Quote Originally Posted by BigJulie View Post
Yup, running for President takes years of preparation and financial support. .
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This is how Bush 1 and 2 and Dole and McCain and now Mitt have got the nomination....they all tried and came in 2nd, and then in the next election they had an organization up and running and a lot of names willing to send in cash.

This points us to both Newt and Rick....
They both seem now to be getting into a position to be in the lead at the start of the next election the way Mitt was in the lead at the start of this one.

Right now the whole Republican Primary has taught us one very clear thing....The Conservatives will not support Mitt....no matter what.

Everyone in the Party now sees this.
We all know that when it comes right down to it, the conservatives would vote for a lump of coal before they would vote for Mitt.

The other thing we know is that no Republican can win the White House without the full support of Conservatives.

so.....Knowing all this....we can look at Newt and Rick and see how they are both looking down the road to 4 years from now, and really wanting to be in the lead going into that election where there is no incumbent President.



So, from both Newt's and Rick's point of view....the best thing to happen is for them to try to set themselves up for 4 years from now, knowing that Mitt will lose to Obama because Mitt lacks conservative support .