Re: [RC] Who would be your ideal populist candidate?

[David R. Block]

Title: ORourke1 Signature

Huntsman is on the right??? He could have fooled me. Petraeus or Rice, maybe. With the rest I might even be better off with Romney (puke). David "Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke On 10/10/2011 5:07 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: On Oct 10, 2011, at 2:38 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote: Dang, someone beat me to it: http://www.politico.com/politicoprimary/ Time for a hero. Will one emerge ?  A major gamble for anyone who tries. Politico assembled a decent list, all the usual suspects plus a couple dark horses: Erskine Bowles John Chambers Hillary Clinton David Petraeus Condoleezza Rice Michael Bloomberg Jon Huntsman Colin Powell David M. Walker Mark Warner I could totally see the AE crowd getting behind a Bloomberg, Petraeus, or even Mark Warner candidacy. Maybe even Jon Hunstman, though me may be too far Right.   But, I still suspect for this thing to catch fire we'd need someone with a strong populist streak, yet still intellectual and pragmatic enough to not freak everyone out. Everybody seemingly wants to be the next Reagan or the next JFK.  Where's Teddy Roosevelt when we need him? -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org