Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Charles Krauthammer- Handicapping the GOP

Yep, Reagan gave us amnesty for illegals, the ban on machine guns, and the ban on non-sporting ammunition. Great guy that Ronnie.

Bottom one was the 45acp, Winchester white box 230 fmj.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Carly Fiorina on Sunday said the chances of her running for U.S. presidency were "very high" and she would announce her plans in late April-early May.

Fiorina, speaking on Fox News Sunday, put the chances of her running for president in 2016 at "higher than 90 percent" but said she could not yet announce the bid as she was working to establish her team, get "the right support" and financial resources.



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Krauthammer 2012 picks >> Michele Bachmann: Tea Party favorite. Appeals to Palinites. Could do well in Iowa. Hard to see how she makes her way through the rest of the primaries. A strong showing in debates and a respectable finish would increase her stature for 2016. But for now: 20-1 to win the nomination.

Donald Trump: He's not a candidate, he's a spectacle. He's also not a conservative. With a wink and a smile, Muhammad Ali showed that self-promoting obnoxiousness could be charming. Trump shows that it can be merely vulgar. A provocateur and a clown, the Republicans' Al Sharpton.

The major candidates

Mitt Romney: Serious guy. Pre-vetted (2008). Tons of private- and public-sector executive experience. If not for one thing, he'd be the prohibitive front-runner. Unfortunately, the one thing is a big thing: Massachusetts' Romneycare. For an election in which the main issue is excessive government (see Axiom One), that's a huge liability. Every sentient Republican has been trying to figure out how to explain it away. I've heard no reports of any success. Romney is Secretariat at Belmont, but ridden by Minnesota Fats. He goes out at 5-1.

Newt Gingrich: Smart guy. A fountain of ideas. No, a Vesuvius of ideas. Some brilliance, lots of lava. Architect of a historic Republican victory in 1994. Rocky speakership. Unfortunate personal baggage. 12-1.

Haley Barbour: Successful governor. Experienced Washington hand. Abundant charm. Baggage: Years of lobbying, unforced errors on civil rights, early isolationist deviations. Rarely without a comeback, however. 7-1.

Tim Pawlenty: Formerly, unassuming, unprepossessing, solid two-term Minnesota governor. Currently, mouse that roars. Up-tempo style, middle-of-the-road conservative content. Apparently baggageless. Could be the last man standing. 5-1.

Mitch Daniels: Highly successful governor. Budget guru. Delightful dullness satisfies all axioms (see above). Foreign policy unknown, assuming he has one. Alienated some conservatives with his call for a truce on social issues. If he runs, 6-1.

Likely not running

Mike Huckabee: Has a good life - hosting a popular TV show, making money, building his dream house in Florida. He'd be crazy to run. Doesn't look crazy to me.

Sarah Palin: Same deal. Showed her power in 2010 as kingmaker and opinion shaper. Must know (I think) she has little chance at the nomination and none in the general election. Why risk it, and the inevitable diminishment defeat would bring?

Even less likely to run - the 2016 bench

A remarkable class of up-and-comers includes Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley. All impressive, all new to the national stage, all with bright futures. 2012, however, is too early - except possibly for Ryan, who last week became de facto leader of the Republican Party. For months, he will be going head-to-head with Obama on the budget, which is a surrogate for the central issue of 2012: the proper role of government. If Ryan acquits himself well, he could emerge as a formidable anti-Obama.

One problem: Ryan has zero inclination to run. Wants to continue what he's doing right now. Would have to be drafted. That would require persuasion. Can anyone rustle up a posse?



Charles Krauthammer's column,

Krauthammer has moved a long ways from the Left when he wrote and worked for Carter and Mondale.
Same path from Left to Right as Ronald Reagan who he now says was our greatest president.

In his own words...I’m often asked: “How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?” To which the short answer is: “I was young once.”

Krauthammer has also written: “I believe that while everyone has the right to change views, one does at least owe others an explanation.”

He is always well worth reading or watching, but his endorsement/handicapping record sucks.

It's really easy, he simply went from Jewish Bolshevism to Jewish Zionism.

The way things are going, I'd take Billy Bob in a heartbeat over the present "disaster in chief".

I don't think it's possible to get one worse than what we have now.

Charles Krauthammer is not so sure....

"Senators are going to have a hard time," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News last week. "We already tried a first-term senator,"

This one Die out of Prue Respect...

I think that was one of those flying gophers like shrapnel posts. I have no idea how he has time to lay down the gun, pick up the camera and snap the picture by the time the bullet arrives. I tried, and I'm not qualified. Low hits with the v max will launch them pretty good some times, direct hits do it occasionally too. Sometimes there ain't hardly a mark on them but they're dead as a door nail. Low miss is the best explanation I got.

Think they died of overdosing on Chili beans.