mrstickball on 16 August 2011
| Machina said: I haven't seen much of this guy, so first thing I did when I saw this thread was went on youtube to find a clip of him speaking. First impressions based on that: Obama will win comfortably; Perry will do slightly better than McCain did. I wish it was Palin (she's freaking awesome!! Also, the Republicans should aim to be the first party to have a female President. The left would never get over it, particularly if she turned out good) or Ron Paul (always found him the most interesting to listen to during the debates last time around). Oh well. Hey, stickball, is the base of economic AND social liberals very big within the party? It seems that all the prominent Republicans we ever hear about over here are social conservatives :/ |
For Republicans? There is almost no base of economic/social liberals. You can find people that are libertarian (economic right, social left) like Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and Pat Buchannan, but actual leftists are very rare, as Republicans are generally the polar opposite of Democrats (who generally have more leftists in given regards).
As for Obama beating Perry...I think you're sorely mistaken. Obama is quickly becoming the most hated first term president since Carter or even Hoover. Gallup has him at 39% favorability which is nearing where Bush was at the lowest point of his second term.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
