Ron Paul - Wait, what?

[mrstickball]

HappySqurriel said:

mrstickball said:

Mr Khan said:
So what do people think now that Mitt Romney is inevitable?

FWIW, for my voting history, I side with Republicans about 75% of the time.

If Romney wins the nomination, I am actively campaigning in real life against the sod. I will not vote for the turd, and I don't think anyone should.

He reminds me of Herbert Hoover or Richard Nixon, and not in any positive manner. Of all GOP nominees - the major 9 that have fielded candidacies - he is the one I prefer the least. Given a choice between him or Obama, I would be hard pressed to vote for Romney.

I think that Romney is a typical political opportunist and would work very hard to make as little of any significance happen during his presidency; and as such would be an ideal caretaker president. Unfortunately, I think what is needed at this time is someone who will fundamentally alter the status quo and Romney is (just about) the last candidate I would expect to accomplish that.

Personally, I think he'd be better than Obama simply because he would be held accountable by the media and blogs on both sides of the political spectrum.

I agree with everything you said.

I do believe Romney would be slightly better than Obama. However, I think that Obama is just awful and has done quite a bit to damage our economy and continue to set us up for major problems over the next ~5 years.

If Romney gets in office, he will take over a crappy economy and do nothing to really improve the business climate significantly. He'll be a GWB-type that works with both sides on expanding government size and scope, and do nothing to really make our economy better.

Then, by the time his term is up, people will be clammoring, begging for a new Democratic president. And at that point, we're essentially back to the 2008 and 2012 election(s) yet again. Economy in the crapper and people voting for Mr. Electable with no real solid way to guide America into a better state.