What old model will the Republicans roll out in 2012?

[struggle4progress]

[lazyriver]

1. Other: The shapeshifter/lunatic fringe gambit of Romney/Palin.

[dysfunctional press]

2. palin won't get anywhere near the repug ticket.

she's a legend in her own mind, and a joke to the rest of the country.

[Canuckistanian]

3. I'm guessing Quayle

He's been out of "heavy rotation" lately.

He can be the new, exciting face of brainless drivel, since anyone born in the 70s or later wouldn't remember him.

[peace frog]

5. The younger voters may not know him

but us old timers will find it a great pleasure to educate them regarding the cipher that is Quayle. Plenty of film and print survive to bear witness to his monumental ineptitude and inadequacy to hold national office.

[On the Road]

4. I Suspect They're Going to Go

Small government, laissez-faire. But who knows? GOP rhetoric has painted the whole party into a corner. It's going to require a transformative figure who deliberately repudiates part of the Republican tradition. The question is which part.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

11. I think you're right about that. It is the whole concept behind the tea-baggers

and they will attempt to conscript and enlarge the Ron Paul contingent.

The whole debate will focus on the role of government.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

6. Other.

Jeb.

[peace frog]

7. Yep

Jeb's the one, but I think it more likely he will end up a vice presidential pick to a stronger presidential candidate like Romney. But Jeb will run for prez, never doubt it. The Bush clan believe right down to their bones that the presidency is their rightful destiny.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

8. The American Royalty

sucks.

[Marr]

10. I think Jeb will sit the next one out. He'll be 2016, IMHO.

Whoever runs in 2012 is going to be facing and uphill slog and a likely defeat.

[peace frog]

12. True

The Bush name may not have lost its tarnished shame in a mere four years' time. But I dearly hope the taint of W's presidency lasts too long for Jeb's presidential ambitions to become a reality. A girl can dream.

[Marr]

9. It'll be someone who can sell themselves as a "moderate", and *definitely* the

big money choice. Palin will not be a factor.

The GOP is a top-down organization. It's a vehicle of big money interests, and they will be steering the party. If their next candidate isn't Mitt Romney, it'll be someone like him.

[Forkboy]

13. Romney and Huckabee and Palin will all be back.

And it's going to be fun to watch. :popcorn:

[WI_DEM]

14. Huckabee is the one to watch and probably the one who could come closest in an election.