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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Obama Is “Beatable” But Who Can Do It Has “Yet To Emerge”

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on State of the Union and regarding which Republican candidates for President he likes as of now, suggested “I’m looking for the most conservative person who’s electable, and that person has yet to emerge.” Front-runners like former Governor Mitt Romney and former Speaker Newt Gingrich who have very much emerged already probably won’t be thrilled with Graham’s lukewarm response to their viability as candidates.

Graham continued:

“We’ve got a tall task as Republicans. . . . I think President Obama is beatable, but we’ve got to nominate someone that can win over independent voters who do want smaller government and less spending but understand there’s a role for government.”

The only potential candidate Graham specifically called out was Congressman Ron Paul, who he described as “well-organized” and with a ton of energy behind his ideas, but doubted his ability to actually win. Although, given that the moderate Graham is not a favorite amongst conservatives or Tea Party members, it’s likely no candidate in a Republican primary would really care what he thinks.

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  • Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window)

    Well one thing we know for sure, it ain’t you Gramnesty.

  • WCinWI

    Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
    Well one thing we know for sure, it ain’t you Gramnesty.

    I can’t wait for him to be primaried.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    All the GOP has to do is circulate the litany of LIES and Misrepresentations Obama has told us, and juxtapose them with what he’s actually done.

  • Color Me Badd

    Jeeze even Gomer Pyle knows the truth.

  • roxsteady

    Is that why Obama is kicking all of their asses in the polls right now? Their so called front runners are all duds but, then, you all know that already if you watched those idiots at CPAC. GOP Baggers are nothing if not delusional. I’m guessing it’s a requirement. Oh, and Palin just hired Dole’s former campaign chief of staff. I’m sure the GOP is thrilled since she’s got the highest negatives of all of them. I wonder if Jesus is available? This is going to be fun.

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49348.html

  • roxsteady

    zumpano said:
    DON’T MISUNDERESTIMATE THE COMBINED INTELLECTUAL POWERHOUSE OF PALIN/BACHMAN!!!!!! NEVER BEFORE WILL A POLITCAL TEAM WIN 120% OF THE VOTING POPULACE CAUSING THAT MUSLAM DO GO BACK HOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE

    See my previous comment. Oh, and Bachmann doesn’t even know US history. She’s a blithering idiot. They both have the screeching down pat though. Do you really think anyone other than idiots will vote for these 2 dimwits? Other than like minded dimwits?

  • roxsteady

    Oh, and while the wingnut convention seems stuck on Ron Paul, they clearly don’t think much of Bachmann or Palin.

    “Even Gary Johnson fared better than Sarah Palin. HA!

    Ron Raul: 30% Mitt Romney: 23% Gary Johnson 6% Chris Christie 6% Newt Gingrich: 5% Tim Pawlenty 4% Michele Bachmann 4% Mitch Daniels 4% Sarah Palin: 3% Herman Cain 2% Mike Huckabee 2% Rick Santorum 2% John Thune 2% Jon Huntsman 1% Haley Barbour 1%”

  • WCinWI

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and while the wingnut convention seems stuck on Ron Paul, they clearly don’t think much of Bachmann or Palin.

    “Even Gary Johnson fared better than Sarah Palin. HA!

    Ron Raul: 30% Mitt Romney: 23% Gary Johnson 6% Chris Christie 6% Newt Gingrich: 5% Tim Pawlenty 4% Michele Bachmann 4% Mitch Daniels 4% Sarah Palin: 3% Herman Cain 2% Mike Huckabee 2% Rick Santorum 2% John Thune 2% Jon Huntsman 1% Haley Barbour 1%”

    1) CPAC is of the libertarian bent

    2) Ron Paul/Mitt Romney bus in their folks with discounted tickets. It’s made the straw poll at CPAC irrelevant.

    3) You must be a racist for not respecting the President’s call for civility.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    In the underbelly of the US Senate (specifically, at the end of the lower intestine) is where we find THE SLIMEBAG SIX despicable, rino traitors who will continue to support d-crat socialist issues, and everybody knows who they are: AMNESTY-JOHN mccain, scott brown, collins, snowe, murCOWski and graham.

    That’s part of the “hit list” for all American patriots to follow in future elections.

  • The Real Royal King

    I’m hoping Palin gets the nomination. Sarah, Todd, Bristol (despite her age), any of them.

  • The Real Royal King

    Of course, a Pawlenty/Jindall ticket could be troublesome.

  • The Real Royal King

    Then, there’s Romney/Huntsman. That would do well. In Utah.

