Suffice to say, the chances of the Republicans nominating a candidate who has a chance of defeating Obama in the general election are very slim and decreasing with each primary. There is simply not a candidate running who seems to satisfy the majority of republican voters as have been seen in the wins thus far, which shows no strong support for a single person.

This lack of support for a single candidate will transpire into a failure for the Republican Party in November.

Here is an Examination of the candidates, if they were to be nominated to run against Obama.

Mitt Romney:
Will not have enough support to garner the votes necessary to defeat Obama. His association with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will play a major part in keeping him from getting enough votes to be elected. Aside from his religious beliefs, he doesn’t appeal to many voters for a number of reasons, but basically because people cannot seem to relate to him on a personal level. If he is nominated, he will not have the support from conservative voters or from younger voters.

Rick Santorum:
Rick gets most of his support from very conservative voters. Thus, if nominated will not have the support from people who would vote for Romney or Newt Gingrich. Bottom line, he cannot defeat Obama in the general election.

Newt Gingrich:
If by chance he does get the nomination, he will prove to be too much of a Washington insider with excess baggage left over from his previous job as Speaker of the House. Newt may be the weakest candidate to run against Obama in the general election.

Ron Paul:
Even though I believe he will soon withdraw from the race given that he has yet to win any state, Paul would have the best chance of them all in defeating Obama in the general election. This is because he has a large following of younger voters that the other candidates do not have. This crowd will get out and vote for him in the general election, but will not support any of the other candidates. Paul would also get the support from both the ultra Conservatives and from moderates that would support him as the Republican nominee in the general election. He is the only Republican candidate that would get the support from most voters from one end of the political spectrum to the other, in the general election. All other candidates have too much of a faction base of support that wouldn’t vote for anyone else, but their chosen politician.

It seems that Republicans are rapidly losing their chance to nominate a candidate capable of defeating Obama in November, as no clear support for a single individual seems to be possible.

That one strong candidate which gains the support of practically all the voters of his or her party was absent in 08, and has yet to appear this time around.

Unless someone suddenly decides to run and very soon, I might add, the Republicans are set to hand Barack Obama his second term in the Oval Office.

The Republican Party is a fractured party and has been since the Bush Administration. At present, it is made up of ultra conservatives, moderates, and some having Liberal views. This will assure defeat in November because unlike the Democrat party, the Republican Party has no direction or clear path of solidarity to where the country should be headed.
Republicans shouldn’t care if Obama wins a second term anyway. At present, with their lack of direction and rotten choice in candidates, I doubt anyone would notice the difference.

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