"None of the above" wins in poll of Republican voters. Thinking people only please?

1) Evangelical Christians make up the Republican base. They're a group that will consistently vote Republican, so they're a good indicator of who will win the GOP nomination.

2) Republicans know their candidates in 2008 at terrible.

Giuliani = 3 divorces, socially liberal, running purely on 9/11

Romney = two-faced flip-flopping phoney

Thompson = lazy former lobbyist

McCain = supports the Iraq war and illegal amnesty

I'm not at all surprised that 'none of the above' was the top answer, especially since none of these candidates are very religious. Romney is a Mormon, so he's certainly not going to get the Evangelical vote. I wonder if Thompson was an option in the poll, and if he was beaten by 'none of the above'.

1) A Republican candidate can't win if he doesn't get the Evangelical base to vote for him.

Democrats also have their far left fringe, but they've done a better job of shutting them up than the Republicans have of shutting up the far right.

Typically, you see polarized candidates in the primaries, then a traditional push to the center in time for the general election. Hillary is doing the opposite, she's already moved to the center, except when she's in front of a far left audience.

2) It doesn't matter if none of the above wins a poll, because it's not on the ballot.

This will be the first election in which one side will have planned for eight years just for this one day.

It would be interesting to see this poll. Who took the poll and how scientific was it? If it is just evangelical Christians who are in the poll what does it say about the whole GOP? Not much. Those people are only a part of the Republican base. Most people don't identify with them. Mainstream Republicans are fed up with the neocons and the religious right who have hijacked their party and they don't see much hope for recovery in any of their party's presidential runners and several of the Congressional GOPers will bite the dust too. Don't be surprised at a Democratic landslide similar to the one where LBJ defeated Barry Goldwater in 1964.

The evangelicals vote as a block and tend to decide primary elections. That's why they are important at the moment. Plus, there just so oddly fascinating to listen to (opinion). People with extreme political views do much better on television news. I'm a moderate (conservative democrat) and would be an incredibly boring interview. I want to know how things would be implemented, how we would pay for them, long term ramifications . . . you know boring.

The chilling thing about question 2 (for me) is that I am fairly satisfied with Ron Paul, Huckabee, Rudy - So how far to the right do you think these people are? I've never met one in person so I have no idea.

1.) The evangelical base is huge so people want their votes. There was a NY Times article recently on Hillary Clinton and her Christian faith. Guess she's trying to pander to the evangelicals too. (the article is awfully convenient)

2.) Lots are waiting for Thompson. It's obvious most Reps aren't happy with their choices. It even shows in the amount of money the candidates are raising.

I'm surprised at that outcome. I thought that they would all be supporting Brownback as he is the most conservative Christian running for president. I like Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, and Tom Tancredo, and I loathe John McAmnesty who tried to sell out his country to the illegal alien lobby. His campaign has tanked lately, and their will be no comeback. Juan McCaine is finished as a presidential candidate.

The Repubs will rally around their chosen candidate unless it is Mccain or Giuliani. The religious right will not support either one, and the pro enforcement of immigration laws crowd will not support McAmnesty.

I don't trust Giuliani because he followed a sanctuary policy towards illegals when he was mayor of NYC, and he has made several very positive comments about illegals.

The front Runners on both sides will be sitting out the General elections in 2008.The race started too early and people will be so fed up by November 2008 with Clinton,Obama,Edwards McCain Rudolph that Ronald Reagan could be re-elected.Put your money on Fred Thompson he will be your next President he is the only candidate smart enough to stay out as long as possible.

1) Who made the poll? What makes you think that "the only people that are regularly quoted and seemingly courted by the Republican party is evangelical Christians"? Considering the restriction on the people polled, 2) doesn't bother me at all.

The Christian fundamentalists are like all other religious fundamentalists be they Jewish ,Islamic etc are in essence driven by inerrant/literal scripture.

These dangerous people act very lemming-like and their historical voting patterns attest to this.

For the most part no Christian fundy would ever vote for a party that supports a women's right to have an abortion.They will vote as they did for the evil Bush who waged/wages an illlegal war based upon a pack of filthy anti-Christian lies that has led to the slaughter of over 400,000 innocent Iraqs but the "fundies" do not give a damn as their re-electing Bush en bloc in 2004 attests to.

All of this to say ,is these whacko zealot fundies will in the end vote Republican WHOEVER is the Republican candidate.

Given that the Christian Fundamentalist movement was founded in 1845 by the Southern Baptist Convention with the sole purpose of giving GOD's blessing to slavery,these racist fundies (many to this very day),have trouble accepting a Mormon as a candate(because of their racism) all adulterers eventhough adultery and divorce rates among the Christian fundies are among of the highest in the country.

Now that these racists Christian fundies no longer have Blacks to lynch and abuse (before all you insulted hypocrites get upset,you need to know the horrid Southern Baptist Convention issued a full PUBLIC apology to Blacks for their 150 years of atrocities against the Blacks),they have turned their demonizing and vilifying unto the homosexuals so no candidate who is accepting of homosexuality has a chance in hell with the fundies.

Sadly ,candidates are having to pander to these religious zealots only because they represent a large voting block but in many cases these candidates are nothing but monumental hypocrites.

The number one hypocrite of course is John Mccann who in 2000 called RIGHTLY called the Christian Fundies the source of evil but before he dies,McCann betrayed himself and his fans by "making up" with one of the Chief Fundy Falwell.

That explains why Hillary, Obama, Edwards are all appearing to find relgion to take some of those votes away.

Here is a law I like to pass called "None of the above" if >51% vote for none of the above both canidates get their name thrown out and have another election.