Nate Silver gives Huntsman best chance of beating Obama WTF

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nytimes interactive feature based on Gdp growth
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/03/magazine/538-gdp-election-calculator.html

I also like to pretend that the least crazy (read as: least extreme) candidate has the best chance of beating the incumbent in a general election.

If he is sane he will be trounced in the primaries.

Huntsman speaks Mandarin. Very impressive.

ruveyn

It is possible that Mr. Huntsman will eventually cycle to the top. The crazy woman went up, and then down. The goofy Texan went up, and then down. The pervert's popularity will decline next. Then, it will be someone else's turn to share frontrunner status with Mitt Romney.

Mitt is closest to a stereotypical politician. I think he will emerge in the end and the real wild right wingers will have to bite their lips and grit their teeth.

ruveyn

I would consider my self a right-wing political Jew but Mitt is okay for a gentile in my opinion so what if he is a Mormon at least he has a shot at being our next president.

Plus is will upset Joker he just never cared for Mitt Romney which is another reason I would want him to win

Liberals love Huntsman for some reason, he's probably a darkhorse Obama VP pick if he dumps Joe Biden. Certainly more likely than him winning the GOP nomination. The little interactive thing on the NYT is just self-serving and not really worth looking at since they don't include Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich but still include Bachmann, Perry, and Huntsman who regularly poll well below them which is a shame since the chances on GDP thing is pretty interesting. I do find it pretty interesting the default setting is 2.3% when when it's being forecast at I believe 1.8% with the keyword being forecast. There is a good chance it will will be even lower with a real risk of the economy falling back into recession. 2.3% is hardly optimistic tho and unemployment is sill expected to be above 8.5%.

If you don't believe there is any media bias, just look at the attention Huntsman gets compared to his polling numbers which are somewhere between Buddy Roemer and Gary Johnson. He gets invited to every debate too. He's

Another interesting thing is beating of the war drums with Iran. That's been going on for years now so who knows how serious things are now. That may be your October surprise.

i like huntsman and think he certainly has more credentials to be president than other candidates, but since his arguments are grounded in logic rather than attempts to impassion the audience with trite platitudes, he doesn't stand a chance.

In the primary or in the general?

Intellectuals generally do not turn the voters on. A candidate must appeal to the passions of the voting public.

ruveyn

Actually, I think I know the ticket that can beat Obama easily in 2012.

Gingrich/Cain

or

Cain/Gingrich

Gingrich actually has a record of balancing the Federal Budget and Herman Cain has actually ran successful businesses.

Wait, are you suggesting that governing the USA is like governing a business? <.<

they would get their butts kicked

and they're from the same state

Barf.
Evil/Stupid
or
Stupid/Evil.
Way to go, Republicans.

Did you watch the debate yesterday?

I'm guessing you didn't cause you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Don't forget: Fat and Sinful. Both of them.