Republicans will have difficulties fielding a presidential nominee next year, and it is not only because it will take a score card to save all the candidates straight. The question for Republicans will be on the field a candidate with a clean or conservative, or anything that can be selected.
This week, Mitt Romney, a former Governor of Massachusetts, officially entered the race unofficially running for – after the last two years. Romney seen as favorite, but he will have problems during the primary campaign due to his time as Governor and his support for a Government health care plan similar Republicans contemptuously call "obamacare."
There are a number of politicians who either have announced a running or are considering a bid for the Republican nomination, from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to previous the Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain.
But so far, the Republican party's base is not terribly excited about any of its prospects, according to the latest opinion polls. As a result tries to Republicans who identify with the tea party as one of their own in the race.
South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, a hard Obama critics and Tea Party supporter, recently said he was considering a run after several requests. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, founder of Caucus Tea Party House has actively contemplating a run and plans to be at a debate in New Hampshire later this month. Then Sarah Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate turned Fox News commentator. Even though Palin has been coy about a choir, she recently launched a campaign-style bus tour to visit some of the country's historic sights and talking to voters.
Although it is early, places the Bachmann and Palin certain phone to Republican circles. Consider the Romneys official announcement this week. He failed to democratic President Barack Obama had "America." Strong, which may have been, it was hardly a Ripple.
Palin's tour complete with stops to see Donald Trump of New York, is generated at the same time, tension between the conservative faithful. His visit with Trump was the famous Tea Party support he received earlier this year that he toyed with a presidential campaign. He made headlines when he raised a stink over Obama's birth certificate, winning the praise of the Tea Party and the so-called "birthers" who does not believe the President was born in the United States.
Trump dropped out of the tournament following President yet an official copy of his birth certificate, but don't expect the silent Carnival barkers in the Republican party. Tea Party is likely to play a key role in the election year and candidates to win his support.
It will swing the debate at the far right. As with Romney, it will be difficult for many candidates to fulfill a strictly conservative litmus test because of issues they supported or positions they took while they were elective office is doing its job.
Moreover, on the extreme right units debate in GOP primaries, it could end up showing moderate Republicans and independents — the key swing voters. It sounds like a winning strategy ... for the Democrats.
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