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I dont understand why the Republicans dont put down money on Cain to win… He has the sterotypical republican jargon and minorities have more of an incentive to listen to him because he is black…
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You guys might want to check out this thread.
You guys might want to check out this thread.
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But that is exactly what I mean by sterotypical Republican jargon. He basically advocates everything that the mainstream Republican party stands for.
But you’re asking why the party establishment doesn’t put down money on a guy no one has ever heard of, who is introduced as “former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza”, to be their selection to beat Barack Obama in a presidential election?
I mean does that really require an answer?
Godfather’s pizza was pretty good the last time I had it.
Put the candidates first in perspective to which one will win the nomination.
Where guys like Ron Paul will have difficulty is that the nomination process tends to favor those candidates who pool together and throw their support behind guys like themselves. There are far too many similar candidates in the Republican race, and most don’t represent the same ideology that Paul has. I think he’ll do well in some states, perhaps even winning a few. But in other states that lean much more to the statist position, I don’t think he’ll fare as well.
The reason I give Romney the edge is that he’ll have the money to stay in the race longer and pick off the support from candidates who are similar to him. Sad part is that there are more Romney Republicans than Paul Republicans, and votes tend to outweigh truth.
Interesting battle will be the mudslinging between the Tea Party and the traditional Republicans.
The minority vote, particularly the black vote, is a complete waste of time for the Republican candidates. The Democrats own blacks - in more ways than some will admit. I also get the feeling that there’s tremendous pressure on blacks to support Obama, so I expect the 90% support for him to continue. So trying to go with a candidate only because he’s black would be a disaster. Any black Republican presidential candidate had better have a lot more going for him.
The hispanic vote may have much more influence, but hard to say who among the Republican candidates have the advantage. I think they’ll split down the middle between Republican and Democrat, and may be worth going after. It may come down to who allies with which candidate.
people do already know about him. Also he was a chairman for a Fed bank. But thats besides the point, because it is a straightforward craft to make a nobody into somebody if you have the Republican or Democratic party backing your ideals. The most recent example to that would be Obama because nobody knew who he was in 2006, yet by 2008, people were shouting 'yes we can!"
I think the “vote for him because he’s black” isn’t worth much of anything after Obama, at least in New York City. Nearly all the black people I know are completely dissapointed that nothing actually changed with him in office and that he’s just Bush part II. The recent bombing of Africa is especially hitting sore points.
I think the “vote for him because he’s black” isn’t worth much of anything after Obama, at least in New York City. Nearly all the black people I know are completely dissapointed that nothing actually changed with him in office and that he’s just Bush part II. The recent bombing of Africa is especially hitting sore points.
Which is why we’ll be disappointed when they vote for him again. I don’t think Obama has done anything for black people other than make them feel good about their race for a brief period of time. Now I can see turnout dropping some, although that will have to play itself out.
Of course, the entire position of thinking a president, let alone government, will do anything for you is flawed.
The only thing Obama has done differently than Bush on foreign policy is bow before the foreign dignitaries. I’ll at least give Bush credit in that he had a story to go along with his misadventures oversees. Obama’s foreign policy tends to go all over the place without any rationale behind it - or even attempts to explain. One moment he’s talking about peace, the next he’s dropping bombs or making assassination attempts. At times he wants to lead, other times he doesn’t. What’s up with that?
They’ll still do it, Auctionguy10. Perhaps there will be less enthusiasm, but he’ll get the votes.
I’d disagree, I think the ones that are really dissapointed just won’t come out to vote at all. Of course he’ll definitely get some of the votes, like here in Queens NYC on farmers blvd is a place called “Obama’s deli”. That guy im sure is going vote for him again.
The establishment hasn’t supported him yet because he’s an outsider. He’s a self-made man who has very successful executive exprience in the private sector, running corporations and making them profitable again. He is certainly qualified in the executive sense. Because he is an outsider and a non-politician, they cannot control him. He’s not pandering to the establishment GOP but rather connecting with and garnering support from the grassroots, the hard-working Americans out there whose decisions and objectives are often contrary to the establishment GOP.