http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2010/10/29/predictions/ A First Things Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 10:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2010/10/29/predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-12234 Pastor Spomer Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:47:27 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/?p=2542#comment-12234 The 2012 Republican will have to be someone other than Romney or Palin, because the economic problems are going to ameliorate to some degree but there will still be a long arch gloom due to the systemic nature of our problems (deficit, entitlements, demographics, etc.) The public will be looking (I hope) for a combination of proven competence and hard headedness that will be able to do the hard work that everyone, in their guts, feels is necessary. Someone like Chris Christie of New Jersey is the kind of personality that will be the most effective. My 2 cents.

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