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| | |Will face the liberal [[double standard]]: what's OK for Obama (e.g., inexperience) is somehow not OK for a [[conservative]]. Some Republican voters may think he's really running to be selected as Vice President. | | |Will face the liberal [[double standard]]: what's OK for Obama (e.g., inexperience) is somehow not OK for a [[conservative]]. Some Republican voters may think he's really running to be selected as Vice President. |
| | |Did not seek Palin endorsement; sometimes on Fox | | |Did not seek Palin endorsement; sometimes on Fox |
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| − | |[[Tim Pawlenty]]
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| − | |Young; popular in his home state of [[Minnesota]]
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| − | |Still not well known outside of Minnesota; accepted stimulus funds after arguing against them; lacks a socially conservative base or any appeal that would attract support from the front-runners
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| | |[[Jeb Bush]] | | |[[Jeb Bush]] |
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| | |Rarely seen at conservative conferences, and a Republican from the [[Deep South]] may have trouble attracting independent voters. | | |Rarely seen at conservative conferences, and a Republican from the [[Deep South]] may have trouble attracting independent voters. |
| | |Rarely on Fox | | |Rarely on Fox |
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| | + | |[[Tim Pawlenty]] |
| | + | |Young; popular in his home state of [[Minnesota]] |
| | + | |Still not well known outside of Minnesota; accepted stimulus funds after arguing against them; lacks a socially conservative base or any appeal that would attract support from the front-runners |
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| | |[[Rick Santorum]] | | |[[Rick Santorum]] |
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| | |Picked a [[pro-abortion]] running mate when he ran for governor, and has little experience with national issues; repeatedly says he is not running; campaigned for [[RINO]] [[Mike Castle]] in [[Delaware]] who was then defeated; neither added [[New Jersey]] to one of the lawsuits against [[ObamaCare]] nor joined an [[amicus brief]] against it; ''will probably support [[Mitt Romney]]''. | | |Picked a [[pro-abortion]] running mate when he ran for governor, and has little experience with national issues; repeatedly says he is not running; campaigned for [[RINO]] [[Mike Castle]] in [[Delaware]] who was then defeated; neither added [[New Jersey]] to one of the lawsuits against [[ObamaCare]] nor joined an [[amicus brief]] against it; ''will probably support [[Mitt Romney]]''. |
| | |Promoted heavily by Fox | | |Promoted heavily by Fox |
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| − | |[[Jim DeMint]]
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| − | |strong support by social conservatives, libertarians,<ref>Jim Demint has the best favorable-unfavorable rating of anyone at CPAC 2010.</ref> Tea Party, and evangelicals; a tenacious advocate willing to criticize Obama
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| − | |stated at a conservative conference in July 2010 that he is not running for president, but after [[Mike Pence]] pulled out in Jan. 2011 Jim DeMint is showing interest again; a Southern conservative who will need to work hard to gain support in Iowa and New Hampshire, the key early primary states<ref>http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/the_2012_dark_horse_is.php</ref>
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| | |[[Ron Paul]] | | |[[Ron Paul]] |
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| | |May be too busy as Governor of Arizona to run for president; lacks an image on issues other than immigration, and single-issue (immigration) candidates can rarely win a presidential nomination | | |May be too busy as Governor of Arizona to run for president; lacks an image on issues other than immigration, and single-issue (immigration) candidates can rarely win a presidential nomination |
| | |Often on Fox due to Arizona lawsuit | | |Often on Fox due to Arizona lawsuit |
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| | + | |[[Jim DeMint]] |
| | + | |strong support by social conservatives, libertarians,<ref>Jim Demint has the best favorable-unfavorable rating of anyone at CPAC 2010.</ref> Tea Party, and evangelicals; a tenacious advocate willing to criticize Obama |
| | + | |stated at a conservative conference in July 2010 that he is not running for president, but after [[Mike Pence]] pulled out in Jan. 2011 Jim DeMint is showing interest again, before announcing again in late March that he is not running; as a Southern conservative, he would need to work hard to gain support in Iowa and New Hampshire, the key early primary states<ref>http://politics.theatlantic.com/2010/02/the_2012_dark_horse_is.php</ref> |
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| | |[[Bobby Jindal]] | | |[[Bobby Jindal]] |