Bachmann, Perry or Cain

[jstm]

RUBIO parents were not citizens when he was born and he does not qualify for POTUS.Same as BOHO.

[Ichiban]

US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.

His parents status is irrelevant.  Kind of like an "anchor baby."

[Bic]

Yep a first term minority senator. That's worked out so well. I at least have learned. What's y'all's excuse?
FQ13

 


Right again FQ, Biden was first elected senator in 1972 and he's doing a bang up job

[Timothy]

Yep a first term minority senator. That's worked out so well. I at least have learned. What's y'all's excuse?
FQ13

Senators rarely get elected and don't necessarily make the best Presidents anyway!  In modern history, I believe that JFK was the only other Senator to become POTUS.  It's up for debate if he was a good one or not...I'm going with not!

The other has already proven he ain't going to be nominated to the Hall of Fame!

edit....I forgot about Truman, Johnson and Nixon but you get the drift.....not exactly stellar Presidencies...

[tt11758]

Got an E mail from the Cain campaign with the Iowa straw poll results.
I find it interesting and amusing that the MSM's "frontrunner" came in 7th


Today, at the Ames (Iowa) Straw Poll, the 2012 Republican nomination campaign kicked into high gear. While the main-stream-media will create a story that depicts today's winner as the clear front-runner for the GOP nomination, that is not necessarily the truth.

History has shown that this contest is not indicative of the outcome of the actual caucus votes that truly matter in early 2012.  For example, George H.W. Bush won the straw poll in 1979, yet America went on to elect one of our greatest Presidents...Ronald Reagan.

I have said from the beginning that I would not buy a straw poll victory. We worked hard.  We organized. We turned our supporters out to the Straw Poll.  While I did not place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, I am happy with our strong placing.  I spent less money, had less name ID than the front runners, but our strong showing is evidence of the deep support for a non-politician problem solver who has the courage and conviction to change the way things work in Washington.  I beat better known, better funded politicians...including those who have held titles like Governor and Speaker of the House.

Straw Poll Results
Michelle Bachman - 4,823
Ron Paul - 4, 621
Tim Pawlenty - 2, 293
Rick Santorum - 1,657
Herman Cain - 1, 456
Rick Perry - 718
Mitt Romney - 567
Newt Gingrich - 385
Jon Huntsman - 69
Thaddeus McCotter - 35
Scattering - 162

Many individuals told our campaign workers they would have switched their votes had they had opportunity to vote after hearing my speech.  I truly believe that we will reach the top in the real Iowa caucuses (as well as in the nomination) as my name ID increases and my message of Common Sense Solutions spreads across America.

Looks like Rick Perry did amazingly well in the straw poll, especially considering his name wasn't on the ballot.  All Perry's votes were write-ins.

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[tombogan03884]

Governors are supposed to make the best Presidents because the job is basically the same.
They don't do foreign policy, but they do have to relate to other states. About the only things they don't deal with are Naval affairs and the Post Office.

[tt11758]

Governors are supposed to make the best Presidents because the job is basically the same.
They don't do foreign policy, but they do have to relate to other states. About the only things they don't deal with are Naval affairs and the Post Office.

Dealing with the cmmonuist/socialist/progressive/douchebag Washington elite doesn't qualify as "foreign" policy?

[Timothy]

Our foreign policy should be shelved until we get our domestic and fiscal policies in working order.  Until then, with the exception of those countries who actually defend us and our policies, the rest can just sit and rot!

Timothy, who's waiting for a response from our resident libertarian progressive misguided professor!

[PegLeg45]

Governors are supposed to make the best Presidents because the job is basically the same.
They don't do foreign policy, but they do have to relate to other states. About the only things they don't deal with are Naval affairs and the Post Office.

Didn't work all that well with Carter 1.0.................         

But I get what you meant, and for the most part agree. Should be a direct step up with a shallower learning curve.

[twyacht]

I look fwd. to seeing Perry and Bachmann advance. Cain, appoint to chair the FED. I don't think he'll go all the way. As of today's daily Gallup approval numbers, BHO drops BELOW 40%.

Bobo the clown would beat him if the election were held today.

Perry just because ANOTHER Texas Gov. to White House would make the Libs whine, squirm, bitch and moan.

Bachmann, just because a Conservative woman, NOT a Hillary, was the first woman elected. (See reference to Libs. above)...