Countering the Dems

[Jody]

OP,

Republicans typically nominate who they want, not someone they think will "beat" the Democrats. It is more than 15 months to the general election there's alot of things that could happen between now and then.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Jody

Republicans typically nominate who they want, not someone they think will "beat" the Democrats.

That's my general understanding, but I wonder if that's the wisest thing for them to do...

For the record, every "political" quiz, etc I've taken has me moderate conservate, or stongly libertarian (when that's an option)....but really, my main "issues" are abortion and immigration reform. It wouldn't bother me if they legalized gay marriage. I don't have an opinion on gun control, because it seems a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't argument. I'm in a middle class tax bracket, so most tax issues don't have much to do with me (although I'm all for privatizing retirement, as Social Security probably won't be there by the time I'm old enough, so I'm just paying out money that I could be putting in my own 401k).

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by Jody

OP,

Republicans typically nominate who they want, not someone they think will "beat" the Democrats. It is more than 15 months to the general election there's alot of things that could happen between now and then.

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That's my general understanding, but I wonder if that's the wisest thing for them to do...

It worked pretty well for the last 5 out of 7 elections!

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by Jody

OP,

Republicans typically nominate who they want, not someone they think will "beat" the Democrats. It is more than 15 months to the general election there's alot of things that could happen between now and then.

What does that mean? Who they want and not who will beat the Democrats? They nominate the guy with the most money who has been able to gain support financially and beyond because of his electability. Republicans went for Bush because of his ability to beat the Democrats by gaining the Christian votes. If it wasn't about winning, everyone would be throwing money and time away.

-Rudey

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Rudey

If it wasn't about winning, everyone would be throwing money and time away.
-Rudey

Yep.

As for voters being ready to vote for a black or woman, I would expect people to say that on surveys, etc.

I hope that's honest, but the cynic in me thinks that perhaps they say it because that's what is the "right" thing to say. Whether that transfers to the voting booth is questionable to me.

I hope I'm wrong about that.

All in all, though, we've come a long way from when I remember an awful lot of people who said they wouldn't vote for JFK because he was Catholic.