Iowa: Huckabee vs Palin
Second tier:Romney vs Jindal and Sanford and pawlenty.

NH: Palin vs Romney

MI: Palin vs Romney vs Pawlenty

Wyoming (When was that???) Palin

Who knows?

For the wannabe this year, Remember when in 2007, we were trying to show Fred T as Reagen, who is coming to save the Gop? Wrong, he came in high heels a year later.

If Palin/Mccain win this year, Obama would have done something never before done. Loose in a race where generic dems are winning by 16 points.

If Mccain and Palin win, mac wil probably not run again, leaving the door open for Palin. She will have had experience in the oval office.

If Palin looses, she will still come back in 2012 but as a frontrunner fro the Nomination.

If Mac wins, GOP will have been in the white house 12 years!!!!! Thats a long time, and history shows It will probably go Dem, unless they are extremely popular.

So, saying the game board is set, Palin goes into the nomination after being a VPOTUS for 4 years.

Huckabee, will likely support Palin in this scenario, he would seem that kind of person.

Romney, who knows?

Jindal, Sanford, Pawlenty and darkhorses, who knows? Palin vs Hillary (?, she managed to stumble once, will she twice?).

Say Mccain falls short.

Palin, will run, having more experience and National exposure. Will take A CHUNK of SoCons, FisCons and Independants.

Huckabee, runs and takes his chunk of SoCons.

Romney, his chunk of FisCons.

Jindal takes a chunk of something.

Sanford, a chunk of something

Pawlenty, ” ” ” ”

(Allen, and who knows who else)

It could, of course be all hype and by scripted design. But for now, I will savor the hint of hope that came from his speech.

I hope we’re not all too jaded to once again believe.

Future possibilities I still see:
Jindal
Sanford
Jeb Bush (yes, still possible)
Petraus (nobody’s mentioned him)
Pawlenty (maybe, but needs to do something to impress me)

Done:
Hucabee (unless he does some serious gravitas work)
Romney (ditto – like a Sec Treas role)
Gulianni
Everyone else older than 55 whom I can’t remember (the Thompsons, etc.)

The GOP would stand a much better chance at regaining the Senate if some of the big names who are currently “unemployed” would forget the White House and run for the Senate. Almost all of them come from a state with at least one Democrat senator.

Imagine the possibilties:
Huckabee replaced Pryor
Romney replaces Kennedy
Pawlenty replaces Kocluchar
Allen replaces Webb
J. Bush or Crist replace Nelson

Since Texas already has 2 GOP Senator’s, Ron Paul’s supporters convince the Texas GOP to add a third Senate spot just for him.

[sarcasm alert]

I don’t mean to belittle the speech, though. For McCain, I thought it was solid.

If that happens, I just hope that Jenna is more fiscally conservative than daddy.

Y’know Jenna Bush did marry the son of the VA GOP Chairman.

Maybe it will be Jenna Bush for Gov. of Virginia in 2016 riding Palin/Jindal coat tails to victory!

Rub it in, why dont you……

http://palinjindal2012.com/

I still wear my McCain ball cap from the 2000 election these days however. Yes, I confess I was a McCainiac on the Straight-Talk Express. And, in the years following those heady days, I became disillusioned with my Senator.

Sarah Palin changed that. Not for all the usual and obvious reasons. Not because of the strength she brings to the ticket. And not because of her tremendous qualities of leadership and style. But because in her selection I saw the return of the man I once greatly admired.

Like the capitol of his home state, the Phoenix, John McCain has found himself once again.

I watched him carefully last night, he was determined, steeled, and moving in his own direction once more.

The problem with the wanna-bees now sidelined until at least 2016, they’re not marching to their own inner drummer. In other words, they’re not leaders.

John McCain is certainly no Reagan, but he certainly has Reagan’s leadership ability. He certainly has Reagan’s resolve. He is a survivor and an overcomer.

These are qualities Americans want in their Commander-in-Chief. These are qualities Obama lacks.

Come election day, Americans will have made their choice, and it will be John and Sarah.

And of course, in the weeks following McCain’s victory, we’ll hear never ending lamentations and weeping from the Left Coast media elite pundits.

Its already begun. Anyone listen to Greta Van Susteren last night? She’s clueless already.

John McCain has risen to the challenge. He will lead the country in his own direction. His selection of Sarah Palin is the evidence.

McCain/Palin win this year.

McCain serves well. His health remains strong, but he chooses to retire after one successful term (I know…no one would do that. Hey, its my dream!)

2012 sees the Palin/Jindal ticket sweep to victory over Obama/Clinton for the first truly conservative presidency in a quarter of a century.

2016 = “4 more years!” Palin/Jindal cruise to victory over an aging Obama. Obama, now a three time loser, vows, “Just wait ’til 2020″

(and, since most dreams have at least one strange twist to them…)

2020 = McCain comes out of retirement to run for a second term, taking office again at the age of 84. His choice of the Bush twins as his co-running mates is the surprise of the election.

Personally, I would love to see a Palin/Huckabee ticket.