CNN asked Republican voters who they'd like to see as their party's presidential nominee in the next cycle.. Mike Huckabee garnered 22%, followed by Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, with 21% each.

Oh pullleeaze let it be Palin. Dear goddess, please, please, please.

re cnn poll: makes me glad that republican voters luv them some candidates [huck and caribou barbie] that are pretty much unelectable once the non-primary voters take a good look at them....

Coleman thinking about running for governor? How soon after election day will they need one?

Coleman for governor? Now that the entire state is sick of him? YES!!!! I love it!!!! Let him run, and let someone like R.T. Ryback crush him.

It's time for the GOP to face the facts--there is no new Reagan on the radar screen for 2012, or a "Republican Obama", or anyone even remotely close to meeting that criteria.
You've got a collection of various mediocre candidates with various strength and weaknesses, none of whom stands any chance of beating Obama unless he totally implodes.
Obama had made a name for himself, at least in the political world if not amongst the general population, by 2004, over four years before the 2008 election. If there was gonna be a Repub saviour, we would know his/her name by now. Such a person doesn't exist absent reanimation technology.

the Democratic establishment doesn't want - More and more of us care less and less what they want.

"How about former Sen. Norm Coleman (R)? Might he run for governor? It's the subject of some interest."

Yes, please. Pretty please with sugar on top.

In Pennsylvania, the Democratic establishment doesn't want to see Sen. Arlen Specter face a primary challenge, but the party's voters see things differently. A survey released yesterday by Susquehanna Research and Polling found 63% of Pennsylvania Democrats would like to see the incumbent face off against a primary challenger.

And here is a great chance for the national "Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party" to give Obama, Rendell, Rahm Emmanuel, and the rest of the Villager oligarchy the slap in the face they need so badly to remember what they were campaigning about last year (remember? "change we can believe in"???). If Sestak gets donations by the end of this month sufficient to show he's "serious" he's in, and Spectre gets the kick in the ass he's been needing so desperately for the past 25 years. At a minimum, it will make Snarlin' Arlen start to actually act like a Democrat.

After all the b.s. with putting foxes in charge of all the hen houses in Washington, this is the time to defeat Obama in a way that will teach him to remember who put him in office.

Donate - donate - donate.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's (R) Senate campaign ran into a little trouble yesterday when evidence surfaced showing she's failed to vote in most of the recent election cycles.

Ah, gee, too bad. I was really looking forward to watching Barbara Boxer wipe the floor with the Poster Girl For Everything Wrong With Modern Capitalism.

* Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie earned the Republican gubernatorial nomination yesterday in New Jersey, [...] -- Steve Benen

Too bad. Corzine's ratings stink but he'd have had a n easier time fighting off the other guy.

* Speaking of Minnesota, now that Republicans will be looking for a gubernatorial successor, will Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) run? Probably not. -- Steve Benen

That's so she can devote herself, full time, to running on "Palin/Bachmann '12" double-whammy, irresistible, ticket.

* Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's (R) Senate campaign ran into a little trouble yesterday when evidence surfaced showing she's failed to vote in most of the recent election cycles. -- Steve Benen

Nasty of me, I'm sure, but I wish someone would check Terry McAuliffe's voting records. I have this suspicion, which I've been unable to shed, that his interest in Virginia matters is far newer than the length of time he's lived here.

"You've got a collection of various mediocre candidates with various strength and weaknesses"- Allan Snyder.

I agree, but huck and palin are raving lunatics, and romney can't decide who he is, or what he stands for.

And those three are at the top of the list- with a more favorable rating than the 'disgraced former leader', eric cantor, governor sanford, bobby jindal, et al.

It seems that lately to be a star in the GOP one needs to resemble a fugitive from the Theater of the Absurd. i.E. glen beck, michelle bachman, senator imhof.

Oh, I could go on. And on. And on. . .

How about former Sen. Norm Coleman (R)? Might he run for governor? It's the subject of some interest.

Maybe Al Franken will still be available to run against him.

Sarah Palin with 21%

I believe that is a mandate. Where do I send my $20?

Norm Coleman run for governor? Will he resign from the Senate, first? :)

-A survey released yesterday by Susquehanna Research and Polling found 63% of Pennsylvania Democrats would like to see the incumbent face off against a primary challenger.-

Count me with the 37% who would prefer Spectre face off with the inside of a casket.

-Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) was asked about his all-but certain presidential campaign in 2012 yesterday. He replied he isn't "ruling anything in or out."-

You can tell he is running for the rethug nomination in 2012 when he refuses to sign Franken's election certificate.

-Speaking of Minnesota, now that Republicans will be looking for a gubernatorial successor, will Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) run? Probably not.-

Definitely not. She is too liberal for real conservatives.

-How about former Sen. Norm Coleman (R)? Might he run for governor?-

More likely that he will run from the law because of the illegal money funneled to him thru his wife.

-Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's (R) Senate campaign ran into a little trouble yesterday when evidence surfaced showing she's failed to vote in most of the recent election cycles.-

WTF should it matter if she voted. She is part of the corporate class that owns politicians and that is worth more than voting.