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38. Wow. Do they have ANY prospects with a credible chance of winning general

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Thu Aug 28, 2014, 02:16 PM

Aug 2014

Or are they justtrying to create jobs for comedy writers?

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Romney for US president in 2016? Iowa poll puts him on top [View all] DonViejo Aug 2014 OP

I'm telling you, Romney will run again if he sees any daylight rurallib Aug 2014 #1

I think the GOP is wildly in search of a 21st Century Thomas Dewey. DonViejo Aug 2014 #11

Romney could end up as their 21st Century Republican William Jennings Bryan. Aristus Aug 2014 #17

or the Republicans own Harold Stassen rurallib Aug 2014 #29

Actually, Harold Stassen WAS a Republican... brooklynite Aug 2014 #54

This proves on thing Andy823 Aug 2014 #2

Yeah, but he is white and privileged and rich. It doesn't matter what he is really like. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #12

Nailed it. Aldo Leopold Aug 2014 #13

Why is the name "Harold Stassen" wandering through my mind? Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #3

Don't forget Dewey! He lost in 1944 and... DonViejo Aug 2014 #14

Robmey brings his own money and money friends too . Maybe the RNC feels if they are gonna lunasun Aug 2014 #4

They do not have anyone else. jwirr Aug 2014 #5

Same could be said of us and HRC, of course Proud Public Servant Aug 2014 #8

We at least have some that would be good if we had the sense to nominate them and they wanted jwirr Aug 2014 #15

Jebbie, but he's keeping mum, must have lots of skeletons in closet wordpix Aug 2014 #25

The one think this underscores, as always Proud Public Servant Aug 2014 #6

Yep nevergiveup Aug 2014 #10

Mike Huckabee won the 2008 Republican caucus in Iowa, Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #51

Remember President Guiliani? You're right about the name recognition. bklyncowgirl Aug 2014 #53

Please proceed Governor underpants Aug 2014 #7

He wants to be asked to the dance. MADem Aug 2014 #9

hahahaha wordpix Aug 2014 #26

Interest in Romney signals one thing. LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #16

all this shows is that repugs are the fools we think they are and that would would vote the samsingh Aug 2014 #18

Reagan ran three times before winning the presidency... EEO Aug 2014 #19

But he never lost as the actual nominee Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #52

too soon rtracey Aug 2014 #20

His insatiable thirst for the White House sure make me nervous as hell. TRoN33 Aug 2014 #21

He would win against HRC. eom Purveyor Aug 2014 #22

I agree INdemo Aug 2014 #49

I think he also leads in the "least crazy" category. nt 7962 Aug 2014 #23

I'm sure the Mormon Cult would be thrilled... SoapBox Aug 2014 #24

I think the Mormon "cult" or whatever--they're more like a political MADem Aug 2014 #30

too sane for the Tea Party crowd imo ALBliberal Aug 2014 #33

I agree, but if they ever got their shit together, this is probably one of the MADem Aug 2014 #34

Not really that hard LiberalLovinLug Aug 2014 #45

the tides of time and history Hari Seldon Aug 2014 #27

He should wait a couple of Presidents wheniwasincongress Aug 2014 #28

I dunno. Is it just me but I think a lot of this is just media food Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #31

Utterly meaningless poll. n/t hughee99 Aug 2014 #32

Huh? It's a snapshot. It's not "meaningless." It measures an attitude at a point in time. MADem Aug 2014 #35

It's only meaning is that it shows more than 2 years out, people aren't paying attention. hughee99 Aug 2014 #37

No, it means that people who ARE paying attention are settling back into MADem Aug 2014 #40

I think the people who aren't paying attention probably don't even realize what Perry is doing. hughee99 Aug 2014 #43

Likely caucus voters are probably more informed than the average MADem Aug 2014 #44

My point was that they referred to it (in the article) as "ONLY 170 likely caucus voters" hughee99 Aug 2014 #46

Romney 2016 - Sure he's incompetent, but at least he's not bat-shit crazy. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #36

Wow. Do they have ANY prospects with a credible chance of winning general yurbud Aug 2014 #38

If that's the case, you'd better believe the GOP will DO NOTHING in congress for the next 2 years C Moon Aug 2014 #39

If Democrats put more daylight between themselves and GOP yurbud Aug 2014 #41

if that is the best the GOP has, they are in trouble. olddad56 Aug 2014 #42

Meh. At this point, it's all about name recognition. winter is coming Aug 2014 #47

Run Romney, run. Helen Borg Aug 2014 #48

Imagine how much opposition research has been done truthisfreedom Aug 2014 #50