What does the Republican Party hope to *achieve* by offering up the same "re-run" candidates of 2008?

I wouldn't bet on it. By the way, Pawlenty, Jindal and the governor of Texas are not reruns. I doubt if Palin will consider running again as a republican..and I have serious doubts that Pawlenty would run as a Republican. I would be looking for a very strong third party to emerge...

The GOP is not offering up Palin and Newt. They are putting themselves in the running whether the GOP likes it or not. And considering last election results, Newt carried over a majority in 1994

They will offer just more of the same and the choices will be two bad candidates - one Republican, one Democrat - unless the Libertarians, Independents, and Constitutionalists find people who will actually uphold the Constitution.

I'd like to see all of Washington cleaned out with a wire brush and replaced by all new people. I'm sick of Republicans and Democrats!!!!

Gee, you Obama disciples know what's best for the whole, entire country, you possess some form of higher alien math that proves Obamacare will save us enough money so we can all just forget about that pesky deficit thingy, you know the secret magic spell that will supply us with enough doctors to take care of all those extra patients, and now you've developed esp that tells you exactly who the Republicans are going to put up for the Presidency three years from now. OMG! You are so totally AWESOME!

Both parties still seem to think they can force sorry picks off on us chosen by the wealthy elites of the USA and that the people will never turn away from them to a third option. Maybe they are right, but maybe they are wrong also.

Put someone out there who says they will use tariffs and bring the jobs and prosperity back to US citizens and we will see what happens.

Re-runs? Palin is a flop, yes, but Pawlenty, Jindal, and I believe Newt, did not participate in 2008, so they can't be considered re-runs.

it relatively is distinctly undesirable. A ballot that got here out this morning pronounced that 76% of Republicans are unsure whom to vote for and/or ought to alter their suggestions at election time. while purely approximately 50% of Democrats have been a similar. in case you verify out it, there are 3 socialist liberals working, 2 adult men so previous that they have got a tricky time staying up previous 8 pm, 2 adult men who've definitely no possibility, and one million real Republican who won't be able to get any air time because of fact his perspectives are too previous for many Republicans to remember what their social gathering initially stood for.

You must be nervous about Obama if you are asking these questions already...

The Democrats need the Republicans to pick ASAP so that they can smear them for 3 years... Seriously we have caught on to how you guys operate.

Who said they will. Maybe the Repubs will have a candidate that didn't start running before he was even a senator. Still got a couple of years.

RNC is confused with who their target electorate is. Should they target those lacking cognitive reasoning skills and conscience? Should they target the moderates? Should they go with "fiscal conservatives"? Once they make up their collective minds, they'd make up a candidate to fit their political ads.