugh.

I know I say this every election cycle but this may finally be the year I just stay home.

Way too early to make that call.

Plus remember the last time you decided to send a message?

What's going to change?

Ale

msduncan wrote: More candidates join the race?

Captain Caveman wrote:I'll take a complete stab in the dark and call Jon Huntsman as the nominee.

msduncan wrote:I was reluctant to do so, but I'll go ahead and throw my name into the pot.

My first campaign promise: Federal funding for Octopus Overlords.

Rip wrote:

msduncan wrote:I was reluctant to do so, but I'll go ahead and throw my name into the pot.

My first campaign promise: Federal funding for Octopus Overlords.

I think an OO Czar would be appropriate.

Newcastle wrote:I wonder if Mitch Daniels (Gov of Indiana) will run.

msduncan wrote:I was reluctant to do so, but I'll go ahead and throw my name into the pot.

My first campaign promise: Federal funding for Octopus Overlords.