ALTERNATE UNIVERSE TIME: What would have been the worst GOP ticket to face this year?

[ddeclue]

as Democrats...i.e. who would have been hardest to beat in the General?

My money would say:

Huckabee-Crist..

Two southern governors and Huckabee had a populist Edwards rap going on and Crist as Veep candidate could have guaranteed FL for the GOP.

This was my worst nightmare..





EDIT: I stupidly typed Frist when I meant Crist... I've actually lived in both TN and FL.

[Smuckies]

1. Rudy-Romney

We would not win if that was the ticket.

[ddeclue]

3. Why? n/t

[Smuckies]

15. I think Romney would be strong VP candidate...

And I think if Rudy was the Presidential candidate, it would be hard to win swing states. Rudy made mistakes in his campaign, but I think he would attract voters in states that McCain isn't.

[MarthaMyDear]

35. I agree....

...I've always thought McCain should have picked Romney as his VP to bring in the votes...he would've really shined in the VP debate, IMO..with Giuliani as a presidential nominee...that would've been a nice challenge.

I was VERY shocked the day after the wonderful DNC finale finding out that McCain had picked Palin...what a fool!

[rcrush]

2. The guy that doesnt believe in evolution?

I doubt any republican could have beaten Obama this year. They are going away.

[ddeclue]

10. I'm saying...red flag exercise...

who among the available choices would be the hardest to beat. I'm not saying that Obama couldn't beat them but I AM saying that things could be tougher that Grumpy-Gidget '08.

Doug D.

[asdjrocky]

4. Any ticket that had Rudy in it.

[IndianaJones]

5. Zombie Reagan/Ike. nt.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Romney/Huckabee

And we still would have won. Shit year for the Pubs.

[K Gardner]

22. I have to agree with this one. Romney at least looks like he might live for another 4 years, and

Huck gets the FREAKIN BASE. We're lucky we got Grampy and Vampy.

[stray cat]

7. Crist/Bloomberg?

[nichomachus]

8. Romney-Powell

[Genevieve]

14. ditto, nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. Huckabee-McCain

McCain wouldn't be bad as a VP candidate, and I always thought Huckabee was the most threatening GOP candidate because he's actually likeable.

[Bucky]

11. The poet in me would like to see a Frist-Crist ticket... endorsed by Ludacris.

But Huckabee-Snowe would've been their strongest ticket.

[Graybeard]

33. Frist and Crist: a poem.

Frist and Crist are making a list.
They really are pissed,
At people who dissed,
The ticket that wouldn't
have missed. (Frist and Crist).

[JJ]

12. McCain - Anyone with a brain

If they'd have told the fundies to stuff it, and picked a moderate with half a mind, this might have been a race.

[Uben]

13. I don't know of any conceivable pair.....

....of republicans that could beat Barack Obama.....period. I know a lot will disagree, but candidates like this are one in a lifetime. I am convinced.....he is......THE ONE.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. McCain(old version)/Hagel

McCain used to have principles, Hagel still does. They're both crazy-Right, but have bucked the Rethuglican line on occasion and could have peeled off a lot of voters.

[ddeclue]

19. That's a good way to phrase it...

Let's start calling him McCain 2.0!

[stray cat]

20. yes - that would have been an interesting ticket

[stray cat]

17. McCain of 2000 and anyone competent

[slampoet]

18. Reagan/McCain. A double Zombie ticket would be extra hard to put down.

[Ilsa]

23. It would take alot of voodoo to undo that poopoo that they do so well. nt

[CalGator]

21. Frist would only guarantee Tennessee.

I believe there were some polls out when he retired from the Senate that showed him near the bottom in popularity for the '08 election. He had tons of political baggage.

But on Huckabee I agree with you. He could have taken a decent share of the youth vote and is way more personable than McCain at the top of the ticket. The best #2 on that would be any of their pro-choice female Senators--assuming Huckleberry would survive the party backlash--or someone like Bloomberg, though I don't think Bloomberg would want that spot. That would cut into a lot of the votes that normally go Democratic (young, female, Jewish, etc) and would be a break from the capitol hill Republicans that the country thankfully seems wary of.

[Ilsa]

25. The signs in The Lounge about cats opposing Frist would break Skinner's servers. nt

[ddeclue]

28. Typo... I meant CRIST not Frist...

I was talking about winning FL not TN. (27 EV's vs. 11?)

Doug D.

[ddeclue]

26. Excuse my stupidity, I meant CRIST...sorry

[CalGator]

29. oh, that makes a lot more sense. lol

Crist would definitely help in Florida. Frist, not so much. :D

[Graybeard]

24. Romney/Ridge

Romney would have pointed to his business experience as making him best to deal with the imploding economy. Tom Ridge would have made PA much closer. Also Ridge is VietNam war vet and former Sec. of Homeland Security.

[TheBigotBasher]

27. Romney / Bloomberg

To be fair they would be a perfectly electable ticket in another year. I guess this is why Bloomberg went indie in New York and Romney pulled out of the race. This year is not a year for Republicans.

[D23MIURG23]

30. McCain/Romney

The Republican party is so disunified and out of step with everyone else that I really think McCain was the best top they had to go with. Anyone else would have alienated some portion of the base or some critical part of the electorate. This was McCain's mistake when he picked Palin; it was a move that helped him with the looney fringe but it alienated the more adult Republicans.

Romney would have helped McCain's credibility with the financial crisis, and wouldn't have been overly offensive to most Republicans. He might have alienated some of the religious right, but his appearance of centrism would have been valuable. The Hitchens and Buckleys of the world probably would have stayed with this ticket and we'd actually have to fight for the center.

[lolamio]

31. McCain/Bloomberg

[D23MIURG23]

32. Allen would've been their man if he wasn't waste deep in figurative plutonium.

He looked and acted the part. Like a more convincing version of W in 2000.

[redsoxrudy]

34. McCain -Lieberman

Yeah he is a douche-bag but he would have helped with moderates and independents.

[Patsy Stone]

36. Romney/Huckabee

Every facet of their psycho party would have had something to like.

[Bucky]

37. Water/Sodium

[Dr. Death]

38. Jesus - Santa

Jesus would win the Christian votes, obviously, and Santa has a great ground game.

[Honeycombe8]

39. In hindsight: Romney (economy is his expertise!) / Crist as VP (they'd have FL!). nt