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In reply to the discussion: Dissing Hillary taking it's toll ? [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Like most of the candidates, she's throwing her name in just to use the republican campaign as a personal advertising tool, just liek Trump.
Perry, Paul, Walker, Cruz, and Bush are the "serious" candidates (Maybe Huckabee too, he's hard to read.)
Paul will not win, he's too much of a "wild Card" for the republican establishment.
Perry is dumb as a tree stump and fairly good-looking. Basically young(er) Reagan with a drawl. Certainly has appeal, but likely to get lost on a one-way street before campaigning actually starts.
Bush is toxic. While the rank and file Republican voter talks a lot about "pissing off Liberals with another Bush" the reality is... they hated smirky too, and most weren't big fans of poppy. You combine that with the fact that Republicans are a minority of voters in the US, and the rest of us will never elect another fucking bush to the White house. he's dead on arrival, just because of his name. Throw in the fact he's a dumbfuck who is obviously coasting on that name, and yeah, fucker's doomed.
Cruz is obviously fake on every level. He has the resume, but lacks the skills. He can jabber every bit of right-wing jargon from memory, bark all the catchphrases, and the net effect is that he's like one of the singing anamatronics from Chuck E. Cheeses. Clearly programmed, unable to think, and creepy as fuck.
Walker... He's the scary one. He's got all the right levels of total bastard, well-funded, and political saavy. Not the world's most personable person, but it's not like that's a point against him for republicans. He can bring everything to the table that the republicans growl for. And he's dirtier than any motherfucker since Nixon.
Huckabee is also sort of scary, except I'm not sure he is actually comitted to the idea of being president. He has the right combination of stuff too, but unlike Walker, i think there actually is a sliver of conscience in Huckabee that keeps him from going "all the way." He's VP material.