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Ken Burch

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10. Toomey, perhaps?

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 07:07 PM

Aug 2012

he took the Senate seat just two years ago and is both right-wing and (thus far)flying below the radar. This would give Mittens the element of surprise...plus impeachment insurance a la' Agnew, since Mittens could calculate that, say, a post-2014 Democratic Congress wouldn't risk trying to force him out of office to put an unknown reactionary into the White House.

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Will the Republiban stay with Mittens or bring in the brokers? [View all] Ken Burch Aug 2012 OP

They have to stick with Romney jberryhill Aug 2012 #1

Jon Huntsman would have been an attractive candidate, but not to the rabid Repub's... nenagh Aug 2012 #3

They've really painted themselves into a corner jberryhill Aug 2012 #4

I'm not proposing that they dump Romney...just pondering the question of whether they might Ken Burch Aug 2012 #6

They won't and they can't. cali Aug 2012 #7

Still, it's in our party's interest Ken Burch Aug 2012 #8

Toomey, perhaps? Ken Burch Aug 2012 #10

Toomey, Ridge, Casey... they have a few jberryhill Aug 2012 #11

If you had a flatbed truck covered with Santorum... Ken Burch Aug 2012 #12

They are already looking at 2016 I think. nt MADem Aug 2012 #2

As they should jberryhill Aug 2012 #5

The money guys will pay off the "brokers" Javaman Aug 2012 #9

Why would they do that? RZM Aug 2012 #13