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[Roy Karrde]

Long list? I'd like to see that list.

Roy, the only GOP candidate I know of that might be taken seriously who comes to mind is Huckabee. Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are sure losers, and you know it.

Mitt Romney? Chris Christie? Bobby Jindal? Those are just three off the top of my head who have also been discussed as possible candidates.

And if I was a bigwig in the GOP right now (and I thank goodness I'm not) I would not look for a VP candidate to get the Tea Party vote. Maybe you don't realize what a blight this movement is becoming, but smart people sure do.

Why would they shun the Tea Party? Voter turn out yesterday was incredibly high in large part for the tea party. If they can get a VP candidate who energizes the Tea Party vote, and is really a great candidate like Marco Rubio they would be stupid not to do it. Especially since the VP candidate's job is to help energize the base.

And I'm not singing out one person either. The Tea Party candidate in Delaware didn't even know what was in the First Amendment, and she was what pretty much ruined the GOP's chance to take control of the Senate.

Yeah the whole First Amendment thing was actually a misstatement by the press at the time. As she was actually saying this: "The First Amendment does [establish what you claim]? ... So you're telling me that the separation of church and state, the phrase 'separation of church and state,' is in the First Amendment?"

http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=307106

She is right, the phrase "Seperation of Church and State" does not appear in the First Amendment. The basis for it is found more in the writings of the Founding Fathers.

Also as for the "GOP's Chance to take control of the Senate" that was a long shot by any standard, and if they had even gotten that seat, they would be sitting at 47 seats right now, not 51. Also the man who O'Donnell was facing in the primary, was one who bragged about voting for the economy killing measure Cap and Trade. Not exactly some one you want as a Republican in the Senate.