The media has been speculating on the talk shows of the possibility of a Romney/Bachmann ticket after they finished 1st/2nd according to polls after the last debate in NH. Hmmm, let's see, a stiff white guy wannabe conservative running for president and a conservative, communications challenged white woman running as vice president against Obama. Is there a glitch in the Matrix or is this deja vu all over again?

Lose Romney, and it might work.

Are you saying you would prefer Obama?

The media is pushing for some ticket that they think Obama can beat. miles

I know Miles, but I don't doubt for a second, the republics fitting right into the definition of insanity, doing the same same over and over again, and expecting a different result.

Anybody would be better than Obama but Romney would be one of my last choices for the top spot. Now switch them around and you'd have a much more appealing combo IMO.....

A no vote for me.

If the MSM weren't so far in the bag for the current Mao In Chief you could run a Ronald Reagan seance and win...handily.

So you'd vote for Obama instead?

Would there be any difference?

My thoughts as well. We, and this country, need a REAL conservative LEADING the ticket for a change. Not window dressing for a RINO. Let the RINO be that 'ticket balancer' or single state vote getter for a change.

EXACTLY!!!

The media is trying to choose the GOP candidate for us. They want to get an early start on vilifying him or her. They thought it was Palin and now they are trying to regroup.

Exactly. Romney is a win-win for the MSM. He would be the "hold your nose and vote for him" Republican, and if he did accidentally win, a tree-hugging liberal.

I like Bachmann and her stance on nearly every issue-she is excellent!

I don't like Romney because of his Romneycare, global warming stance, and his support of ethanol subsidies.

That said I would vote for a cow pie instead of the cancer Barrack Obama.

Bachmann -Romney sounds more like it

If Romney floats to the top and gets the nonmination I will vote for him, but I don't see an old guy with plastic hair as the best way to go in this political climate.

West and Bachmann could be a winner I think..sure wish he would throw his hat in the ring!!

I agree. Have you been watching how the Democrats are attacking Marco Rubio? I'm telling ya, they are scared stiff about his guy, even though he has indicated that he's not in the running.

If you people don't want Romney, then get behind someone who has a chance to beat him in the primary.

Quit bitchin and make a difference..... volunteer, send $$, do whatever, but understand that McCain didn't choose himself, nor did the media. WE chose McCain by either voting for him or supporting people like the Huckster.

The field right now sucks, but Bachmann isn't a bad choice.

Romney is just a white Obama. I am hoping that Huntsman will work out. The rest of the field is just bad.

They are and he is waiting for 2016. If Obama pulls it out this time, Rubio will destroy whomever the donkeys put up in 2016, barring some career suicide by Marco between now and then.

I don't care who's on the Repub. ticket, I will vote and it won't be for Obamalingdong.

Romney is just McCain 2.0. Hell Romney didn't even beat McCain, and McCain lost.

That's the way I feel. I also think that we need hard times on election day to seal the deal. In fact, I think that is more important than the Republican candidate.

I would whittle me a bill and peck chit with the chickens before i would vote for any Dem especially Obama

I'll be happy to put my support (and money) behind a winner. Currently, it's like betting on a bullfrog race.

Cheyenne, go to todays version of;

www.finance.yahoo.com

Scroll to mid-page and read the wsj/nbc poll. Might change your view if these polls have any value and that's the tack the demos will take as it regards hard times..

I still think our best shot is a "throw the bums out" mentality next November, at least with the independent voters in key battleground states. Without that, I figure we got 4 more years. The best we could hope for in a Republican candidate is a Republican Obama clone-a young person who makes good speeches and has no record, so he can promise the moon just like Obama.

Just give us both houses of congress and I'll be shickeled titless.

McCain received the nomination at a time when the Iraq war was the defining issue for primary voters. By the time the election rolled around the issue was the economy. On that basis Romney would have had a better shot at Obama than McCain in the general election with the swing vote.

Need 60 in the senate.. and we need a real leader for the house.

If he'd just quit crying.............Menopause, I think.

Not me. The next couple of Supreme Court picks are really important.

My post was more aimed at those like Derby, who piss and moan about the Republican candidate, but don't get involved or vote.

Even Romney looks like Goldwater in comparison to Obama. No matter how milquetoast he is, he would not appoint people like Holder or Sotomayer or work overtly to undermine the sovereignty of the country.

