Scarborough for President?

[mota bhai 2,675]

Scarborough for President?

By: Erick Erickson

February 10th, 2014

Over at the Daily Caller, Alex Pappas has a story about Joe Scarborough possibly considering a 2016 run. I find this very interesting. I’ve had several encounters lately with Christians in politics and they really like Joe — all of them.

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I think conservatives with a natural and understandable reaction that he’s from MSNBC and can’t be trusted might be taken off guard. I wouldn’t be dismissive of him. Like Herman Cain thriving in debates in 2012, Joe is on television three hours a day.

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Additionally, I think some people might be surprised by how pro-life Joe is. He rose in prominence before his congressional campaign for defending a man in court who had killed an abortion doctor. Then Joe ran for Congress and the GOP establishment in Washington backed a Democrat turned Republican convert over Joe. Newt Gingrich believed Joe was too conservative for the district, but he won.

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This is a guy who as a 29 year old rookie with no money, no name ID, no experience, and no connections got 60% of the vote in his congressional district, became the first Republican in 100 years to win it, and did so with the national establishment lined up against him.

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I wouldn’t dismiss him out of hand, given all that.

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We’re already going to have a great slate of primary candidates from Walker to Jindal to Cruz to Paul to Rubio to maybe Pence and others. That’s a deep bench already. Joe would have to overcome some presumptions about him, neutralize a lot of people who would be deeply suspicious of him based on where he works and who would be most likely to support him, and convince people in general that a guy who has been on TV, a congressman, and a lawyer is qualified for the job.

http://www.redstate.com/2014/02/10/scarborough-for-president/

Edited February 11, 2014 by mota bhai

[Pooky 3,807]

Not a hope.

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I like him. He's a common sense Republican and I agree with some of the things he says, especially when he bashes all the knuckle heads on the Right...... But I wouldn't vote for him.

As far as I'm concerned any minority or woman that votes for the GOP (in its current state) needs their head checked

[mota bhai 2,675]

Most of the POC I know who talk a conservative/tea-party talk don't actually vote.