  • The Real Royal King

    And, let’s not dismiss The Donald and Allen West.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    roxsteady said:
    Is that why Obama is kicking all of their asses in the polls right now? Their so called front runners are all duds but, then, you all know that already if you watched those idiots at CPAC. GOP Baggers are nothing if not delusional. I’m guessing it’s a requirement. Oh, and Palin just hired Dole’s former campaign chief of staff. I’m sure the GOP is thrilled since she’s got the highest negatives of all of them. I wonder if Jesus is available? This is going to be fun. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49348.html

    Let me see, according to you the republicans were not going to win in Nov. You are an idiot hiding behind a phony name. You have no idea what you are talking about as usual.

    Next year NO ONE will have a problem beating Obama.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    zumpano said:
    SHE WILL RELEASE HER SAT SCORES WHEN OBAMA THE MUS_LAM RELEASES HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND YOU”LL EAT YOU WORDS WITH YOUR BIG MACS AND JUICEDRINKS

    When will Obama release his scores or his grades? You are pretty stupid aren’t you?

  • BR

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    All the GOP has to do is circulate the litany of LIES and Misrepresentations Obama has told us, and juxtapose them with what he’s actually done.

    Do you really think that Obama’s blind followers will let the facts get in the way of their opinions?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and Bachmann doesn’t even know US history.

    She knows that there are not 58 states.

  • BR

    roxsteady said:
    See my previous comment. Oh, and Bachmann doesn’t even know US history. She’s a blithering idiot. They both have the screeching down pat though. Do you really think anyone other than idiots will vote for these 2 dimwits? Other than like minded dimwits?

    Obama said that he visited all “57″ states. He’s a blithering idiot!

  • BR

    gordonbloyershow said:
    She knows that there are not 58 states.

    Oops, you beat me to it.

  • puck30

    Is it 2014 yet so SC can get rid of this klutz?

  • puck30

    gordonbloyershow said:
    She knows that there are not 58 states.

    BR said:
    Obama said that he visited all “57″ states. He’s a blithering idiot!

    Really I do believe it’s 59 states, But in the Obama White House who’s counting?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

  • notsofast

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and Bachmann doesn’t even know US history

    Barry doesn’t know US Geography, dear!

  • notsofast

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and Bachmann doesn’t even know US history

    She can pronounce ” corpsman” without the body! LOL

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKIfzoC8D0

  • Courteous Commentary

    All Obama has to do is stay near the middle, and he will handily beat any Republican who has emerged so far. The nation is tired of the left and right extremes.

  • Courteous Commentary

    roxsteady said:
    Oh, and while the wingnut convention seems stuck on Ron Paul, they clearly don’t think much of Bachmann or Palin. “Even Gary Johnson fared better than Sarah Palin. HA! Ron Raul: 30% Mitt Romney: 23% Gary Johnson 6% Chris Christie 6% Newt Gingrich: 5% Tim Pawlenty 4% Michele Bachmann 4% Mitch Daniels 4% Sarah Palin: 3% Herman Cain 2% Mike Huckabee 2% Rick Santorum 2% John Thune 2% Jon Huntsman 1% Haley Barbour 1%”

    Ron Paul: He’s the one who invited the anti-Lincoln writer, Thomas DeLorenzo, to hearings on Capital Hill. How embarrassing for the Republican party. I fear that Paul is alligning himself with the white supremacists.

  • Courteous Commentary

    gordonbloyershow said:
    When will Obama release his scores or his grades? You are pretty stupid aren’t you?

    Gordo, where is your birth certificate???? Prove you went to college. Prove that your REAL name is Gordon Bloyer, and you are not from Cuba!

  • timzank

    Courteous Commentary said:
    All Obama has to do is stay near the middle, and he will handily beat any Republican who has emerged so far. The nation is tired of the left and right extremes.

    Won’t happen. Unemployment will stay too high, economy will not recover by printing & borrowing. He’s out even if Mickey Mouse runs against him.

  • timzank

    notsofast said:
    She can pronounce ” corpsman” without the body! LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKIfzoC8D0

    I love that clip, it sums him up perfectly!

  • puck30

    notsofast said:
    She can pronounce ” corpsman” without the body! LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlKIfzoC8D0

    Ah! But my friend can Rep. Bachmann see Dead people as ‘The Mystic’ one can!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh6Gx1KrvTw

  • Paleoconservatarian

    This clip shows nothing but process politics. I’m supposed to care who Graham thinks is an electable conservative? We all know he thinks that’s him.

  • GordonBlowerShow

    Courteous Commentary said:
    Gordo, where is your birth certificate???? Prove you went to college. Prove that your REAL name is Gordon Bloyer, and you are not from Cuba!

