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| | |Once supported [[abortion]] and [[civil unions]]; his costly [[health care]] plan included mandatory insurance and became the model for ObamaCare; won only 15% in the South Carolina primary in 2008 | | |Once supported [[abortion]] and [[civil unions]]; his costly [[health care]] plan included mandatory insurance and became the model for ObamaCare; won only 15% in the South Carolina primary in 2008 |
| | |Excluded by Fox, which prefers Newt | | |Excluded by Fox, which prefers Newt |
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| | + | |[[Sarah Palin]] |
| | + | |Empathetic, attracts crowds, [[pro-life]], fiscal conservative, popular, track record of supporting upset victories in primaries |
| | + | |Resigned early as governor; could be a [[stalking horse]] for [[Newt Gingrich]]; lags in fundraising despite publicity<ref name="April 2010 Fundraising"/> and came in only fifth in the [[Values Voter Summit]] in September 2010. |
| | + | |Promoted heavily by Fox |
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| | |[[Ron Paul]] | | |[[Ron Paul]] |
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| | |As with [[Ronald Reagan]], [[liberal bias]] is at its worst against her; she's said she's not running for president this soon<ref name="Bachmann"/> and pulled out of the "Values Voter Summit" ([[Family Research Council]] convention) straw poll in September 2010. | | |As with [[Ronald Reagan]], [[liberal bias]] is at its worst against her; she's said she's not running for president this soon<ref name="Bachmann"/> and pulled out of the "Values Voter Summit" ([[Family Research Council]] convention) straw poll in September 2010. |
| | |On Fox as she's in the news | | |On Fox as she's in the news |
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| − | |Empathetic, attracts crowds, [[pro-life]], fiscal conservative, popular, track record of supporting upset victories in primaries
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| − | |Resigned early as governor; could be a [[stalking horse]] for [[Newt Gingrich]]; lags in fundraising despite publicity<ref name="April 2010 Fundraising"/> and came in only fifth in the [[Values Voter Summit]] in September 2010.
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| | |[[John Thune]] | | |[[John Thune]] |
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| | |Not well known yet | | |Not well known yet |
| | |Excluded by Fox | | |Excluded by Fox |
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| | + | |[[Chris Christie]] |
| | + | |True fiscal reformer, puts liberals in their place, rising star |
| | + | |Picked a [[pro-abortion]] running mate when he ran for governor, and has little experience with national issues; has said he is not going to run; campaigned for [[RINO]] [[Mike Castle]] in [[Delaware]] who was then defeated |
| | + | |Promoted heavily by Fox |
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| | + | |[[Mike Pence]] |
| | + | |Communicates a very strong conservative message: "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order." Won straw poll held at the [[Values Voter Summit]] in September 2010. |
| | + | |Unsuccessfully proposed a "comprehensive" immigration plan that was widely criticized by conservatives; lacks legislative achievements; not widely known; either he or Huckabee could become a stalking horse for Newt Gingrich with respect to evangelical voters in Iowa |
| | + | |Sometimes on Fox |
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| | |[[Mike Huckabee]] | | |[[Mike Huckabee]] |
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| | |Only 42 years old, he'll probably become governor of Virginia before running for president. Not as frequent a speaker at Tea Party events as others, such as Steve King and Michele Bachmann. Also, Cuccinelli may be more influential on domestic policy in his current position than a president is. | | |Only 42 years old, he'll probably become governor of Virginia before running for president. Not as frequent a speaker at Tea Party events as others, such as Steve King and Michele Bachmann. Also, Cuccinelli may be more influential on domestic policy in his current position than a president is. |
| | |On Fox because he's been so newsworthy | | |On Fox because he's been so newsworthy |
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| − | |True fiscal reformer, puts liberals in their place, rising star
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| − | |Picked a [[pro-abortion]] running mate when he ran for governor, and has little experience with national issues; has said he is not going to run; campaigned for [[RINO]] [[Mike Castle]] in [[Delaware]] who was then defeated
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| | |[[Jan Brewer]] | | |[[Jan Brewer]] |
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| | |His all-out support of [[RINO]] and now-Democrat [[Arlen Specter]] prevented [[Pat Toomey]] from defeating him in 2002, and Santorum endorsed Romney for President in 2008; could simply be a [[stalking horse]] for Romney | | |His all-out support of [[RINO]] and now-Democrat [[Arlen Specter]] prevented [[Pat Toomey]] from defeating him in 2002, and Santorum endorsed Romney for President in 2008; could simply be a [[stalking horse]] for Romney |
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| − | |Communicates a very strong conservative message: "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order." Won straw poll held at the [[Values Voter Summit]] in September 2010.
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| − | |Unsuccessfully proposed a "comprehensive" immigration plan that was widely criticized by conservatives; lacks legislative achievements; not widely known; either he or Huckabee could become a stalking horse for Newt Gingrich with respect to evangelical voters in Iowa
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| | |[[Mitch Daniels]] | | |[[Mitch Daniels]] |