After Palin brought some badly needed enthusiasm to the ticket, by Sept. 2007 McCain/Palin were ahead in the polls.

After that came the big financial melt down and the incumbent and his replacement were doomed.

The ultimate question for Republican primary voters today is the same as always, whether the next Republican president should be a Rockefeller Republican or a Reagan Republican.

As is their approval. Pickin and approvin are 2 different animals. Final power resides w/Congress.

Exactly where I stand.

Whomever we send forth against the Shiite, we need to do it as a unified party and a unified people. We need all the other candidates and news makers in the Republican party to get behind her, as well. We need Newt to keep pressure on the Dems by out thinking them....and talking about it and slamming them. We need Sarah Palin ... yes, Sarah Palin ... to be out there slamming Obama and getting media coverage and taking the heat off of Michele. We need Herman Cain talking about failed Obama economics and selling the American public on Milton Friedman. we need Donald Trump using his media savvy to bash Obama and the failed economy. We need T-Paw to work Minnesota, Rick Perry to work Texas and Marco Rubio to work Florida.

Then we need to support Michele Bachmann like she is the candidate of our dreams. We need to go to every appearance, attend every speech, watch every debate. We need to recruit friends and family and coworkers to do the same. Then, we need to turn out by the thousands. We need to make so much excitement around her the independents cannot help but want to get on the bandwagon, and the MSM cannot avoid showing the hype.

If it's to be Michele Bachmann, then we need to love Michele Bachmann, and not grumble and whine and hold our nose at the choice.

I am not sure that for the president it matters...what we need is 51% in the house, 60 senate seats and a Coolidge for house leader. in terms of the types of fiscal change we need Reagan is way too liberal.

Perhaps. But the symbolism of the Reagan name is huge.

And living in the past is small.

But prosperous.

I assume you'd poo-poo the philosophy of Jefferson, as well?

If you believe NO ONE will beat obama then you had better be looking at your congress critter. We can nullify anything Obama does by electing the right congress. By the way, I will vote Romney over Obama ANYDAY!! If we stumble on the vote, we WILL get Obama back, even if it means holding your nose while you vote. kwg

Why would Bachmann hold her self back with a pos like mitt. No Sarah is an example of that in 2008 running with mcwaste.

Romney will get his ass handed to him in Iowa, just like he did before. He may win NH, but most likely loses again in SC, which usually follows Iowa's lead. It's going to be Tea Party vs. GOP establishment, and that means most likely Bachmann vs. Romney for the nomination (if Palin doesn't get in the game).

There is no way anyone will ever find a candidate that they agree with 100%, but I agree with Bachmann more than I do Romney. I didn't trust him 4 years ago, and I don't now.

You assume wrong. I never said or even implied forgetting history but your point is taken.

That was then and this is now and what we have now is what we have and needs to be dealt with on that basis,,,is all. Pining, whining and devining over Mr. Reagan's reign ain't getting us where we need to go nor will a redux fix us. The problems (economically) then pale in comparison to the magnitude of that we face today.

Nope, cast a write in for Paul most likely.

I'm not voting for the lesser of two evils any more. Republicans want my vote than give me someone to vote for.

Been there, done that. Have been more involved than most on here. Once you've been inside the system it's hard to keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome.

That is a vote for Obama, any way you cloak it.

Which is how he got elected in the 1st place.

I'd like to see Bachmann and somebody like Rubio, Perry, or Cantor.
Romney would be better than what we have now but he and Palin would be near the bottom of the list of Republicans I'd like to see.

+1 on Bachmann/Rubio or Cantor.

Well then, I guess it's up to Republicans to put up a viable candidate to beat Obama. Republicans aren't going to win by default with my vote.

Enough is enough.

You have to figure in there will always be a few Rhinos that will switch to the wrong side at the last minute.

Congress has no say whatsoever over Supreme Court nominees or Federal Appointments.

Give them control of SCOTUS and you will see everything unravel.

You are saying that Congress cannot block a scotus nominee?

Just like the last two.

If repubs controlled both houses?

I read Foxbat as saying Congress has no say in the approval process.

Well the senate does have a say. But the president does pick the nominee. So with the wrong president..were screwed. Because many senators believe that they should approve of any qualified nominee, it most SCOTUS nominees are going to get approved.

