Seriously, who you rootin' for--Mitt, Newt, or Santorum?

[Bucky]

You know, in your heart, it won't be Ron Paul. He's fun, but he's not going to get past 25% in any state.

In the mean time, three nominateable guys are throwing elbows at each other. All are reprehensible, but who would you rather see get the Nom? Mitt, for all his ethical squishiness, is probably the least extreme and most flexible of the three. It would be least damaging to the Republic if he were to ever be president--not that any of them would make that non-damaging of a president, but he would probably be the least destructive to the future.

On the other hand, Gingrich and Sanctum Santorum would be the bigger jokes in the general election and provide the strongest platform for the voices of reform to point their attacks at. Both are tightly entangled in the Congressional-Corporate Lobbyist nexus and are poster boys for political corruption.

So, who would you rather see the GOP embrace? And no cheating by saying "they're all equally evil" or "I want none of them on the ballot." You may not like scooping poop, but there would be no indoor cats without it. I mean that metaphorically.

[dimbear]

1. Santorum is the easiest to defeat. Corrupt, dumb, unpopular. Good choice, R's. n/t

[gateley]

2. I don't think it matters. The Get The Black Guy Out Of The White House vote will be strong and

dangerous, IMO.

[Mopar151]

3. Noot, I think

Cuz I want to see his face when he debates the Prez - Really, I wanna see him stroke out on live TV

[Kalidurga]

4. Santorum...

best comic relief when he isn't too busy thinking about gays and trying to outlaw abortions....

[neverforget]

5. They're all a trainweck. I just hope they keep it close and Mitt

loses a few states so this thing drags out.

[creeksneakers2]

6. Santorum

He's least likely to beat Obama, plus, the tea party freaks would cling to him if he's damaged.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Jon Huntsman appears to be the most sane, the others have so much more against them.

Seems like it's assumed that Mittens will be the nominee, but he doesn't seem capable of connecting with people and he doesn't have much of a stand on anything. I think it's too early to tell, but if we're going to be subjected to hearing more from one of these guys, Newt would be my last choice. Yes, we do want the looniest candidate to be the nominee, but whoever it is, we're going to have to listen to more from him and Mittens and Huntsman make my blood pressure rise the least...

Chris Matthews came up with the perfect analogy, IMO, said he got it from his daughter. She said this was like letting the least drunk guy drive...

[Art_from_Ark]

28. Speaking for myself, I do not want the looniest candidate to be the nominee

That is because two of the last three Republicans to occupy the White House have been clueless airheads but were able to get in anyway and cause tremendous damage for years and years.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. Sick Rantorum will be both easiest to beat and most entertaining, I think.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. I want Newt to win SC as a thank you for the ads.

The nomination? I am thinking little Ricky Santorum.

Easy to beat and maybe just maybe Romney will slither back under the rock from whense he comes every 4 years.

[Crankie Avalon]

10. Romney. Now that story after story is coming out about how...

...he made his personal fortune by destroying American companies and jobs, he should be just as unelectable as the other two. Plus, a campaign against him will focus more on issues of economic justice and get people talking about important things more than would be the case with the other two, who are more into faux outrage over the war on Christmas and the like.

[jberryhill]

11. SC has Santorum voters coming out the wazoo!

[Bucky]

30. ew

thanks

[JI7]

12. i think i prefer Romney in the end, but i want it to drag out so for SC i want Newt

Newt seems to have wealthy friends that make nice anti Romney ads that will be useful for GE also.

[MADem]

13. Colbert. He's the one who makes the most sense! nt

[Pholus]

14. Newt -- his history and mouth makes him the easiest to tear apart.

Already had fun with the local conservatives when talking about MORALS and Newt.

[Iggo]

15. Santorum!

Frothy!

[izquierdista]

16. Mitt the Twit

His campaign is going to look like the upper class twit of the century contest!

[customerserviceguy]

17. Mitt, with a long battle against the anti-Romney

It would be great if there were a deadlocked convention, and Romney were seen to 'steal' the nomination there. The tea partiers would be aghast, and the fundies would totally freak.

[Saving Hawaii]

18. Huntsman.

He's a rockstar. FTW the Wizards!

[Vince843]

19. Santorum would be the best for the Democrats

Ron Paul would be the worst because although there are some republicans who wouldn't vote for him, a lot of Independents and Southern Democrats might.

[Lil Missy]

20. Obama. n/t

[Donald Ian Rankin]

21. Anyone but Romney, but I think it will be him.

I think Romney has the best chance of winning; I think the Republicans will think so to and vote accordingly.

[nevergiveup]

22. I don't give a hoot but if I must root it would have to be for Newt

for no reason other than it rhymes with hoot and root. I find all three of these fools to be equally frightening.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

23. I'm rooting for Newt. He's such a revolting pig. nt

[dweller]

24. d

none of the above

i don't waste my valuable mind time considering
dp

[MarianJack]

25. Oh Please God...

...let it be little ricky! Pretty Please?

PEACE!

[DCBob]

26. Romney. He's predictable.

He's a known entity, boring and not likely to generate much enthusiasm or excitement. Also, I think he has "good" political manners and wont make low blows to the President... at least not as many as the others might have.

[JVS]

27. Romney, because he is the most moderate and it is a well established pattern that our party...

follows lurches to the right by the republican party with its own lurch to the right. If our party actually took advantage of the other party's extremism to force the "lesser evil" of liberal policies on the public, I'd change my mind.

[Prophet 451]

29. Newt

The guy's history and mouth make him a liability but really, he's so fundementally and transparently evil (and I don't use that word lightly) that his nomination would give Obama a landslide. The average voter might not understand things like sociopathy but they understand full well that there's something distinctly off about Newt.

[morningfog]

33. He is also incredibly nasty. I am rooting for Newt to do a lot of damage to Mitt.

But, would prefer Obama to face Mittens or Santorum (not gonna happen), because I think it would be an easier and cleaner win.

[11 Bravo]

31. I'm pulling for His Frothiness. This country needs an electoral blowout of epic proportions ...

just to shut the fucking Repiglicans up, even if only for a little while.

[Bluenorthwest]

32. I think they might do better nominating an indoor cat.

And I don't mean that metaphorically.