Exercise that Ni and guess who will run for President for the GOP in 2012.
Personally, I would like to see Gary Johnson run. He is like a young Ron Paul and has a strong history as the Governor of New Mexico. His pro drug legalization stance and libertarian stance on abortion and gay marriage, put him at odds with his fellow Republicans, but he may be the perfect choice to square off with Obama. Obama's base is young voters and Johnson would appeal to the Ron Paul movement of young voters. Furthermore, he is tested and intelligent compared to Sarah Palin, the most likely runner for 2012. Finally, he has the best position for appealing to the Tea Party movement with his small government philosophy.
Mit Romney and Mike Hukabee would probably be the worst choices the GOP could make, and are probably the most likely. They follow the same pattern of appealing to the Evangelical base that McCain did and will probably make social issues like gay marriage and abortion the forefront of their campaigns like Bush did in 2004. Romney will have trouble holding a position that he is against Obama's health care when he helped orechestrate Massachuseette's health care system. Not to mention him being LDS will have a lot of Republicans anxious. I could see Huckabee emerging as the most likely choice if he could appeal to the Tea Party movement.
Personally, I would like to see Gary Johnson run. He is like a young Ron Paul and has a strong history as the Governor of New Mexico. His pro drug legalization stance and libertarian stance on abortion and gay marriage, put him at odds with his fellow Republicans, but he may be the perfect choice to square off with Obama. Obama's base is young voters and Johnson would appeal to the Ron Paul movement of young voters. Furthermore, he is tested and intelligent compared to Sarah Palin, the most likely runner for 2012. Finally, he has the best position for appealing to the Tea Party movement with his small government philosophy.
Mit Romney and Mike Hukabee would probably be the worst choices the GOP could make, and are probably the most likely. They follow the same pattern of appealing to the Evangelical base that McCain did and will probably make social issues like gay marriage and abortion the forefront of their campaigns like Bush did in 2004. Romney will have trouble holding a position that he is against Obama's health care when he helped orechestrate Massachuseette's health care system. Not to mention him being LDS will have a lot of Republicans anxious. I could see Huckabee emerging as the most likely choice if he could appeal to the Tea Party movement.