Its unlikely that a republican senate is going to block many nominees, however if you want to get a serious rightwing guy through, you will likely need 60 rock solid seats.

Crap. Heaven help us. Looks like that danged Obama is going to win again

Correct. If we control Congress alone, there is little they can do to halt a radical SCOTUS appointment.

Even controlling the Senate by a slim margin only means you might halt a truly extreme one. Time is always on the side of the POTUS who will keep throwing up socialists and sooner or later the Senate will have to approve one.

Controlling the White House is of utmost importance. You can veto any legislation (barring an override) and you actually control who you appoint.

In what sense is Bachmann "communications challenged?" Does not compute with me.

I sure as hell hope so!

I think that ticket to be stronger that McCain/Palin. Bachman is a better candidate than Palin and just as good looking, and Romney doesn't come across as desperate for the job as McCain did.

Because she speaks like someone with an 8th grade education just like Palin. Both of them do very well when they can prepare their speech and deliver it to a friendly audience. But put them in a debate setting or in front of a hostile media reporter, and they both get tongue tied, use broken grammar and stumble through an answer. Unless of course they anticipate a particular question and can prepare a canned response. But then it sounds obviously staged.

Agreed in Palin's case, not seeing a problem with Bachman at all.

I was specifically addressing her performance in that one debate. Naturally, anyone would be nervous in that setting the first time around. I give her the benefit of the doubt because of that. Next couple debates will be very telling as to whether she can shake of those initial jitters and present herself and her answers more naturally. I hope she does.

He got elected because the Repubes gave the voters McPlain and I can see Russia.
Not hard to see. Just look at all who voted for McPlain and now are doing a Judas on him.

You do realize that I can see Russia was a line from an actress and not Palin. Slow, gullible liberals have been repeating it since- out of ignorance.

Bachmann at least BELIEVES what she says & is committed to her ideals...Romney's as transparent as a cup of hot air...

This election cycle so far, is shaping up a lot like 2008. I'm unimpressed.

You give up too easy. Has your whole life been like this? Obama isn't getting any better and neither is the country or the economy. No that little turd licker is done.

Well you will be more unimpressed if the Warlord wins another term! The USA will fail to exist if he gets another term. I fully expect more entrants into the race giving us the opportunity to research and hear each one explain their viewpoints. Competition is a good thing.

The Outlaw Patriot is biased, witness his tag line. You mean to tell me Obama hasn't mis-quoted stuff? The reality is the media suppresses his gaffs and highlights those of any republicans. Bachmann is more sincere than Romney but I'll vote for a tree frog before the Warlord.

No one republican will be "perfect". We just have to support the most dedicated conservative to victory.

I don't think Romney can dethrone him... Didn't the GOP learn ANYTHING in the last election??? This crap really tics me off...96-98% of blacks are gonna vote for OBAMA simply because of race...He's also got a huge majority of the latino vote wrapped up...throw out another RINO like Romney & the results are gonna be the same as 08...YOU & I may not like it, but that's what WILL happen...
The TPP movement was started because of this very issue...

What do they say you can lead them to water.........

LOL I hate to break it to you but everyone is biased.

I don't get the Michele Bachmann craze. She's just another do-nothing politician. I'm happy to have her vote in the House, but she hasn't authored a bill in nine years. Bachmann's legislative high point is a resolution designating September "National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month".

Bachmann is a spokeswoman, not a President.

I think Bachmann would like the US to be a theocracy.

Is your transparent blue complexion coming through?

Nope. Just free.

Umm....no. That would be the current muzzie in charge.

A FREE Christian theocracy.

The closest we'll come to being a theocracy is if Obama has his way and the mullahs and imams take over.

Maybe in your locale.
He's not well received by the Hispanics in this area at all. Most loathe him.

Answer- NO.

Romney is McCain 2.0. If he runs, we will lose. We need a true conservative FOR ONCE. And one that is an effective communicator as well. I WILL NOT support Romney because he is NOT a conservative. We have elected the most anti conservative president in the history of the nation and this is the best we can do. Maybe the country needs another 4 years of hell under Obama because we obviously have not learned the lesson yet.

Romney's conservative record:

- Government run healthcare in Mass
- Supported Ethanol subsidies
- Acknowledged man-made global warming

Yeah, he's our man!