Perry? Moderate? Errr...
http://politicsontoast.com/2012/01/1...an-candidates/
This has a reasonable list, and I think Chris Christie should be the name on the GOPs lips come 2016. He seems to be more moderate than the current batch, and yet still fiscally conservative, he would appeal to those who have been turned off by the Hawks and the heavy right-wingers.
I can't see Romney winning this year, he just doesn't have the clout behind him that Obama still has, even after four years of doing...well...very little, and the Republican party itself needs a shake-up and a re-evaluation of its image. It has become far too easy to pass most Republican members off as disjointed with the current American populace and stuck in a mentality of the past. War weariness probably hasn't helped this, and neither has the economic crisis. Obama has a good PR machine behind him, and he can spin a crowd up, that's part of being a good president, is being able to have enough charisma that people will buy what you're selling. The other part is actually having something to sell, and in this case Barry hasn't really got that, but he's good at making out that he has. The problem with the GOP at the moment is that they have no real idea what they're selling and how to sell it, and so no-one is buying it. So to speak.
That's this traditionally center-left UKers view anyway...who voted for the Liberal Democrats...so what the hell do I know about politics?