    You stupid lib, my birth certificate is down in my ‘root cellar with my Glenn Beck gold coins and my survival seeds!

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Courteous Commentary said:
    Gordo, where is your birth certificate???? Prove you went to college. Prove that your REAL name is Gordon Bloyer, and you are not from Cuba!

    Proof is everywhere only stupid people like you would post this ignorant statement. You just make a fool out of yourself. Whoops, no you can’t make a fool of yourself since nobody knows who you are as long as you hide behind that phony name. Why do cowards pretend to be reasonable? You need to check back into the hospital.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    BR said:
    Obama said that he visited all “57″ states. He’s a blithering idiot!

    He said that he had visited 57 and had ONE more to go.

  • Gasket

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    All the GOP has to do is circulate the litany of LIES and Misrepresentations they have told us, and juxtapose them on what Obama has actually done.

    Correction……and I AGREE!

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Let me see, according to you the republicans were not going to win in Nov. You are an idiot hiding behind a phony name. You have no idea what you are talking about as usual.

    Next year NO ONE will have a problem beating Obama.

    You are so right as always, BLOWER!
    http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/021111_2012_election_web.pdf

    Maybe you guys can run this guy instead? The Teabaggers LOVE him!
    http://www.davidduke.com/general/will-dr-david-duke-run-for-u-s-president_17873.html

    gordonbloyershow said:
    She knows that there are not 58 states.

    He knows N. Korea is not our “ally.”
    He can put sentences together and articulate a thought.
    He can not see Russia (or even Egypt) from the windows of the White House!
    He knows what newspapers he reads….definitely NOT “all” of them.
    He knows who his favorite founding father or US POTUS is.
    He knows what the first amendment is (being criticized for an opinion is not the violation of the 1st.)
    He knows there are no death panels.
    He knows experts and advisers to consult on foreign matter issues (Note: None are called Sarah.)
    He is not a TV reality star.
    He knows neither Putin nor any other foreign leader(s) are rearing their head(s) into America’s air space.
    He knows which supreme court cases he disagrees with most.
    He actually has a thick skin unlike the tantrum bellicose mean girl.
    He believes that all Americans are Americans. (Yeah, Sarah – middle America has no monopoly here sweetie)
    He never used to cross over into Canada to get better health care, he tried to improve it legislatively.
    He did not go to 5 or however many colleges to get one shitty degree.
    He is the President Of The United States, not a 1/2 term governor of one of the least populated states.
    He is not a quitter and/or media whore like Sarah.
    Also, he will clean her clock if she runs next year. Goldwater V2.0 — Grab your popcorn!

    YOU GET THE POINT, BLOWER!

  • Gasket

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Proof is everywhere only stupid people like you would post this ignorant statement. You just make a fool out of yourself. Whoops, no you can’t make a fool of yourself since nobody knows who you are as long as you hide behind that phony name. Why do cowards pretend to be reasonable? You need to check back into the hospital.

    That’s our proof Commie! Go back to Cuba! Or is Gordon the name of your blowup doll?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Poyfair/1616123214 Paul Poyfair

    I don’t think that it really matters who the GOP puts up against Obama, I believe that we will have a Republican President elected in 2012….

    Obama has nearly destroyed the future for our Children and Grand Children in two short years… Supported by a Democratic congress for two years before that (he got a running start). Obama is in way over his head on the Economy, on Energy, and on Foreign Policy (hell, Idon’t even know what his foreign policy is other than to apologize for the U.S., befriend our Enemies, scare our Allies, and shake the trust of Freedom Loving People around the world)… He has ran debt from about 1 $T to over $14T in two years (all 44 presidents before him couldn’t match that number even if they added them all up together)… I could go on, but you get the point.

    I personally think that Romney is the guy that is best qualified to give the Future back to our Kids and Grand Kids, and I will do what I can to support him… He knows how to fix broken Financial entities (both Private and Public)…. He’s done it three times before and I believe he can and will do it again.

  • The Real Royal King

    Have the Republicans considered a RINO ticket, maybe Susan Collins and Scott Brown, or Olympia Snowe and George Pataki? There seem to be so many RINO’s indeed, the Republican party seems to have far more RINO’s than Tea Partiers, I suspect it may prove to be the winning ticket.

  • PBerg

    Oh, he is beatable, but NOT by a Republican. The Republican Party has morphed into such a very obvious party of obstruction, of No ideas, of Extremism. They would reject Jesus Christ, because he is too liberal. Because he is not not berating Gays and abortion.

    I have to respect Graham for daring to tell the truth.

