And what credibility does Senator Portman, George W Bush's budget director, have on either the economy or government waste?

Portman who? :icon_bored:

we have a town full of politicians including Obama that know how to talk about the economy with nothing happening, no initiatives or stands being taken as a result.

How about someone who can commit to doing something and the voters having confidence that they just might be able to do something. It requires a candidate willing to challenge the business as usual.

We have certainly had enough talk for the past 4 years.

btk

A lot more action.

Or gun rights. Or abortion. Or gay marriage. Or woman's equality. Or health care. :D

Chris Christie is a big fat bag of wind. Can't believe that Ann Coulter said (I'm paraphrasing) Christie must be our nominee. If Mitt Romney's our nominee, we lose. First time ever, I agreed with Ann Coulter.

Portman would probably be safe, but not a game-changer. I strongly disagree that Palin helped Jmac get more votes. The tea partiers would have voted for joe the plumber over Obama, and independents largely were turned off by Palin. As for Christie, he is refreshingly candid, smart, and funny, however he is a loose cannon who could create a fatal, you-tube fiasco any time he is off-message. I like Christie and would prefer having beers with him over any other politician I can think of, but Richie is right, not ready, and I am not sure he can ever change who he is.

richielion, so sorry to read that your knight in shining armor has fallen from his trusty steed! trust me - i will not say 'i told....' ;) didja catch the clip from last weekend in the news conference re the watermain break crisis where he called a reporter an 'idiot' in a lambasting for asking an off-topic question? or didja see the clip from the week before that when he called sen. paul sarlo 'some kind of an s o b' because he held a position that was the polar opposite of one of the gov's positions?

but this, too, shall pass. people have already forgotten his early-on
comment about how sen loretta weinberg should be hit with a bat because she was collecting a public pension and a pay check as an elected state official!

can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?
:22yikes:

"can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?"


Yep. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao]Lyndon Johnson - Daisy - YouTube[/ame] :22yikes:

Can you imagine this Christie guy being the one with his finger on the button?
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree, Buggy. It was that choice--that of a 70+ year old man who was a multiple cancer survivor--that cost him my vote.

You're mistaking me for somebody else. I'm OK with Christie taking on the state's teacher's unions and such but I've never been a huge fan of this mainly left of center Republican.

I'm the one who was arguing against him when some of the others on this forum thought he would be a great Presidential nominee and an even better VP pick.