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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:53 PM Jan 2012

Out Of Curiosity... Who Would YOU Prefer As Obama's General Election Opponent, Romney Or Gingrich ? [View all]

It's obviously not decided yet, and hell... the way this thing is unfolding, there could be a brokered convention, still... as it stands now, who would you pick as Obama's opponent?

I used to think Gingrich... but now I'm thinking Romney... He IS the 1% !!!

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Out Of Curiosity... Who Would YOU Prefer As Obama's General Election Opponent, Romney Or Gingrich ? [View all] WillyT Jan 2012 OP

Definitely Romney. yardwork Jan 2012 #1

I agree. Newt brings out the ugliest things DevonRex Jan 2012 #7

I agree. I'd prefer not to even take the chance with Gingrich RZM Jan 2012 #26

Can't see that it will make any difference, really. MineralMan Jan 2012 #2

Romney because of his tax returns AND PA Democrat Jan 2012 #3

Do not care. Both are clowns, just for different reasons. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #4

Definately Romney. He is atypical of our enemy the 1%. The Newt would rhett o rick Jan 2012 #5

Romney, easiest to beat Mr. 1% Raine Jan 2012 #6

Romney. Less ugly campaign, less ugly presidency if the unthinkable were to happen. MH1 Jan 2012 #8

Gingrich will provide a much better show ... bemildred Jan 2012 #9

my gut reaction is nooot. but mittens so embodies the super-rich who have put money before country arely staircase Jan 2012 #10

Gingrich. Gingrich. Gingrich. da_decider Jan 2012 #11

Newt means a landslide, possibly get back congress. Romney means more populist rhetoric. joshcryer Jan 2012 #12

Romney. Newt brings out the worst elements in human nature NAO Jan 2012 #13

Not sure if it matters to ultimate outcome NAO Jan 2012 #14

Either will lose but Gingrich will produce more of a defeat for the right. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #15

Yep, and if you destroy Newt, you destroy the Tea Party and their agenda too. bemildred Jan 2012 #17

Romney would make the perfect example of the 1% that American's are fed up with. glowing Jan 2012 #16

Romney - No Contest Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #18

Mitt Betsy Ross Jan 2012 #19

Both will lose to Obama, but it's tough. gulliver Jan 2012 #20

I don't give a shit whether they run Tweedle Dum or Tweedle Dee Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #21

No question about it: Gingrich Gman Jan 2012 #22

Both of them need to grow some extra legs between now and November. gkhouston Jan 2012 #23

Romney would just be the 1% loser. Gingrinch would brand the GOP as the creepy organization that it applegrove Jan 2012 #24

They each carry more baggage than an airline Generic Brad Jan 2012 #25

little ricky santorum! MarianJack Jan 2012 #27

Arsenic or Strychnine Kalidurga Jan 2012 #28

Gingrich is so polarizing Obamacare Jan 2012 #29

Gingrich scares the bejeebers out of me. Flubadubya Jan 2012 #30