    Paul Poyfair—It is guys with their heads in the sand like you—-who DARE to come out and talk about Obama ruining this country, while sitting for EIGHT years while George Bush outspent every Pres in History, caused the greatest Recession since the Great Recession, created the least amount of jobs, while sending out of country the largest amount. Wached as he took a deficit and turned it into largd deficit in history!

    Don’t spend too much of your money on Romney—-The Religious Right will never let him run, while he will be ridiculed all over the country with his own Romney Care in Massachusetts! Just another loser

  • Snidely

    What a jerk. Graham needs to worry about his RINO a.. in 2012. He needs a challenger for sure.

  • gene

    WHO CAN BEAT OBAMA? REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN WEST
    Although he is new to congress; he is totally qualified.

  • Gasket

    Paul Poyfair said:
    I don’t think that it really matters who the GOP puts up against Obama, I believe that we will have a Republican President elected in 2012….

    Obama has nearly destroyed the future for our Children and Grand Children in two short years… Supported by a Democratic congress for two years before that (he got a running start). Obama is in way over his head on the Economy, on Energy, and on Foreign Policy (hell, Idon’t even know what his foreign policy is other than to apologize for the U.S., befriend our Enemies, scare our Allies, and shake the trust of Freedom Loving People around the world)… He has ran debt from about 1 $T to over $14T in two years (all 44 presidents before him couldn’t match that number even if they added them all up together)… I could go on, but you get the point.

    I personally think that Romney is the guy that is best qualified to give the Future back to our Kids and Grand Kids, and I will do what I can to support him… He knows how to fix broken Financial entities (both Private and Public)…. He’s done it three times before and I believe he can and will do it again.

    I know you wingnuts thrive in delusion but Obama did not add 13T to the national debt in 2 years. Please, don’t make yourself look dumb.
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/hist.pdf (PG 22&23) Get your calculator out and actually add the numbers.

  • X-3

    One of the few times of late where I agree with Graham.

  • X-3

    gene said:
    WHO CAN BEAT OBAMA? REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN WESTAlthough he is new to congress; he is totally qualified.

    Remotely possible. I do like what I know of the man.

  • X-3

    Paul Poyfair said:
    I don’t think that it really matters who the GOP puts up against Obama, I believe that we will have a Republican President elected in 2012

    Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Everyone thought Cliton would be wiped out in one term–then the Republican idiots decided it was “Dole’s turn” to get the nom.

  • Grammie

    X-3 said:
    Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Everyone thought Cliton would be wiped out in one term–then the Republican idiots decided it was “Dole’s turn” to get the nom.

    .
    Yep!!!

    The Dems were orgasmic that Ronaldus Magnus, that second rate B actor, got the Repub bid against Jimmy Carter.

  • americanborn

    timzank said:
    Won’t happen. Unemployment will stay too high, economy will not recover by printing & borrowing. He’s out even if Mickey Mouse runs against him.

    Maybe yiu can get another reagan to run the deficit higher, more corp military welfare and generally destroy the middle class , yes, we need more republican dictators! Clinton put money in the bank and bush jr spent it all, proof the teabaggers here deserve to be unemployed with no future in sight all in the name of hating a black man, very sad indeed

  • gene

    “…proof the teabaggers here deserve to be unemployed with no future in sight all in the name of hating a black man, very sad indeed”

    Gosh, it just hurts me to the quick when people go ‘Racial’. Opie just did the same thing. She said the Office of the President should have ‘R.E.S.P.E.C.T.’ no matter if we agree with who is President and determined that it was RACIAL. Why is that card played when a point is made or the Left vs Right disagree?

    I am a ‘TEA BAGGER’ who noted Allen West as a viable President; AND BTW; check out Allen West…..
    I am color blind; both literally and physically; color has nothing to do with it. I was not Pro-Bush / Repubs or a
    McCain supporter. Bush’s TARP, Obama’s STIMU-LESS, etc have all been a ‘BUST’ – same problem!!!

    WE ARE GOING BROKE WHILE WE KILL THE GOLDEN GOOSE WHO LAYED THE GOLDEN EGG.
    Both Repubs & Demos; going all the way back to Carter; are too blame. I pity our children, children’s
    children, etc who will inherit this BABY BOOMER MESS!!!

  • gene

    SORRY FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE LAST COMMENT BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED AND MY REWORK
    OF VERBIAGE CAUSED SUCH

  • George C

    Extremists Are Ruining America said:
    Gordo, where is your birth certificate???? Prove you went to college. Prove that your REAL name is Gordon Bloyer, and you are not from Cuba!

    I thought that you were Courteous Commentary or was it alamo2 ? LOL oh and LOL !

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