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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:11 PM Jan 2015

George Will On Romney 2016: GOP Has Deep Bench, ‘They Do Not Need To Look Backwards’

Two days after Mitt Romney spoke in San Diego to the Republican National Committee about a potential 2016 run, syndicated columnist George Will sounded the pessimism alarm regarding the possibility.

Will told “Fox News Sunday” that the GOP does not “need to look backwards,” and rather to the future and “the strongest, most diverse” Republican field of candidates “since 1856? and the inaugural GOP field.

http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/18/george-will-on-romney-2016-gop-has-deep-bench-they-do-not-need-to-look-backwards-video/

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George Will On Romney 2016: GOP Has Deep Bench, ‘They Do Not Need To Look Backwards’ (Original Post) IDemo Jan 2015 OP
I used to like Will, not his conclusions, but the work he put into to reach them DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2015 #1
He just recaps the week of article by their cadre of writers underpants Jan 2015 #2
He's preaching to the converted at FOX DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2015 #6
It is a "deep bench". louis-t Jan 2015 #3
Romney doesn't have that new car smell tblue Jan 2015 #4
And this avalanche of strong, electable republican candidates consists of: DetlefK Jan 2015 #5
pRick "Spread it around" Santorum underpants Jan 2015 #8
He's got it backwards - their bench is a mile wide and an inch deep phantom power Jan 2015 #7
Deeply bigoted and anti-science religious zealots...that bench? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #9
Let's "look backward" and... Mike Nelson Jan 2015 #10
They have "a deep bench" like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a deep bench jmowreader Jan 2015 #11

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
1. I used to like Will, not his conclusions, but the work he put into to reach them
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:14 PM
Jan 2015

But that was the nineties. He hasn't had an original thought since then.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
3. It is a "deep bench".
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:16 PM
Jan 2015

But they all need to stay there. On the bench. Watching history pass them by. Morons that they are.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
5. And this avalanche of strong, electable republican candidates consists of:
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:21 PM
Jan 2015

Marco "The Great Latin Saviour" Rubio

Rand "Regulations are bad" Paul

Chris "Old Yeller" Christie

Ben "I'm not crazy" Carson

Rick "I wear glasses now, so I'm smart" Perry

Jeb "Baggage? What baggage?" Bush

Mitt "I have changed, baby! I promise!" Romney




Have I forgotten someone?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
9. Deeply bigoted and anti-science religious zealots...that bench?
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 02:32 PM
Jan 2015

Let the 2016 running of the Fox News Presidential nomination process begin!

When is the time for governing and when is the time for campaigning in America?

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
11. They have "a deep bench" like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a deep bench
Sun Jan 18, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jan 2015

The Buccaneers finished the 2014 season 2-11.

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