Why I Love Bristol Palin

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Bond

My current prediction for the Republican ticket is Perry / Jindal.

I was thinking Perry just today and I know Jindal will run. Thune has an outside chance. I'd love to see Paul Ryan somewhere on a ticket, just to watch him dissect someone in a debate, but I think he's still biding his time. That and the populist Republicans fear the bluntness of his unapologetic fiscal conservatism.

Huckabee attracts the bible belt, and he's incredibly likeable, but as we saw in the last primary the bible belt alone will not get you on the ticket. He just isn;t strong enough on the issues. If Obama is going to be defeated, it will be by someone with a mastery of the subject matter who can pull apart Pres. Obama's silver tongued delivery.

[Vampyr]

I hope people remember Jindal's idiotic response he gave a year or two ago.

That guy just aggravates me.

If only Schwarzenegger could run, there's a Republican I could vote for.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

I hope people remember Jindal's idiotic response he gave a year or two ago.

That guy just aggravates me.

If only Schwarzenegger could run, there's a Republican I could vote for.

That response is probably the one thing holding him back, but his governance during the BP oil crisis ( and Katrina) will likely be his meal ticket for a run at office. If there is one thing Jindal has shown, it is the ability to govern, and that's what I'm mainly concerned with. In any case, Jindal will likely only get a VP nod at most.

I also forgot about Chris Christie. He has an outside chance, if only because he is still first term and will likely not run at all (although he has started a diet, and to me that says presidential run all over it). If he were second term I think he would be an automatic candidate.