Comments on: Monday Morning Poll: After Ron Paul Edition

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:03:16 +0000

In order of WANT:
1) Bob Barr
2) Mark Sanford
3) Jeff Flake

In order of likelihood:
1) Sanford
2) Flake
3) Barr

By: Edintally

Edintally — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:46:23 +0000

Check: None of the above

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:22:35 +0000

“A close friend of mine who’s an uber-GOPer come-hell-or-high-water insists that the Ron Paul explosion is almost completely comprised of what he calls “antiwar blame-America wackos” who have absolutely no interest in, or knowledge about Rep. Paul’s libertarian domestic policy positions.”

That’s always been my impression.

“Flake has been cursed/blessed with a name of ‘Flake’. In todays mass-idiot-market, it’d never fly.”

The mass-idiot-market that practically ran out the red carpet for B. Hussein Obama?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:37:36 +0000

Mark Sanford is an excellent choice. His name has been mentioned as a possible VP, which would probably put me back in the Republican camp.

By: Tom Lundy

Tom Lundy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:10:43 +0000

What about Mark Sanford?

See http://tomlundy.blogspot.com/
It’s the 4th post down.

By: Phelps

Phelps — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:02:14 +0000

I’m sure that the vast majority of the ronpaul2008.com supporters will go back to dKos. The Ron Paul supporters that are left will do what they have always done.

And I wouldn’t discount Flake on name alone. I said 2 years ago that a guy whose first name rhymes with Osama and whose middle name was Hussain would never get anywhere in national politics, and I have been proven wrong on that.

By: Greg N.

Greg N. — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:41:58 +0000

Jeff Flake is the horse to back. He ought to run for governor, and then he’d be a fantastic 2012/2016 candidate.

By: Christopher Monnier

Christopher Monnier — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:10:51 +0000

John Mackey is tainted from the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger scandal, but I think he offers the greatest opportunity for growth…I think open-minded liberals could be won over to his particular brand of capitalism which, if combined with a socially tolerant mindset would be about as good as we can hope for.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:15:09 +0000

Tom Paine’s goiter brings up a concern I have with Flake, but the fact of the matter is, he’s in great shape: if McCain wins the Presidency, he’s either first or second in line for that Senate seat, and even if not, McCain’s getting older.

By: Mike Leatherwood

Mike Leatherwood — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:46:56 +0000

Flake has been cursed/blessed with a name of 'Flake'. In todays mass-idiot-market, it'd never fly. Johnson would be promising, but I honestly believe there was no real Ron Paul interest. Look at the numbers. Hell, he only garnered 15% in his home county!

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:04:45 +0000

Dave,

So, I’ve given up and decided to dedicate the rest of my life to booze and women.

Way ahead of you…I’ve also decided to help save the economy not by voting for smart politicians to implement good policy but by becoming a frivolous consumer of products for immediate gratification. Starting with a 2008 Dodge Challenger :)

By: B

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:14:26 +0000

Dayton’s a Scientologist.

If you think Romney’s religion was problematic…

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:13:44 +0000

While I hate to be even more depressing than normal, I’m reading a book called “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer. From what I’ve gathered so far, any movement that values individualism is not likely to be able to compete successfully against other more traditional mass movements that rely on more emotional (patriotic or religious) and collective (everything for the cause) motivations.

So, I’ve given up and decided to dedicate the rest of my life to booze and women.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:04:39 +0000

I like Flake. He might have the best shot if he wanted to try.

By: Thomas Paine's Goiter

Thomas Paine's Goiter — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:00:29 +0000

Flake and Campbell are the best shots, but I imagine they are going to be twisted and bent to mold to the current GOP if they want support.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:57:59 +0000

A close friend of mine who’s an uber-GOPer come-hell-or-high-water insists that the Ron Paul explosion is almost completely comprised of what he calls “antiwar blame-America wackos” who have absolutely no interest in, or knowledge about Rep. Paul’s libertarian domestic policy positions. Not having gotten myself as involved on Rep. Paul’s side as he continually does for the GOP in general, all I personally have to rebut that claim is the anecdotal evidence of myself, my dad (who re-registered from Libertarian to GOP in Nevada so he could vote for Rep. Paul in the primary) – and for both of us domestic policy trumps foreign policy by a landslide – and the small-l libertarian blogs I read, which tend to have a domestic-policy-heavy slant.

In short, I hope he’s dead wrong, but I do admit that he put some fear in me that he might be closer to being right than any Agitator readers would like (myself included).

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:51:10 +0000

Much better voting script. I like that there is no default vote selected.

Except only the very top edge of the buttons is visible on my browser.